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Scariest words in the history of mankind: We are from the government, and we are here to help...

 

lol

 

these damn things r in fontana area all the time. im stock though so im chill

 

it makes me dread about my upcoming mods for turbo and color change... wish Cali wasnt such a bish to fix up your car

 

I just printed out the Acrobat Page from the http://www.epa.gov/otaq/regs/im/roadside.pdf just in case. Gonna place the packette in my car with the "voluntary" phrase highlighted just in case if I'm forced to get tested. Just an idea.

 

oh nice thats a good idea good looking out bro

 

I just read the pamplet and I quote:
The license plate numbers of vehicles whose operators declineto participate in the Roadside Inspection Program are recorded and entered into a laptop computer for later analysis...

in other words you're screwed.

 

damn bro another way the system chose to screw us IMPORTS,

like i mentioned i know a person with a str8 pipe Vette Z06 got called on his straight pipe one time and the CHP guy was like dont lie it know you have no cats rev it up for me yeah and he and his partner started cheering !! and told him to have a nice day

 

i got stopped at one of those things before. chp guy waved me over and made me pull up onto the tester. I was ditching school that day and thought i was busted but they finished up the smog and sent me on my way. no questions no paperwork.

 

Cool ... a government sponsored dyno!

Look like those ramps would high center many of our cars on them anyways - looks like you drive forward though them until the rear wheels catch the rollers.

 

Wonder what that means?

So much for voluntary.

The figures show that about 40-50% of people fail with about 25-40% for emission failures but the survey is stratified toward older cars.

Just remember "Clean air is good for everyone" or !MANTENER EL AIRE LIMPIO ES UN TRABAJO PARA TODOS!

 

It means that next time you need to register you get a MUST provide Smog Certificate as part of you registration.

And probably a "watch out for this guy" on your computer record and more pull overs

I'm getting more and more happy that my company is moving us to Austin next year. I am so sick of this California crap.
I am all for a cleaner environment but if you do this go after all.
Start with the ships, then the trucks, the motorcycles, the freaking 70's and pre cars....all these produce way more polution than a modified import build after 2000

 

mr tomcat, i feel you on the california crap its honestly not fun to like own a "fixed up car" in Cali because of so much BS restrictions and the thieves are unbelievable... the more i fix up my car the more paranoid i get i mean i have a daily beater 2002 accord i can use but its honestly not as fun as driving the Z around and everytime ur caught in ur beater u would see fixed up cars and or some fine hunnies and be like damn i wish i drove my car.. but yeah i feel ya

 

It's all a bunch of Bull Shiit.

 

hey do they wash cars too while they're at it? I would like to WOT on neutral when they're washing my rear bumper, leaving exhaust burn on their forehead.

 

lmfao

 

DAMthats wack.but thanks for the 411 I always thought it was an urban legend too guess not.

 

I wonder if you don't decline, do they still record your license plate? I have turbos, so they would know I'm not street legal in a second! I wonder if it would be better to just go for it and look like you have nothing to hide?

 

good point, I wonder about that as well

 

**** it, ive got a lawyer on retainer. Ill tell the cop no.