"Maybe we can generate interest in migration to New York where things are
better. Any decrease in population here would ease traffic congestion and
help reduce the housing shortage. Stop and go traffic causes higher
emissions per mile than flowing traffic."
Hey Gringo, keep all your damn residents in CA, along with their attendant
pollution. We in NY have enough traffic and people :)
We also don't need any more undocumented aliens!!!! We get our share from
many parts of the world and none have licenses or insurance.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Chernoff" <az589@lafn.org>
To: "Susan and Mark Miller" <marknsuz@pacbell.net>; "Datsun list"
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 3:51 PM
Subject: Re: re CA Smog laws
> Mark,
>
> Since you are purportedly quoting relative statistics, can you tell us the
> total annual pollution that collector cars over 30 years old contribute
and
> what the total annual pollution of all newer cars amounts to. Parts per
> million for the various vehicles must be factored by the total miles per
> year that 30+ year old collector vehicles are used. Collector vehicles
> usually have limited use and are usually maintained better than the daily
> use vehicles.
>
> Anyone that would propose that the California State government set a
> maintenance schedule for anything, especially car maintenance, must have
> been poisoned by the funny mushrooms. Just look at the condition of the
> roads and bridges that the state is responsible for and it is obvious that
> maintenance is not their priority. As an aside, it is rumored that they
> are planning to raise the registration/license fees on the older cars in a
> disproportionate tax increase scheme that the assembly just passed on a
> party line vote.
>
> One of the California state governments highest priorities is to increase
> revenue. The main reason to get older cars off the road seems to be to
get
> the increased tax from newer replacement vehicles with higher market value
> since the state taxes on the value after the registration fee.
>
> The automobile repair industry also pushes return of smog testing on all
> cars back to 1966 because they have lost some income from testing and
> repairs. I think that the state should mandate that anyone that is in the
> automobile repair business be qualified to repair any vehicles that they
> are allowed to do work on. Maybe malpractice insurance for automotive
> repair? For roadster content, I get many requests for referrals to
someone
> competent to repair them. Most repair shops are not capable of repairing
> and maintaining roadsters and don't really want to.
>
> The technician at the test only station where I had go said that he was
> told the state is trying to eliminate all vehicles that are not equipped
> with OBDII.
>
> It seems that the total reduction in emissions could be much greater if
all
> the vehicles operated by people not here legally were eliminated from use
> than any possible reduction, even by elimination, of all 30+ year old
cars.
>
> Californians please contact your state legislators and tell them to leave
> well enough alone with smog testing and get on with reducing our massive
> budget deficit by cutting spending.
>
> Maybe we can generate interest in migration to New York where things are
> better. Any decrease in population here would ease traffic congestion and
> help reduce the housing shortage. Stop and go traffic causes higher
> emissions per mile than flowing traffic.
>
> My two+ cents.
>
> Stan
> 67.5 2L #37 and one owner '65 Olds 4-4-2
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