Seems like in Kalifornia the noids in the gummint want you to get rid of anything that's not new. The emissions measured for a good running subaru motor are generally significantly better than any WBX. So? So a converted vanagon is BETTER emissions-wise than a non-converted vanagon. Don't even think about the carbon footprint or environmental impact of making the new mostly plastic, unmaintainable by the average Ben or Donna, environmentally unfriendly car. The smart money would subsidize such conversions rather than tell the impoverished owners of 20 yr old trucks with 150k+ miles on them they have to get a 'new' car. However the smart money left years ago leaving only the dumb money apparently. Or maybe all the money left and all we have left is the dumb part. California has its increasingly annoying collection of _real_ problems yet our duly appointed and highly paid officials don't seem to want to address those. The Emissions program is a joke. CARB seems to subsidize the many 'smog shops' often run by folks of limited lingual abilities and even less technical abilities who are more than happy to take your money, mumble something about it didn't pass and take even more of your money. Not that that is out of character at all. After all they do have to compensate for the anchor babies in the emergency rooms with runny noses and the translators to tell the the parents that their care is free, paid for by their friends and neighbors taxes and medical insurance premiums. Kalifornia's day has passed. And yes we do have the best government money can buy, just ask Randy Cunningham. Yeah it's a bit of a stretch but not that much. Now back to your regularly scheduled programming. |
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