DeTomaso Mailing List: October 97, Message #176
     



From: 	MikeLDrew@aol.com

Subject: Re:  SMOG test calculations

Date: 	Tue, 7 Oct 1997 16:56:00 +0000



Hi gang,



I'm BAAAACK, wading through 500+ e-mail messages.  I'll be here all day!



Jack wrote:



>IF SB-42 is signed by the Gov (he got it today @ 2PM), it exempts cars

'66-73

only. And that only lasts until 2002. Then, the law changes to a "rolling

30-yr-old " exemption. In 2002, a '73 will be 29, so I think that means any

'73s will AGAIN face at least once whatever SMOG-check-hell they've dreamed

up in the interim. But a '74 is smoggable until 2004 as you say.  Sorry;

that's the way I read it. Tell me I'm wrong, someone! J DeRyke



>>>Jack, Jack, Jack.  Hold you hand out in front of you.  Your fingers will

be used as a learning aid.



SB-42 goes into effect on 1 January '98, and exempts cars from '66 to '73 for

FIVE years.  Count with me now (here's where your fingers come in), '98, '99,

'00, '01, '02 (you should have used ALL the fingers on your hand, if not, go

back and do it again.)



Okay.  So then the law changes the next year to a 30-year rolling window.

 That's 2003.  2003 minus 30 equals 1973 (don't bother using your fingers, it

will take too long, just trust me on this one); thus, cars 1973 and earlier

will be exempt from smog checks.  1974 cars will fall off the next year.



And to think, you used to design rockets for Lockheed!  Lucky you weren't at

the blackboard during the Apollo 13 crisis, or those guys would have ended up

on Jupiter! :>)



Mike (who is a self-proclaimed math imbecile, and honestly has to use his

fingers for the above calculations himself!)