Man, reminds me of that story "The Rogue" posted in MM&FF a few years ago. We'll all (all of us who keep at it) be running and dodging the law to get to the one last state that will still allow internal combustion engines....
Anyway, that sucks, dude. Just getting worse and worse. Seems like by the time I get my car the way I want it, the next day a new law will pass to throw it all away. And how would having an "R" title screw up the worth/value of your car? Even without it and before there was ever such a thing when people bought a , say, fox body mustang, they knew it was most likely modded anyway. Stupid bureaucrats.