Reply to "Any GT5-S owners in California?"

"In my opinion, if a car passes the tail pipe emissions test, it doesn't matter what equipment is installed on the motor. The spirit of the law is being adhered to, if not the letter of the law. It is fairly easy to tune older cars to pass the tail pipe emissions test. But tailpipe emissions is only half the picture ... is your car's evaporative emissions equipemnt in good order?"

George, I agree with your statement above. The reason I am againsed shops doing illegal smogs is that they get caught and when they do it brings heat onto us the hobbiest. That is a big problem for me. Of course none of my cars are "stock". What I meant by stating that its not worth driving an illegal car is that it is a pain in the ass. The Bora we have was originally federalized by my dad. I had to take it to smog every two years. We would have to install the cats and de-tune the carbs. It ran like shit. Finally one day the smog tech told me that it had to go to BAR to get a BAR sticker. What a joke it still has it. Now that it is older than 73 no one is looking. My reference is to all post 75 cars in Calif. Its not worth owning them for now unless they change the rules (doubtful) My fear is that they (CARB) will start looking again. If that happens I will buy some shit hole in rural Arizona and "move there" I have given this some thought over the years.