DeTomaso Mailing List: November 97, Message #234
     



From: 	"Curt T." <curt@digitalthunder.com>

Subject: RE: SB42 Confusion?

Date: 	Fri, 7 Nov 1997 10:55:10 +0000



JDeRyke wrote:

You're still thinking like a rational human being; ya gotta think like a

lawyer! Here's the situation: a'73 was built some day in '73. It is NOT 1

year old until the NEXT year ('74), just as you weren't1 year old at birth.

Now follow the line all the way to 30 years old: that occurs in 2004 for a

car built in '73. There is zero reason for putting in the "Rolling 30-yr

exemption and a temporary 5-year exemption for '66-'73 cars, expiring at the

end of 2002" unless the Smog Czars in Sac'to wanted to suck a little more

money outa the pockets of owners of '73 & later cars. 



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No confusion here...



It only changes to start including the cars 30 years and older.  If they just 

said, 30 years and older now then only '68 and older would be exempt in 

'98.  The change is not in there just to screw '73 cars.



Follow the line all the way to 30:



73 = born (as you say, 0 years old) 

74 = 1  (as you say, 1 year old)

75 = 2

76 = 3

77 = 4

78 = 5

79 = 6

80 = 7

81 = 8

82 = 9

83 = 10

84 = 11

85 = 12

86 = 13

87 = 14

88 = 15

89 = 16

90 = 17

91 = 18

92 = 19

93 = 20

94 = 21

95 = 22

96 = 23

97 = 24

98 = 25

99 = 26

00 = 27

01 = 28

02 = 29

03 = 30 - remember the zero!  Cars 30 years and older exempt!

04 = 31 - here's the 1.



Case closed, now stop adding like a lawyer!



Curt T.

1TO9 MPG, After '98 my '73 will not be smogged again.