Smog checks and CARB going away!

[rallytaff]

Looks as though they are going away in 41 days when it gets signed into law. Got to love Lee Zeldin for getting rid of these SCAMS which have been ripping us off for decades! It was nothing to do with clean air, it was all about the MOOLAH! When this passes, I'm having my COBB down pipe put back on!

 

[grimlock212]

Looks as though they are going away in 41 days when it gets signed into law. Got to love Lee Zeldin for getting rid of these SCAMS which have been ripping us off for decades! It was nothing to do with clean air, it was all about the MOOLAH! When this passes, I'm having my COBB down pipe put back on!

Do you have more details? Is this in California? All counties?

 

[rallytaff]

TK's Garage on YT last night posted it. As far as I know it's nationwide. When this takes effect it can NEVER, EVER be brought back regardless of who's in power. They will probably do Safety Checks instead and they want to class brake dust as a polluter because they'll lose so much money. CARB is also finished, but if it is, I don't see how they can bring in brake dust checks.
By the way TK is very knowledgeable when it comes to following what's going on. He's very up to date and has the right connections. Check him out.

 

[grimlock212]

That’s great news if correct. Hopefully Jay Leno gets the changes to SMOG testing for newer classic cars too. I think they should just set it to all cars 30 years or older are SMOG exempt, or something like that.

The problem with CARB was the cost to get the certification. I have friends in the industry, and they have told me the process plain sucks. Today I literally bought a Cobb CAI because my new to me FiST came with a random Mountune intake hose that isn’t CARB certified. Why does a friggen hose need to be certified?!? I could have bought the original Ford part, but the cost of the CAI wasn’t *that* much more…

 

[Dialcaliper]

Looks as though they are going away in 41 days when it gets signed into law. Got to love Lee Zeldin for getting rid of these SCAMS which have been ripping us off for decades! It was nothing to do with clean air, it was all about the MOOLAH! When this passes, I'm having my COBB down pipe put back on!

Sensationalism again without reading the fine print. Even if this does get through the legal
Challenges and implementation, it has nothing to do with “smog checks” and tailpipe testing going away.

The regulation in question is “greenhouse gas emissions” that have decentralized effects - at most it will affect regulations on carbon/CO2 emissions for cars that are relatively new and are tested at the manufacturer level and are one of the justifications for pushing to EVs, and have nothing to do with the “smog forming chemicals” that have test limits during a “smog check” specifically HC, CO and NOx which have had well documented “localized” effects on the environment such as the 70’s smog bowl in LA.

In short, like everything else this administration is doing, this will have absolutely no effect or relief to you, mean and the average Joe, despite the claims, and be almost entirely aimed at lining the pockets of rich pricks and corporations.

I love how they are succeeding at hoodwinking their own supporters and then bending them over like choirboys singing praises to Jesus.

 

[rallytaff]

Sensationalism again without reading the fine print. Even if this does get through the legal
Challenges and implementation, it has nothing to do with “smog checks” and tailpipe testing going away.

The regulation in question is “greenhouse gas emissions” that have decentralized effects - at most it will affect regulations on carbon/CO2 emissions for cars that are relatively new and are tested at the manufacturer level and are one of the justifications for pushing to EVs, and have nothing to do with the “smog forming chemicals” that have test limits during a “smog check” specifically HC, CO and NOx which have had well documented “localized” effects on the environment such as the 70’s smog bowl in LA.

In short, like everything else this administration is doing, this will have absolutely no effect or relief to you, mean and the average Joe, despite the claims, and be almost entirely aimed at lining the pockets of rich pricks and corporations.

I love how they are succeeding at hoodwinking their own supporters and then bending them over like choirboys singing praises to Jesus.

Tell us how this will line the pockets of, as you put it, rich pricks and corporations. Who is pushing EV's when there's a mandate in CA against them? You're quite obviously against this administration who's doing their job and getting rid of expensive SCAMS! Living in SF tells us all we need to know!

 

[grimlock212]

Tell us how this will line the pockets of, as you put it, rich pricks and corporations. Who is pushing EV's when there's a mandate in CA against them? You're quite obviously against this administration who's doing their job and getting rid of expensive SCAMS! Living in SF tells us all we need to know!

Hey now, where we live shouldn’t matter. I live in the SF Bay Area and I’d be the first to say that CARB and SMOG needs to be revised in a way to not hurt car enthusiasts. California has the largest car enthusiast population in the US. I’d just avoid politics in public forums since it’s so polarizing these days.

 

[Intuit]

Facts and science are behind emissions standards.
Remember the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China?
Following that debacle, even they made changes (extreme, even) following that and supposedly is among the cities with good air quality now.
Took some time, but the 2022 Olympics were remarkably different.

Cleaner water, cleaner air can be taken for granted when we have it.
But when we don't the consequences can be far reaching, health compromising, and difficult to redress.
Keep in mind that not everyone has the same tolerances for toxins.
(kids, elderly and allergy-prone individuals for instance)

The problem WE have is that we keep referring to things as an ALL -or- NOTHING.
I don't want California level emissions bureaucracy but neither want (old) China level standards either.
Instead of getting constantly whiplashed between one extreme or the other, how about we begin to make SMARTER decisions about management with a mix of independence at the consumer level, and standards at the development and manufacturing levels?

 

[Intuit]

BTW, I LOVE warm weather.
Bring on the heat baby! 😁🌞🔆
I am PRO global warming.

(I say the above without complete seriousness. Those living near waterways (not me at the moment) and flood planes (which historically has been the majority of human populations) are more heavily affected by the changes.)