Ca. Smog Law Changes, Another amendment Options

[Allan]

Any politicos here that can interpret this stuff? What happens now that it's been amended or if it dosn't get finalized before the Senate adjourns next month?

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[dmenche914]

WARNING, DANGER!

This Bill is still BULL, the latest admendment kind of gives it a candy coating, by allowing "collector" cars of 35 years or older to be exempt from visual, but still must pass tail pipe.

First off, it the admendment requires collector car insurance, to qualify as a collector car, which means in most case limited milage, car must be garaged, etc....,


The Warning Danger thing is the age of "collector" cars as defined in the Bill, it is 35 years or 1970 cars today.

So if you have a 1970 collector car (but no newer than that) you will only be required to pass tail pipe test. This is the new admendment!

This is worse than the un-admended Bill, which gave total smog test exemption for any car older than 1976 (Verses current law which is a 30 year rolling exemption).


The Admendment for collector cars is completely worthless, as the only cars that it protects are ones that are already exempt by this Bill.

Upon analyzing the possible reasons for such an admendment I conclude the reason is to put something in place for next years bill which would logically kill the smog test exemption for 30 year old plus cars, and instead make ALL cars test for smog (probably exempt pre 1965 cars, as they had no smog requirements).

This new admendment will be the end of the current smog test exemption for older cars unless they are 35 years or older, and registered / insured as collector cars, with all the limitations .

So if this thing goes forward, and the follow on Admendments or Bill get passed in the next year, I suspect soon all 1966 and newer cars will be smog tested again, and the only out will be for collector cars, which must be at least 35 years old, so at first, only the 1970 914 would be exempted,

71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76 914's will all be required to pass smog again, tail pipe and visual. Many of us will be screwed.

This is what we are now up aginst, this Bill if passed, will be the first of two, the second will make all cars that had smog control (1965 and newer likely) be tested, with a partial exemption for 35 year old collector cars.

Bend Over and Take It, or Stand Up and Contact All the Senators, and the Govenor and Let Them Know How to Vote on This. Have You Friends, Family, Etc do the same, we have got to stop this Bill, it is getting worse and is just the first step to having all our 914's get smogged again.

Please feel free to post this on other car sites, we need to get the word out how bad this Bill has just become.


dave