Cars over 30 years old now have to be smogged due to good old Arnold ASSbangernegger http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmp...u=/nm/20040927


Oddly Enough - Reuters


Classic Car Lovers Dismayed by New Law

Mon Sep 27,10:48 AM ET Oddly Enough - Reuters



SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Lovers of California's classic cars, celebrated in the Beach Boys song for "fun, fun, fun," worried that a new state law could take their T-birds and little deuce coupes away.



Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) has signed a bill requiring that cars 30 years and older be tested under California's strict smog regulations, closing a loophole over the protests of classic car collectors, including "Tonight Show" host Jay Leno.


Aides said the bill signed on Thursday would help the state's air quality. California also approved the nation's most stringent rules to reduce auto emissions linked to global warming this week.


But classic car hobbyists argued their cars have little effect on the state's smog.


"We're not too excited about it. The impact on the environment by classic cars is minimal," said John Halstead, president of the Bakersfield Camaro Club. "Most of the cars don't make it out of the garage for any other reason than for car shows once or twice a month in the summer."


The exact number of classic cars in California is unknown, but the state has hundreds of clubs for car hobbyists.


Leno, on whose show Schwarzenegger announced he would run for governor, protested personally against the bill, said Marva Diaz, legislative director for Assembly Member Sally Lieber, who wrote the bill.


Leno called Lieber's office twice to register his displeasure, Diaz said.


"He was very upset the first time," Diaz said. "He thought his whole collection would have to be smog-checked."


"The second time he called he was upset because he had been told the assemblywomen had said on the radio that he supported the bill," Diaz said. "He wanted to make sure it was clear to me to tell her that he remained opposed."

 

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oh damn! lower smog, what was he thinking? unless he wants you to scrap the car, i'm not sure why this is such a horrible thing.

 

link doesnt work and fuk that bullshit.

 

how does an old skool hot rod or american muscle car pass smog when back in the day they didnt even have emissions control. i think, lol.

 

That's pretty ridiculous considering most of those are carbeurated and many don't have cats.

Eitherway, we don't deal with that bullshit. NH >

 

:/ Well there go my hopes of having a nice old ride to screw around with as a hobby.

Oregon. I'm lookin at you even more than before.

 

These people don't realize that this law was passed to put in place preventive measures for the future. As Americans continue to buy record numbers of vehicles, he's looking to make sure that those that are still kept around that are driven are being tested. We don't realize it, but pretty soon a lot of those cars from the 80's, probably one of the worst times for fuel efficiency, are going to be eligible under this law.

 

It's only fair to test the cars according to the emissions requirements of when they were sold. This law is stupid since the problem will pretty much take care of itself. In a few years a large number of the old cars will be scrapped due to wear, and the few remaining will be owned by collectors who drive them occasionally.

If I was a collector I'd be mad, too. Imagine taking a cherry car that's 100% original down to the nuts and bolts, and fitting it with a bunch of junk that was never designed for it.

 

i doubt a car from the 80's will last 30 years.
how many cars from the 70's do you see on the road driven regularly? in CA virtually none.