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Date:         Mon, 3 Mar 2008 19:49:16 -0800
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Old Cars and engine conversions
Comments: To: Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com>
In-Reply-To:  <bfb5ccc40803031747o351b2de2h4431e42ab5e2efaa@mail.gmail.com>
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"remote sniffers"

??

Are you serious? :^)

That's way too scary!

Neil.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:47 PM, Old Volks Home <oldvolkshome@gmail.com> wrote: > The current CA law is vehicles 1975 and earlier are exempt from emission > testing. For now at least. > > But there's a catch to that too. Now that the BAR/CARB folks are starting > to place those remote "sniffers" along the highway and at selected freeway > on-ramps (complete with a camera), time will come that any pre-76 vehicle > detected as polluting over whatever the sniffer will be photographed, the > vehicle notified that they must report with the vehicle at a "test only" > station to be tested under standards that were place under the previous > state law and of course, must meet that standard. It's a vicious > circle..... > -- > Jim Thompson > 84 GL 1.9 "Gloria" > 84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" > 73 K Ghia Coupe "Denise" NO SMOG REQD > 72 411 Station Wagon "Pug" NO SMOG REQD > oldvolkshome@gmail.com > http://www.oldvolkshome.com > *********************************** > > > On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 5:26 PM, Scott Daniel - Shazam < > scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: > > > Also...what's the law ? 30 year old cars are free ? >

-- Neil Nicholson. 1981 Air Cooled Westfalia - "Jaco"

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