I suspect what they'll do is run programs like Cash For Clunkers to "encourage" collection of old cars, and also attack them from environmental angles. They'll make state auto inspections require the presence of these blackboxes for a car to pass.
They won't be able to do it in one fell swoop, but they will for sure pursue various measures designed to force people into newer (i.e. controlled) vehicles.
I've heard, from a smog tech friend, that CA has already started eliminating vehicles new enough to require a smog check.. They just change the specs in their smog check computer system in Sacramento, and that model no long can pass the test.
He discovered this when he found that carb equipped Ford Rangers (83-85) would no longer pass. He found an old test printout in one of them, and realized that the old numbers did not match the latest system output specs.
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I suspect what they'll do is run programs like Cash For Clunkers to "encourage" collection of old cars, and also attack them from environmental angles. They'll make state auto inspections require the presence of these blackboxes for a car to pass.
They won't be able to do it in one fell swoop, but they will for sure pursue various measures designed to force people into newer (i.e. controlled) vehicles.
I've heard, from a smog tech friend, that CA has already started eliminating vehicles new enough to require a smog check.. They just change the specs in their smog check computer system in Sacramento, and that model no long can pass the test.
He discovered this when he found that carb equipped Ford Rangers (83-85) would no longer pass. He found an old test printout in one of them, and realized that the old numbers did not match the latest system output specs.
Just added VW bug, ca '68, to the stable. It ain't fast, it ain't pretty, but it will run.
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