I had a friend who moved here from NY and had a hell of a time getting his gray-
market Porshe smogged. After 2 months of pain, he brought it to a Porsche
dealer who told him is car had everything it needed and passed it. Two years
later, he went to the same Porsche dealer and they wouldn't smog it. Go
figure.
Finally he went to the state smog referee and they bolted on a brand new
catalytic converter to replace his brand new catalytic converter added a couple
of other smog do-hickeys along with a $1,500 bill and now he has a California
legal Porsche.
When I brought my Acura into the state, I would have had to pay a $300
"environmental impact fee". I was told by the dealer that the difference
between my federal car and a California car was a $25 chip. I asked if I could
buy the chip. He said it wouldn't make a difference, and that even though my
car would pass the smog test as is, I'd still have to pay the $300. Needless to
say, I sold the car.
Don't be fooled. This is all about making money.
And as I wrote in my letter to Senator John Burton, "I believe the goal of
improving the state's air quality would be better served by concentrating on
commercial and industrial polluters instead of individuals."
Joseph
67 Roadster
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Subject: SMOG BASTARDS
Author: RFeibusch@aol.com
Date: 3/22/97 7:12 PM
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As far as I'm
concerned, these tests are being used to harass old car
folks rather than to lower emissions. My Chevy is cleaner
than when it was new and I had to pay a guy under the
table to call it a 307 with a single exhaust to get a damned
piece of paper and a legal download to the big computer in Sacramento!
So WRITE, WRITE, CALL, CALL & CALL AGAIN. Don't
let the BOZO bureaucrats get in your face!
Help pass SB42!
Rick Feibusch
Automotive Journalist/Appraiser
http://www.EnglishCars.com/rick.html
mailto:RFeibusch@aol.com
61 Minor pickup
60 Minor Saloon
59 Minor Convertible
69 Chevelle Malibu 350
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