CA smog law update?? Options

[echocanyons]

This was posted on a 356 list thought the CA crowd might be interested:

Several years ago, when the California Legislature was in more reasonable
hands, they passed a law that saved 912's from Extinction by exempting from
the Smog Tests any car made in 1973 or earlier.

This was to be an ongoing "30 year and out rule", starting in 2003- any
car 30 years old or older was going to be EXEMPT from smog tests due to the
difficuties of getting parts, knowledgeable service, etc.

Now that ever major elected office is held by Democrats, one (Mr Flores)
has taken it upon himself to UN-Exempt these cars! Replacing the "30 year
and out" rule with "45 years and out", starting in 2005

[Dave_Darling]

Dont worry. They CANNOT go backwards and make people change their cars.

B, the really nifty thing is--they will say that they aren't!! It's the same thing that happened when they first implemented the smog check program. They will tell you that they are not changing what you can do to your car, they are merely checking that you aren't doing something that has been illegal all this time!

Remember, the 30-year exemption is an exemption from testing--not an exemption of having to have the original equipment and having to put out less than some given amount of emissions.

Yup, they're politicians. They love loopholes, especially when they can screw us through one...

This one probably won't pass, just like the outright repeal of the exemption last year didn't pass. But they'll keep trying... Unless we write to the State Senate (paper letters work best--also telegrams--phone next best, then email least of all) every time they try this crap, eventually they'll wind up passing one of them.

You know, I wouldn't mind it so much if it were actually about cleaning up the air. If, for instance, all you had to do was meet tailpipe standards. Breathing is not overrated, if you hadn't noticed. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) But no, I could have a 914 that runs so clean that what comes out the tailpipe is cleaner than what we laugingly call "air" in the silicon valley--but it would still fail smog as a "GROSS POLLUTER" because I used a modern fuel injection system instead of the old antiquated analog crap that came with the car originally. It's not about clean air, it's about money. The state will make more money if the exemption is repealed (or moved back), and some dipshit will say "I cleaned the air, vote for me!" when nothing of the sort happened.

Excuse me, Mr. Flores? :finger2: :finger2: :finger2:

--DD