Bay Area Air Quality Management District

[AzPete]

No matter where you reside, they will get your money.....no matter which side it is. You just have to decide which method of extraction you prefer.

 

[Gigantopithecus]

Yeah, but who in their right mind wants to live in Mississippi?

Me. Less gray haired liberal transplants living here.

 

[1965GTFB]

Frank:
You are probably not too far off of the mark there. The environmental Nazis are firmly in control of the People's Republic of California. Jerry Brown is dedicated to the environment, which translates to "I'm either really gullible or I have a stake in some pollution credit exchange scheme". I'd defend my Mustang to the death with my firearms, but they will have probably either taken them or outlawed ammunition by the time they get around to confiscating these nasty gasoline burning vehicles. Isn't it great to have the professional folks to look after us incompetent citizens? Since moving to Placer County, I haven't gotten any of those "save the planet" offers for my old beaters. I did notice that the smog test for my 15 year old Z28 has significantly been relaxed, however. I took it in as requested by the DMV and the guys at the smog test shop never hooked anything that I was aware of up to the car. It was purely a visual inspection. They sniffed around at my aftermarket air lid and the two new CATs until they found the BAR numbers on them. Still cost $48 though, even if they didn't run it on the dyno or do a proctological exam on the exhaust. They said the rules had just changed in July, so that is like an admission by the state that they are just interested in your $48 and not the air quality.

If they put the smog sniffer in the mouth of the politicians in Sacramento or DC most all of them would fail and be labeled a Gross Polluter.

 

[crustycurmudgeon]

I never heard of charging for a mandated smog test. I cannot believe EVEN Californians stand for it. You willingly pay to have your government force you to put more cost into the vehicles you drive. Crazy.

Luckily, our classics are still exempt. Although the greenies are constantly trying to change that. We've thus far been able to convince the powers that be that we're such a small minority that it's not worth pursuing. If they ever require classics to undergo smog testing we'll all have to track down that smog equipment that we've removed and ditched.