Three percent is nothing! But the real issue is how much these cars are
being driven. I know that there are some of us who drive our Triumphs daily
to work and the store etc. But those are probably the exception. Most have
classic car insurance that restricts the mileage to somewhere around 2K to
3K a year.
Maybe that should be the determining factor. If it is a classic then the
owner would have classic insurance to avoid the emissions testing. If it
has standard insurance and is driven more that the minimum, it should be
classified along with all modern cars and undergo emissions testing!
Joe
-----Original Message-----
From: triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net
[mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Randall
Sent: Thursday, August 20, 2009 8:54 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [TR] Reality check
ANY old car is considered 'classic' by someone ... there is even an Edsel
club. And at least around here, cars more than 25 years old are easily 1%
of the cars on the road (saw a really nice 60's Nova today plus a 72 Mustang
and others I didn't bother to remember). According to that LA Times
article, nearly 3% of registered cars in CA are more than 25 years old:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-clunkers13-2009aug13,0,6098269.story
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