CA cracking down on modified cars.
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I still wonder why everyone with modded cars in CA don't all garthered in front of the captial and get some action because its fucked up when a moded car that can truly pass emission gets fix it tickets, yet everyone knows that most of the old muscle cars could be completely modded and a cop wouldn't raise a hand.
CARB is the main reason that after I graduate for Animation, I will never take a job in CA, well that, and cost of living.
good luck everyone in Cali
CARB is the main reason that after I graduate for Animation, I will never take a job in CA, well that, and cost of living.
good luck everyone in Cali
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Originally Posted by redrockkkit
Maybe i will start looking in az insted. Is there emission testing in az??
There's the story of one guy who asked the emissions guy what he was looking for under the hood. He replied "I don't know, we're just supposed to look under there."
My previous car had so many reasons to (technically) fail, but they never caught on to any of them.
Stock, modded, whatever. They pay $ (a joke) per hour, so who do you think works there?
Basically, if you can pass the sniffer test, (or whatever it's called) you're good.
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Uh-oh, emissions time, gotta swap back to "legal" for three hours.
Originally Posted by wildfire0310
a moded car that can truly pass emission gets fix it tickets
What's F-up is how it got to the point where that principal has been lost.
Replace a working cat converter? Nope. Illegal. What if the new cat works better than the old one? Sorry, here's your ticket.
Do they really care? How about a competent emissions staff then? It seems to me like it's more about "following the rules," no matter the logic, and of course, the $.
Bottom line: The only thing that needs to be tested is what comes out the tailpipe.
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i fully agree. Lets nuke the red states or atleast get rid of Carb. and pigs with chips on there shoulders. yeah my 67 chevy never gets any attention from cops no matter what but in anything else miata included cops seem to see under 25 and potential felony/misdemeanor in progress+ no money or time to hire a real lawyer and make them look stupid. They are just about always wrong on all ocunts but they keep trying for some reason. While there buddys down a six pack at there place and drive of ina cloud of smoke unimpuned or uninhibited by the paranoia of (the cops could get me, nah my buddys a cop and they know me) sometimes the stupidity and favortism of our current systems astound me.
#28
Well I really do think it's bs that CA is cracking down hardcore on this non-sense pathetic lame of excuse to impound or pull people over. I'm over here in Iowa and we don't have any inspections or no cop has ever looked under any of the hoods i've seen of the cars that has been modified. I'm really glad all that bs hasn't reached here yet, and when it does, we'll all be screwed!
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Originally Posted by Pitlab77
http://thenewspaper.com/news/05/576.asp
Sounds like a money maker to me rather than a concern for the saftey of the public at large.
and to the asian guy in that article, welcome to the wonderfull world of DWB (Driving while brown)
Sounds like a money maker to me rather than a concern for the saftey of the public at large.
and to the asian guy in that article, welcome to the wonderfull world of DWB (Driving while brown)
#31
Originally Posted by wildfire0310
CARB is the main reason that after I graduate for Animation, I will never take a job in CA, well that, and cost of living.
+1 i won't return calls or emails for job offers in CA. close friend of mine and his wife moved to L.A. about 3 years ago. he has two degrees and 10 years experience, she has a masters from Brown. together, they can barely afford to buy a POS house.
no thanks.
i moved to the S.E. from the north and am loving it.
#32
Thank GOD for Tennessee. At least we don't have to put up with a bunch of monkey ****** a football like Californians do. Even though some parts of TN have emission laws (SBrain2 and I live in the same town) they are not as stringent as those slapnuts. I'm hoping the next big earthquake breaks it off and lets it float into the ocean
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