CA emissions regs

[John Larson]

Here we go again.  WRONG!
Here's the truth, again.
CA emissions vehicles must have all the emissions equipment with which the
vehicle was originally equipped, and it must all work, and you must pass a
tail pipe test.
49 State emissions equipped vehicles must, upon being tested, have all the
emissions equipment mandated for the place of initial sale and it must all
work.  In addition, each such vehicle must pass a tail pipe test.  There are
NO retrofits, NO high fees, NO "environmental impact fee" (any more).
There are miscellaneous ONE TIME waivers for CA residents, mostly granted
for hardship reasons.  There are NO waivers for missing mandated equipment.
CA residents, and others as well, may bring in new cars that meet certain
minimum  time requirements, that is cars that have been owned and operated
outside the state for a specified period of time before being brought in to
CA and registered.  You can't go to OR, for example, and buy a new vehicle
there to avoid the CA sales tax.  You're gonna pay that tax here.
Unmolested federal cars, in general, have no more difficulty passing our
tests than cars first sold here. I personally own  at least 3 49 state cars
at the present time, and I have owned several others in the past.  Both my
20v and our A6 are from out of state.  The 20v was purchased from a person
who brought it here and drove it for a few years, and the A6QA was brought
in and auctioned here.  My 73 VW bus was an abandoned out of state vehicle
purchased at a lien sale here.  I brought a Speedster and a Vega in from VA
when I got out of the AF.
Permanent party military personnel have to have their motor vehicles
inspected here just like the rest of us, and they have no more trouble
passing the tests with their 49 state vehicles than we locals do with our CA
versions.
Vehicles certified for sale in areas outside the USA must go through the
federalization procedure just as they do elsewhere, and are smogged the same
way.
These rules have been effect for more than 35 years, with the exception of
the EIF, and I just can't believe all the urban legend baloney and
misinformation people pass on about this stuff. The truth is, if CA made it
that difficult to bring cars in, or to sell them here, the Feds would be all
over them with restraint of trade questions.  States can't have laws that
inhibit the free passage of commerce within the country.
End of informative rant.  John