Just my $0.02 : These are people who want to regulate 30+ year old cars?
And they're doing it by mileage? Uh huh. And we all know how really tough
it is to disconnect the odometer on almost any automobile of this vintage --
so where's the metric? Who's to say what? Used car dealers have been
rolling 'em back since Hector was a pup.
Let the fools have their playtime -- hey, it looks good to the voters, after
all, and this guy Florez is just a hack politico holding himself out as
doing something for the citizens -- must be an election year. Hey, find
something useful to do, like feeding the poor and homeless and creating
jobs. Better yet, go out and get yourself a real job. Unfortunately, the
voters tend to choose the bottom end of the bell curve when electing their
"leaders" -- this guy is merely an exposition of the genre.
Just disconnect the speedo and go your merry way -- the burden of proof's on
them. I quit counting miles on my Tiger when the speedo broke (for the 3rd
or 4th time) at about 140,000 and I quit relying on it long before that --
tachs are fine.
One final thought: I have to wonder what the energy cost is to produce a
new car in both electricity and petro costs in the plastics -- and then that
car will consume its share of environmental resources for it lifetime -- and
then have to be disposed of. That would give a pretty good measure against
which one could judge the validity of keeping the vintage babies running.
Or is this too taxing a gedanken exercise for the microcephalic politicos?
Just remember -- your vote counts. For every vintage car owner there's 10
more out there who either want to be or plan to be. Use the internet. Tell
your friends. Out these weenies -- make that public record REALLY public.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Laifman" <SLaifman@socal.rr.com>
To: <Senator.Florez@SEN.CA.GOV>
Cc: "Tiger's Den" <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 8:03 PM
Subject: Smog rules on 30 year old cars
Senator Florez,
While I can understand your air quality concerns, it is not clear why
the extremely limited number of 30 year and older vehicles represent any
significant influence here. There are very few of them. The pollution
equipment on my 38 year old classic consists of a Pollution Control Valve.
How can you envision the administrative and public burden of finding out
just how many cars drive over this arbitrary 12,000 mile per year limit?
This is an administrative nightmare and will do nothing for your Central
Valley. Run a DMV check on the number of vehicles fitting this criteria
that are actually resident in this area. Darn few, I suspect.
Sincerely,
Steve Laifman
Editor
http://www.TigersUnited.com
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