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]

Right now, current law is 30 year rolling exemption, 1975 is considered 30 years old by the DMV, so 1975 is now exempt, next year 1976 will be exempt, and so on.

Proposed law before the recent admendment was to make the cut off for smog test fixed at 1975, all newer cars would require tests forever.

Admendment would also add that any car 35 years and older if registered as a classic would only require tail pipe test, no visual test. (35 years plus require NO test under current law!)

Problem is that now, all 35 year old cars are completely exempt, (actually 30 year old cars are exempt too), thus this admendment sets in motion to smog cars at least 35 years old, more likely all cars back to maybe 1965.

At any rate, that would effect almost all 914's if this bill continues to change in the direction I think it might. At anyrate, it is a bad bill and must be stopped. even without the Admendment, 1976 914's would be screwed.

914's were sold 1970 thru 1976 year models. 75 and 76 models had the big rubber bumpers, earlier models did not