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[*] posted on 11-18-2012 at 11:44 AM


I was born & raised in Los Angeles County. As a child, I remember

  1. laying down after recess with a damp compress over my eyes to stop the sting from pollution
  2. Hearing the weather announcers include "Light to moderate eye irritation today...."


Thanks to tighter smog regulations, LA has a fraction of the air pollution it did in the '50's & '60's....BUT if saving a few bucks is THAT important to you....




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[*] posted on 11-18-2012 at 05:13 PM
smog ,,


I was smoged lic in ca. and alaska and Its is helping and having you car smogged will save you money in gas and some repairs..that said I keep my car in top running shape and myself think that a car with a good history should get more that 1 year not to smog..Newer cars are excempt for 6 years I think..And gross polluters 1 chance and if no improvement on the 2nd test Crush it.......A thought........PS I dont see anywhere on this thread where someone was "trying to save a BUCK" I, myself would rather take 2or3 "C" notes and pull up to DMV at the drive up window and get my new stickers and be done with it !!! K&T:cool:

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[*] posted on 11-18-2012 at 06:00 PM


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[*] posted on 11-18-2012 at 06:52 PM


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Thanks to tighter smog regulations, LA has a fraction of the air pollution it did in the '50's & '60's....BUT if saving a few bucks is THAT important to you....


Jeans, Your insinuation is ignorant and absolutely offensive.

US citizens who travel, for example in Baja California Sur, they have the right to live abroad and leave a vehicle and if it's too far from the home or too far from inspection stations or perhaps the gas is different and might damage their catalytic converter, then they are exempt from inspection. The law states people may travel freely and are not required to return home arbitrarily for inspection and it's quite reasonable and appropirate, in fact it has to do with reducing pollution and waste of time and gas to return across a far distance unneccessarily.

The fact is that US citizens have the right (like everyone) to travel the roads freely and have no requirement to returrn to USA for an abritrary vehicle test which does not have any actual improvement or reduction on output of pollution.

Apparently you have a prejudice against Baja Nomads such that those who abide by laws and don't drive needlessly thousands of miles are somehow reasposible for your teary eyes in your youth. Your insinuation is without merit, prejudicial and offensive.

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[*] posted on 11-19-2012 at 12:46 PM


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No, but what IS coming and FAST, are license plates that can be scanned at high speed. Like what MARYLAND has right now. The state starts out innocent enough, stolen cars, lack of insurance, wants and warrants on the driver (owner)...

But then...

"Sir the reason I pulled you over is that you have warrants out for unpaid parking tickets in Ventura and San Diego"

To be followed by...

"Sir the reason I pulled you over is that the state has a warrant because you have failed to pay your property taxes".

Maryland is a police state which is why they have State Police instead of highway patrol, etc. Most of the cars that they impound end up being used as unmarked radar cars (including everything from tractor trailers to sport cars). When they stopped me for a tail light out on Christmas eve many years ago they ended up impounding my car because I gave them a MD drivers license (that I had to get in order to cash checks there) and my car still had CA plates on it. When I went to impound yard to retrieve it they wouldn't release it until it had MD plates so I went to DMV, get them and was told they couldn't give them to me until car passed safety and smog inspection. The impound yard said they couldn't release car for inspection either.
About 3 months later I saw it parked next to I95 near VA border with a State Police radar pointed out the rear window.




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[*] posted on 11-19-2012 at 04:45 PM


California has the same capability they know your life's history before they get out of the patrol car:yes::yes:
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[*] posted on 11-19-2012 at 06:44 PM
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Damn,,I guess maybe I should not b-tch so much about ca. !! BTW did you ever serve in the armed forces ??? I'm sure you see what I'm leading to...anyway thats a F/up story..15 yrs back in calif. my step father was getting his car towed to get the tranny replaced annd the car was being towed on the front wheels only..got stopped by the CHP and impounded the car for late reg....aint that about a ------ The land of the FEE !! I'll take a ticket in mex over one in the USA !! I have never heard of a gringo getting a car impounded for nothing !!!..Quik,,wheres that raincoat !!! K&T.............:cool::cool:

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[*] posted on 11-20-2012 at 07:16 PM


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Damn,,I guess maybe I should not b-tch so much about ca. !! BTW did you ever serve in the armed forces ??? I'm sure you see what I'm leading to...anyway thats a F/up story..15 yrs back in calif. my step father was getting his car towed to get the tranny replaced annd the car was being towed on the front wheels only..got stopped by the CHP and impounded the car for late reg....aint that about a ------ The land of the FEE !! I'll take a ticket in mex over one in the USA !! I have never heard of a gringo getting a car impounded for nothing !!!..Quik,,wheres that raincoat !!! K&T.............:cool::cool:

[Edited on 11-20-2012 by captkw]
Never was enlisted. Couple of deferments for college then JFK quit drafting married men. However I did work for DoD as an Engineer for 20+ years including my time in MD/ DC.



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