Date:         Mon, 3 Mar 2008 17:12:04 -0800
Reply-To:     Pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Old Cars and engine conversions
In-Reply-To:  <200803040018.m240IjqJ028159@nlpi049.prodigy.net>
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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.