Hey.
Has anyone recently received a car with this program (https://drivingcleanca.org)? Within the last few months? A lot of older posts are from months/years ago so they're not very active. I know things got really behind when everyone was trying to meet that federal deadline. I was just trying to get an idea of how the timeline may have changed.
September 22, 2025: Submitted application
January 13, 2026: Moving to the next stage
January 23, 2026: Request for paperwork (I'm scraping a car, so they asked for a SMOG)
February 4, 2026: A loan counselor reached out and requested information and for me to complete the educational videos. I think I uploaded the SMOG document a few days prior.
February 6, 2026: Received the "Ready for Review" email
February 6, 2026: Spoke to the loan counselor and requested to change to self-financing
February 10, 2026: Approval packet received!
February 23, 2026: Signed paperwork with dealership
February 24, 2026: Sitting here, being impatient lol
I was searching around and someone said they're on day 45 for waiting for the dealership to be funded. The dealer I used said his last one took almost 6 weeks.
by two_thirtyoclock
