So essentially there's now a loophole where a 1975 emissions-controlled car would not have to pass, but a 1976 or later car with the same emissions controlls would?

 

yep

 

fawk that shiet!

 

Precisely correct.

 

Well that's dumb, however my preferred situation would be to close that loophole and make the '75 cars subject to emissions testing. As long as they are only held up to the standards they had to meet when new, not current standards as that would require a lot of reengineering of old cars.

 

"OMG Cali is the bestest place ev4r!" :joshers:

 

yay for arnold

damn u idiots who voted for him

im glad i dont have an old car :happysad:

 

Nice. I've been rebuilding the motor for my '75 280Z and may be finishing up the car next year. Now I'm stoked!

 

They had smog controls and standards prior to 1975, they just are not going to enforce them. It is political suicide to even give a whiff of non-PC, non-environmental thought in California. Arnold would have gotten crucified if he had vetoed 2683, though that makes me no less pissed. What this law does, is repeal the rolling exemption, but not make anyone who was exempted have to start passing the sniffer test again. They picked 1975 because they could not enact this prior to January 2005(2005-30=1975). It really has nothing to do with standards that have been put in place, they just did not want to get sued. In the 1970's they had California smog controls, and 49 state controls. MY bug for example, was originally sold in Utah, so no cat. If it would have been sold in California, it would have had to have a cat. I don't have an unleaded only sticker, or the narrow neck on the fuel filler. It is really all quite random.

 

I care about the environment, don't get me wrong. One summer day in a smogged up metropolis will convince you that air quality is a big issue that we ought to address. But the laws of CA aren't addressing the problem realistically. (See my above post.)

What pisses me off is the unfair over-regulation of our niche market.

It is the height of hypocracy to make people like me worry over a lost CARB EO sticker, while AC Transit buses spit gallons of raw diesel fuel every day. :a: