This stuff always scares me. Todays voluntary is often tomorrow mandatory.
Lee
1968 Lotus Europe
1965 Lotus 7
two bicycles for exercise
and a couple of 'newer' vehicles for day-2-day usage
At 12:37 PM 4/21/2009, you 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voluntary" provision will someday be rescinded?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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