Well if any of you Californian's are so inclined to taking the state up on
this offer. Please give this Texan a call. I'm pretty sure I'll offer you a
lot more for your old MGs.
Fred
1961 Elva Courier Mk1
1965 Lotus Elan S2
Chevy truck and a Audi A3 too
On Tuesday 21 April 2009 13:37:37 rfeibusch1@earthlink.net wrote:
> Forwarded from the T-series list:
>
> California and San Francisco Bay Area T series owners should get a laugh
> out of the letter, paraphrased below that I recently got from the Bay Area
> Air Quality Management District:
>
> "Dear Vehicle Owner:
>
> Since the registration on your model year 1951 vehicle is expiring soon,
> please consider an alternative to driving this vehicle. You can receive
> $650 for your 1987 or older car, van or pickup truck from the Bay Area Air
> Quality Management District and help reduce air pollution.
>
> The District's Buy Back Program buys and then scraps 1987 and older
> vehicles. These older vehicles have less efficient emission control
> equipment and therefore produce much more air pollution than newer
> vehicles. This program is completely voluntary. If your car is a classic
> car or otherwise valuable to you, please disregard this letter."
>
>
> Needless to say I will be disregarding the letter. No wait, I think I'll
> write the BAQMD and ask why they are wasting my taxpayer funds to mail
> these letters out to owners of cars as old as mine. Any car of this age
> still registered and in operation is already a classic and more valuable to
> the owner than the $650 offered. Still I wonder if the "program is
> completely voluntary" provision will someday be rescinded?
>
> Time to write your legislators and express your opinions now?
>
> John F. Quilter
> Brisbane, California
> 1951 MGTD,
> 1960 Morris Minor
> 1969 Austin America
> two bicycles for most local errands
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