Bad news in Calif for Classic cars

More and more I wonder exactly WHO these elected officials are working for. I keep seeing more speed traps, more nonsense tickets and more nonsense legislation. I know it is a LOT worse in some other parts of the world than here in North America, but wouldn't it be nice to not always be trying to make everything more complicated?

I think we all need to start getting good at letter-writing because otherwise how will our legislators know they are not representing our views. I'm pretty sure the clean air people are pretty good at writing letters on "our" behalf.

Mark

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More and more I wonder exactly WHO these elected officials are working for. I keep seeing more speed traps, more nonsense tickets and more nonsense legislation.

Over half this nonsense you describe comes NOT from elected CA officials but from anonymous, faceless APPOINTED bureaucrats that are accountable to no one except their equally anonymous bosses. You the public have absolutely no say in their performance, pay or competence. Welcome to La-La-Land...

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Originally posted by Bosswrench:
Welcome to La-La-Land...

Been here for a while and can't say I'm lovin' it.

Of course, you are right, but much of the nonsense ticketing and enforcement priorities are based on the equally nonsensical legislation which is often driven by small, vocal special-interest groups. At least they are here in my part of La-La- Land.

Mark

Mexafornia has got to make a buck some how!
I moved out in 93 but had to come back in 99 to take care of family business. Its time I move out for good! Been laid off for the third time in four years because of the Crappy economy. I don't see it getting any better soon. I don't care what Pres. B.O. says! Like Jack said we need to find out who is pulling the strings and do away with ALL of them!
OK I off my soap box! Out to the garage to work on the Pantera, getting ready for Reno!

When Jay Leno is concerned about making his huge personal collection of cars pass smog tests, then I will be concerned about my one lone classic car passing a smog test.

Until then, ho hum...

There's nothing wrong with clean air. I like breathing it.

The negative part is when the environmental groups don't get their way, they find a back door to get around any legislature that was hammered out in good will in a public forum. Representative government be damned, the environmental lobby know whats best for all of us. Yes that is very wrong, but it happens several times a year in states throughout the US, not just California. Its not just clean air that is an issue, access to open public land is constantly under attack too. Save the trees from the people, not for the people.

No matter what happens ... we will cope. The entire state of California does not do smog testing now, only those communities in the bay area and greater southern California, like Carlsbad and Ventura. So where is your car registered? Maybe you need a a postal mail box in Ridgecrest so your car can be registered there. That's a solution a lot of owners use now so they can hot rod newer cars. There will always be smog station operators who cooperate with hot rodders, you just gotta ask around to find them. Its best if you "know somebody" if you get my drift. There's a guy here in Ventura who kinda forgets to do the visual inspection so long as your car passes the tail pipe test. And getting an engine to pass the tailpipe test isn't that hard, just need lean calibrated carburetors and cams with 60 degrees or less overlap.

Hang onto to your Autolite carbs, EGR plates & Ford air cleaners, if the testing becomes a reality the value of those things will escalate.