For as long as I could remember, Marin County had been exempted from the dyno-based smog checks that cost an arm and a leg.

For as long as I have owned and maintained a car, I've been accustomed to stopping by the local gas station and throwing them $20 for a tailpipe sniffer test.

No longer will things be so simple and cheap.

In the last two years, unbeknownst to me, the bastards at CARB have removed all the old-style sniffer testers and replaced them with the dyno-based machines.

And the $20.00 smog check has tripled in price.

This state-sanctioned extortion is rediculous.

I have had my fill of this enviro-fascist state.

Discuss.

[SPOILER="Footnote"]I passed, by the grace of God...but I am seriously considering either:
a) selling the Integra for a Ghia or other smog-exempt project car.
b) leaving the state of California as soon as I graduate from CSUN.
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