Oh, relocate all military installations out of California. They don’t like the military and we don’t like them (left politics). That’ll remove pollution from the aircraft, tanks, naval ships.
Gov't is totally clueless when it comes to pollution. IE: How many boats have catalytic converters? NONE, they just exhaust directly into water If they were REALLY serious they'd enact a nationwide hydrogen mandate. Hydrogen can be made with water and solar power - Europe has hundreds of them!
amen. new cars are junk, anything newer than 2000 you can see the quality degrade year over year. until the point we are at now, where 6 year old cars are going to the junkyard. meanwhile, my 1987 volvo 240 still runs perfectly, original engine and transmission, over 400k. no monthly heated seat subscription fees either.
@@VegasRT500 California is second only to DC in homeless rate at 43.7 (per 10,000 population). Florida is at 11.9 and Texas is at 8.3. California is also higher on reported violent crime rate at 499.5 (per 100,000 population) vs 431.9 in Texas and 258.9 in Florida.
In order to maintain popularity, they keep redistributing the hard earned wealth of a few to a majority, who likes it, wants more of it and will vote accordingly.
Years ago, California had an agency called the Inspection and Maintenance Committee. They would do an independent survey every two years. The last review they did in 2009 showed that the total number of pre ‘75 vehicles on the road made up less than .05%, and even if they were removed, the impact on air quality would be insignificant. The committee was disbanded shortly after that, and all records and reports have disappeared. But the bureaucrats do know the backlash they will face if they try to push too much legislation on us. And always remember, it’s not about air quality, it’s about money.
Maybe the backlash is what they want. Seems that way with all they have been pulling lately. It is said that angry people are easier to fool because their judgement is clouded. Maybe that's why they want us angry - so we don't notice the really bad stuff they're doing behind our back.
Plenty of bad things they’re up to for sure. But in this case it’s more about people justifying their jobs. They have to create a problem in order to create a solution. From what I’ve heard, one of their latest concerns is amount of hydrocarbons venting off cars stored in garages. As ridiculous as that sounds, that’s low hanging fruit for them to go after. My speculation, some brainiacs will come up with a carbon canister gas cap they will force us all to buy. Enforcement will be impossible, but if you’re stuck buying one you might use it. Then they can celebrate about how they once again saved the world.
And I’ll bet most people don’t know about the ban on sales of small gasoline engines that begins Jan ‘24. Another easy target for them. Unless people in California wake up and start voting differently, this crap will continue.
@@hvspeed6102What's that with the small gasoline engines? As for voting it won't help because anyone who's (s)elected has been thoroughly vetted beforehand to ensure full obedience. But still there are always ways an individual can retain some sanity in life by simply going against the current.
Every custom car builder, restorer and aftermarket company should immediately make plans to move your shops/businesses to other states where you'd be welcome
Keep your Commiefornia regulations out of my BattleBorn State & If You Leave Comiefornia your being forced out of that state by your voting decisions so if the people who you vote for totally go the opposite direction of everything they campaigned for & said they weren’t going to be swayed by lobbyists & their campaign contributors either recall the election & remove them from office just do your homework & research who your trying to put in control of your state if they say whatever the issues are at the moment & time they’re for or against they a couple years later the popular view changes differently than before if they have a track record of doing that they are a bullshit lying snake that will say they are supporters of this movement or legislation then the next day in a different county they say they are against the same thing the day before they supported they just are going to lie the entire time just to get elected then do the exact opposite of everything they were going to do
They can shut off a late model ICE car too. But if they force you into EV then they get to dictate where you live. Where you can't charge your car you can't live. Fuel you can store and move around as needed. Battery charge? Different story.
I was born and raised in So. Cal. and left at age 20. I live in Arizona now and I don't miss Cali one bit. In seven years, I have driven my '71 C10 about 10K miles and I'm exempt from emissions testing. The state should be called "Californication" because it's always trying to screw it's residents!
Greetings Arizona brother.🤝 I left calif 5 yrs ago. No regrets. I have my 74 Charger I built from the ground up and drive frequently without any worries from the govt here. I luv my car and love it here in AZ. God bless!💯🇺🇲🏁
Actually, Maricopa and Pima counties in Arizona emission-test back to 1967 year, unless one jumps through hoops to get a waiver (must have a garage, private insurance).
I've lived in San Diego for 30 plus years. All my former and present vehicles are registered out of state. I learned from my neighbors down south from Tijuana. These cars and a boatload of klunkers are unregulated. I drive a 1995 5.9 v8 Grand Cherokee straight pipe with North Dakota plates. Register your cars in Nevada or Arizona. South Dakota charges $55 dollars every 3 years.
I have an old vehicle, I prefer them. It isn't about the environment, it's about control. They want control over every aspect of our lives. My '47 Frazer, which I've had for 38 years now and only drive maybe, twice a month, I'm sure causes no problem to our "environment", but they'll make an issue with it. A future electric car, with a computer in it's dash someplace, can be traced, tracked, and who knows, shut down remotely, if they so choose to. An old car they can't control and so, they use a drummed up environmental issue, to do so.
Used to be said, there are 49 other states that are better. Unfortunately that number is decreasing. Washington decided to build light rail to fix the congestion because the roads have no lanes. It’s only costing the taxpayers something on the order of $1-1.5B per mile of track. Many areas paying for the service won’t get it, and others won’t get it for another 15-20 years. Oh, and our governor softened his stance on gas powered cars. It was originally slated that 2030 you couldn’t buy new and 2035 to register. Now it’s moderated because of California (shocker) to 2035 to purchase new.
Good to hear they softened their electric car mandate but I fear it is only done to slow the boil of the loss of freedom so the people dont know what is happening to them. I left WA last year for TX freedom.
well said. All those other states are being screwed up by citizens that flee states like California, NY, Washington, etc. they leave and set up "shop" in places like my state and start doing/voting for the same thing they bitched about where they left. Makes no sense.
Back in the 80's, one could see quite a few old cars around, LA. BUT, now you only rarely see an old classic , usually on a weekend car show. CARB, is really, run,may I say by clueless bureaucrats.
To be fair. Since then those cars are now 50 years older, which makes them ever more valuable and more likely to become a hidden away treasure, than chosen as a daily driver.
@@mrtopcat2 you are correct, just common sense. Back in the mid 90's my nephew was big into the VW bug scene, with events like "Bug O rama", but there really weren't that many on the roads, even then. Today a bug would be considered a death trap, for a everyday vehicle.
Yup, seeing these comments about current gas prices all I can say is YIKES! Gas here in Northeast FL last fillup on 87 octane was $2.87 / gallon, but seeing these CA prices I'm gonna stop complaining about paying almost $4 / gallon for the now widely available ethanol free 89 octane I run in my motorcycles!
@@terrybeavan4264 It's 3.25 for 87 around here in the 845, but open your wallet to the tune of about 425-450 for 93. Super is usually running the same cost as diesel around here.
I would love to see the California air resources board be fully defunded why do I say that it's because we truck drivers are also under attack especially when we're driving older model trucks that are at least 10 years old that are still on the road I wish you guys that own classic cars good luck keep up the fight while we guys and our big rigs driving or going to do the same thing.
Total bull 💩 its about control nothing more they want that gps switch to eventually tell you when and where you can use your vehicle. Till the point its a privilege so only the privilege will get to drive all others use government transportation
I'd like to be able to drive anywhere I want, but all of my cars rely on paved roads; I don't own an ORV. The last time I saw a major road construction was about 30 years ago, and that superslab cost over $10M per mile to build. For the privilege of driving on those nice paved surfaces, I am willing to pay through the taxes on the fuel I buy and the houses I own. And my newest car is 33 years old.
@@eycchu driving should never be a privilege!!! It's beening challenge in Supreme Court...haven't checked on that in a while. Right to travel with your personal effects.
@@Rscottphillips friend owned a electric mustang some kid shadowed his phone started his car and unlocked it!! I was like wtf?? I drive a 86 f250 4x4 6.9 idi diesel with twin manual sticks! Lol 😂
@@user-km3sg1hy9s You have the right to travel anywhere you want, but as soon as you have to rely on someone to provide you with the road surface on which to drive, you will need to have at least permission from them to use their road surface. For most of us, that's the moment we leave our driveways.
I'm in my 50's and that's all I own my whole life is classic car's for my every day driver. I'm old enough to see most of the good fixer uppers disappear. In the 80's I used to watch them get CRUSHED at the wrecking yard it broke my heart watching good classic cars and truck's get crushed and sent to China. Now they want to modern California as China!
This is all about control they don't want you to be able to work on anything, think for yourself, or have fun. They don't want a single vehicle on the road they can't potentially totally control.
Why don’t they focus on providing funding to develop hydrogen internal combustion engines instead of these mineral-sapping EV bombs. Classic cars are barely used for heaven’s sake. I bet they contribute less than 1% of emissions.
I went to the CARB website and there was nothing to confirm but the suggested legislation, fortunately. However, I did read the allegations on 3rd party websites. I almost wonder if they are testing the waters. I also feel that they would not want to muddy the waters prior to an election year. Many that participate in the classic car hobby are well established and mature individuals with little to no tolerance for legislation that would impede on their hobby. This includes, hot rods, low riders, drag races etc. it’s a broad stroke attack on a vast demographic.
Look at the SEMA show in vegas this year ,, billions of dollars ,hundreds of thousands of people employed in various involved fields , lifestyles invested in these cars,,,it seems that the cali politicians want to start a war with thier citizens ,,the so called leaders are insane,and should be treated as such,, vote the bastards out,,,or loose everything...
I would bet everything I had that if California passed a law that said that any car you own made before 1978 had to be either removed from the state or the state would confiscate it and crush it, the democrats there would still win by a landslide like they always do. The indoctrination that has gone on in that state does not allow you to question what the environmental nassis do, and if you question it your life will be destroyed...
Thank you for addressing this problem. I try to drive my Cuda on a Saturday cruise of no more than 20 miles, 2 or 3 times a month. What can we do? Should we start petitions?
My dad bought a 1966 Ford Mustang brand new it's been through my brothers and sisters and now it's mine. I've lived in California since 1961, I've done so much work to it fixing this car up. Every month I go to Java & jalopies vintage car Meetup. It's been really fun California has their heads up their butt. They need to find another way to solve their issues because it's not the vintage cars.
I own 4 cars, 2 of them "hot rods", and my 35 minute commute is by bike. Having done that for the last 25 years, I think I am entitled to this opinion: If you live less than 30 minutes or less away from work by bike, unless you are physically or otherwise health disabled, you should find a better way to commute than by a single occupant automobile. See if this makes sense to you: Consume a lot of fuel, generating a lot of pollution to move a vehicle weighing over 3000 pounds to haul a load that is 5% of its weight (you), contributing to traffic jams, and then fighting for a parking spot, and possibly contributing to America's health problems such as obesity, heart disease, and other problems associated with lack of physical activity. The funniest thing I see everyday is at a stop light along my commute. Some times I get stopped at that corner, and next to it is a health club, with a line of stationary bikes along the front windows, and people huffing on them.
they already got rid of alot of them with the cash for clunkers program, they are trying to kill internal combustion engines all together from all directions wether it be classic cars, closing drag strips etc.
I lived in SoCal from the late 50s thru the early 2000s. One of the common daily sights was gray smoke haze layer you could see in the San Gabriel Mtns. Recently I made a quick trip back into the LA area and as I was driving out to leave I noticed same gray smoke haze layer. Seems like there has been misguided focus on the source of pollution. 50 plus years of ever increasing automobile pollution controls and no improvement. I don't think getting rid of old cars will make any difference at all.
I live in Canada and I try to drive my 31 fordmodel a truck as much as I can, in fact I like to think its my daily driver in the summer. That would suck if the gov would prevent me from driving it.
You said it "wasting tax payers dollars" and I'll add destroying our rights. This is what CA government loves to do. take our wealth and freedoms. I'm actively looking for residence in another state.
I drive a 65, for many reasons. Registration and insurance are cheaper, no smog bullshit, I can work on it myself, no digital crap, and I dont owe the bank. Easier to find my car in a crowded parking lot😁, I can lean on the car and not dent it!
I can understand your point about modern engine efficiency. Back in the day I couldn't get more than 10 mpg out of a 318 Fury no matter what I did. On your main point, once Sacramento starts on an issue like this, nothing seems to stop them.
... Yeah, I received a freaking survey letter ... They wanted to know how often I drove, where I drove, how much fuel did I leave in the tank, where did I park it as in a garage, under a car port, etc. And a whole lot more if I intrusive questions ... ... I felt like returning a letter of my own, in effect: Dear Nazis ... We have a contract. I am a licensed driver, in good standing. My cars are insured. My cars are registered. Therefore, I am upholding the terms of our contract. And you must uphold your end. You do not question the use and driving habits of ANY vehicle owner who is upholding and maintaining the terms of their State contract, whether they be classic or modern. Period. ...
They have been already doing the same non-sense for decades with red-sticker off-road vehicles (mostly 2-stroke motorcycles). They were referring to principle, while has not mattered to them, that these vehicles were rarely used to begin with. Meanwhile several thousands of 2-stroke leaf blowers have been operating by migrants hands all day, every day in the cities.
In 1978, while living in Vacaville Ca, I bought a 1964 F100 and because it had a 1969 429 in it, I had to smog certify it to 1969 standards. Cost me a weeks pay and I removed it as soon as I left the certificate facility as it ran like crap. Rediculous Ca bullshit has been happening for decades.
well if thieves didnt run the government here then it wouldnt be a problem everybody needs to vote the losers out so every person old enough to vote needs to vote the scumbags out
They only get driven , like once every two weeks , make a stand get everyone involved, Sema, NHRA , E-magazines , I think emissions from China Russia an India would be more of a concern.
The city of Long Beach is expanding their cruise ship docking port next to the Queen Mary to allow for two more ships. Making for a total of three. The amount of pollution expelled by a cruise ship for the sole purpose of 2400 people to putter up and down the coast for a few days is MASSIVE and many of those people on these cruise ships are from neighboring states! BTW, Liane M. Randolph is the chair person of CARB. This is her plans for California.
Gov Newsome needs to realize what "accidents " may happen to him by banning old cars . He is pissing off thousands of car people that are NOT gonna give up their classics . Just sayin . . . . . . .
From what I have read, when they get all the info they need, they want to allow city's to ban then..so anywhere that is "nice" or pleasant to visit, like beach city's, they will allow bands and restrictions..totally BS
Very well said brother, 100% agree. Great (and valid) points. Let’s just hope it’s a big bluff and backlash from the majority make the powers to be reverse on their ludicrous plans.
Very interesting video, John and thanks for it. Here in Europe it is very similar. Probably even worse. What about the production of batteries for electric cars? Is electricity made from air? Total nonsense. It is clear that those who have a classic car do not use it every day. This is somewhat of a lifestyle and a hobby. Othewise I would never change your Chally engine for a modern one.
Do not underestimate these people!! If they say they are coming for your classic cars they are coming after your classic cars. They will chip away and slowly break you to the point where you will give up.
My suggestion if CARB bans driving old cars altogether: move to Pennsylvania. Here you can get a classic car license plate which excludes you from emissions or safety inspections, under the condition that you don’t drive more than x amount of miles a year ( I can’t remember the exact number) which they don’t enforce. even if you modify a modern car, the police usually don’t bother you unless you have really dark tinted windows. Also it’s my opinion that CARB should be either dissolved or stripped of most of its power.
The classic car industry is huge, and the results of the custom car ideas influence all of the major car manufacturers so all of us can enjoy really nice machines to operate in our daily lives. There are also those of us who can't afford a newer vehicle which include, bank loan payments, high insurance to cover the cost of the new vehicle should it be in an accident, and now the high cost of registering the car including smog inspections.
Even with the modern fuel injection stuff both California and the Fed are banning us from using unlocked programmable ecus in our cars. Going as far as raiding ecu tuning and supply wholesalers as if they were drug traffickers. The irony of course with ecu tuning the closer you get to optimal air/fuel ratios the cleaner the engine burns and thus lower the emissions.
Guys look it up.. They group cars with diesel trucks and airplanes for measuring our CO.. why arent just cars seperate? One airplane flight puts out over 300 pounds of CO.. its a scape goat and we pay the bill is why we are grouped in should be seperate.. government dont wanna pay up so group us and say our cars are the issues..
Colorado has recently been trying to adopt emission laws similar to California. Its unfortunate and and people really need to pay attention and see how much of a racket it really is. Recently here they have made it basically illegal to have a federal catylitic converter and you need to spend thousands not hundreds more for a California certified cat for an emission issue that is fundamentally idiotic. Pretty soon it will be you need to pay to make your classic car have 4 cats or whatever else they deem necessary you know to protect the environment. Because electric cars dont have negative environmental impacts right? We charge them up with happy thoughts and rainbows. And the batteries come from fairies for free not from lithium mines.
I think that when an engine swap is done there should be a update to the title being in the event modern engines are installed it technically is a newer version of its original manufactured condition also normally if someone does a engine swap they aren’t only just replacing the engine it’s a complete overhaul & rebuild frame off type of restoration that way the vehicles chassis can handle the performance modifications such as suspension & braking capability
It's about control. It's about tracking newer vehicles, insurance company kickbacks to legislators for info, driving habits, and monitoring routes of vehicles to affect insurance premiums and claim coverage or denials of claims. I don't understand how a country like the USA or Canada with its fairly low rates of pollution need to squeeze us working class to death with taxes, carbon taxes, killing of classic cars, etc... We sent most of our horribly polluting manufacturing overseas, and then politicians claim how we reduced emissions... we didn't... we sent them elsewhere... Such a mess...
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Stop voting for these losers.
nobodys voting for them i dont think, its rigged, how the hell does Newsom get reelected, not a single soul on this earth likes him.
Most of these candidates lie about their plans in candidacy. The minute their voted in they do a 180deg turn to ruine lives.
If voting made a difference it would be illegal.
@@VegasRT500 Spoken like a true democratic sheep.
@@ChicagoRob2he did not reply to you because he's watching CNN and MSNBC 😅
If they really wanted to do something about pollution they would ban private jets. 😂
Close LAX and relocate the flights to Phoenix. That’ll cut down the large aircraft pollution.
Oh, relocate all military installations out of California. They don’t like the military and we don’t like them (left politics). That’ll remove pollution from the aircraft, tanks, naval ships.
Gov't is totally clueless when it comes to pollution. IE: How many boats have catalytic converters? NONE, they just exhaust directly into water If they were REALLY serious they'd enact a nationwide hydrogen mandate. Hydrogen can be made with water and solar power - Europe has hundreds of them!
Yeah all the hollywood wankers will cry!!
And China .
The real reason is that they want to make sure that you have a computer controlled car that they can track and shut down if they want to.
amen. new cars are junk, anything newer than 2000 you can see the quality degrade year over year. until the point we are at now, where 6 year old cars are going to the junkyard. meanwhile, my 1987 volvo 240 still runs perfectly, original engine and transmission, over 400k. no monthly heated seat subscription fees either.
@@lotsoftorque3632 BMW scrapped that program the last I heard.
@@lotsoftorque3632 Same 1989 Camry sedan
You made an unapproved comment here, therefore your car will not start for a week until you educate yourself to the thing.
Tha coming in 2026😮!?
Remember that it's never about emissions.
Revenue, and control.
Communism
Leave California and let them collect money from the homeless.
@@VegasRT500 California is second only to DC in homeless rate at 43.7 (per 10,000 population). Florida is at 11.9 and Texas is at 8.3. California is also higher on reported violent crime rate at 499.5 (per 100,000 population) vs 431.9 in Texas and 258.9 in Florida.
@@VegasRT500 must be all those 8 million illegals crossing the border.. tool!!!
Vote them out!
You can't.
WTF😁@@KC9UDX
In order to maintain popularity, they keep redistributing the hard earned wealth of a few to a majority, who likes it, wants more of it and will vote accordingly.
I wish you all the best in California 🙏🏻 it’s such a shame to see car culture being destroyed by legislation
Thank you!
Im going to basically just fking move..
Jay Leno will probably swoop in and squash it with some big pull
@@chuckthebull Then what will you do when the state you move to starts doing the same thing? Move again?
Never going to happen.
Yet the people of CA keeps voting in the same leadership year after year?
Stop voting for idiots.
Years ago, California had an agency called the Inspection and Maintenance Committee. They would do an independent survey every two years. The last review they did in 2009 showed that the total number of pre ‘75 vehicles on the road made up less than .05%, and even if they were removed, the impact on air quality would be insignificant. The committee was disbanded shortly after that, and all records and reports have disappeared.
But the bureaucrats do know the backlash they will face if they try to push too much legislation on us. And always remember, it’s not about air quality, it’s about money.
Maybe the backlash is what they want. Seems that way with all they have been pulling lately. It is said that angry people are easier to fool because their judgement is clouded. Maybe that's why they want us angry - so we don't notice the really bad stuff they're doing behind our back.
Plenty of bad things they’re up to for sure. But in this case it’s more about people justifying their jobs. They have to create a problem in order to create a solution.
From what I’ve heard, one of their latest concerns is amount of hydrocarbons venting off cars stored in garages. As ridiculous as that sounds, that’s low hanging fruit for them to go after. My speculation, some brainiacs will come up with a carbon canister gas cap they will force us all to buy. Enforcement will be impossible, but if you’re stuck buying one you might use it.
Then they can celebrate about how they once again saved the world.
And I’ll bet most people don’t know about the ban on sales of small gasoline engines that begins Jan ‘24.
Another easy target for them.
Unless people in California wake up and start voting differently, this crap will continue.
@@hvspeed6102What's that with the small gasoline engines? As for voting it won't help because anyone who's (s)elected has been thoroughly vetted beforehand to ensure full obedience. But still there are always ways an individual can retain some sanity in life by simply going against the current.
ALERT JAY LENO!!!!
Every custom car builder, restorer and aftermarket company should immediately make plans to move your shops/businesses to other states where you'd be welcome
A lot of them are and have.
Big car culture on the east coast without the b.s., state governments that encourage business, no CARB...
Theyll have to or quit.
Desantis crushed Newsom during their debate.
Actualy, the facts, numbers and reality crushed slick azz Gavin.
Exactly
I watched that debate. It's scary how easily Gavin was able to lie. And he's so persuasive too. It's no wonder people why these people get elected.
Be resilient California! Dont let legislation run you're lives
Keep your Commiefornia regulations out of my BattleBorn State & If You Leave Comiefornia your being forced out of that state by your voting decisions so if the people who you vote for totally go the opposite direction of everything they campaigned for & said they weren’t going to be swayed by lobbyists & their campaign contributors either recall the election & remove them from office just do your homework & research who your trying to put in control of your state if they say whatever the issues are at the moment & time they’re for or against they a couple years later the popular view changes differently than before if they have a track record of doing that they are a bullshit lying snake that will say they are supporters of this movement or legislation then the next day in a different county they say they are against the same thing the day before they supported they just are going to lie the entire time just to get elected then do the exact opposite of everything they were going to do
Sorry I said the same thing about 12 times don’t wake & bake
This will be going world wide, reason, they want you in an electric car that they can 'shut off'.
Control, Control, Control!!!
They can shut off a late model ICE car too. But if they force you into EV then they get to dictate where you live. Where you can't charge your car you can't live. Fuel you can store and move around as needed. Battery charge? Different story.
I was born and raised in So. Cal. and left at age 20. I live in Arizona now and I don't miss Cali one bit. In seven years, I have driven my '71 C10 about 10K miles and I'm exempt from emissions testing. The state should be called "Californication" because it's always trying to screw it's residents!
More like Calipornication. Because it is more like a bdsm rape tape.
Greetings Arizona brother.🤝 I left calif 5 yrs ago. No regrets. I have my 74 Charger I built from the ground up and drive frequently without any worries from the govt here. I luv my car and love it here in AZ. God bless!💯🇺🇲🏁
@@VegasRT500 those are free states. How can they be the worse?
@@terryschnereger8531 because Californians are moving to those states.
Actually, Maricopa and Pima counties in Arizona emission-test back to 1967 year, unless one jumps through hoops to get a waiver (must have a garage, private insurance).
Commiefornia
California would ban the wind if they could.
...don't forget the fog that roles into SF etc they'd have a go at that as well.
That would never happen there because most of the wind comes from the politicians when they speak.
They’ve definitely already banned common sense and morality in CA
The air pollution is not caused by the wind.
All the cry babies should move to the moon. No air pollution there 😂😂live with Gov. Moonding😂😂
CA has lost it's marbles
They probably didn't send out any surveys. It's enough for them to claim that they did. That way they can also report whatever 'findings' they please.
I've lived in San Diego for 30 plus years. All my former and present vehicles are registered out of state. I learned from my neighbors down south from Tijuana. These cars and a boatload of klunkers are unregulated. I drive a 1995 5.9 v8 Grand Cherokee straight pipe with North Dakota plates. Register your cars in Nevada or Arizona. South Dakota charges $55 dollars every 3 years.
Stay out of South Dakota. We are full and don’t want COMMUNISTS in our free state.
I have an old vehicle, I prefer them. It isn't about the environment, it's about control. They want control over every aspect of our lives. My '47 Frazer, which I've had for 38 years now and only drive maybe, twice a month, I'm sure causes no problem to our "environment", but they'll make an issue with it. A future electric car, with a computer in it's dash someplace, can be traced, tracked, and who knows, shut down remotely, if they so choose to. An old car they can't control and so, they use a drummed up environmental issue, to do so.
Well said John. 100% truth!
Thanks Miguel!
Used to be said, there are 49 other states that are better. Unfortunately that number is decreasing.
Washington decided to build light rail to fix the congestion because the roads have no lanes. It’s only costing the taxpayers something on the order of $1-1.5B per mile of track. Many areas paying for the service won’t get it, and others won’t get it for another 15-20 years.
Oh, and our governor softened his stance on gas powered cars. It was originally slated that 2030 you couldn’t buy new and 2035 to register. Now it’s moderated because of California (shocker) to 2035 to purchase new.
Good to hear they softened their electric car mandate but I fear it is only done to slow the boil of the loss of freedom so the people dont know what is happening to them. I left WA last year for TX freedom.
well said. All those other states are being screwed up by citizens that flee states like California, NY, Washington, etc. they leave and set up "shop" in places like my state and start doing/voting for the same thing they bitched about where they left. Makes no sense.
Youre making the assumption that they care about air or environment. Its not about any of that and only about total control.
You're completely right!
@@LifeatSpeed I wish I wasnt. This stuff is getting to me. Little by little, our lives are more like inmates.
Back in the 80's, one could see quite a few old cars around, LA. BUT, now you only rarely see an old classic , usually on a weekend car show. CARB, is really, run,may I say by clueless bureaucrats.
bureaucrats = idiots?
To be fair. Since then those cars are now 50 years older, which makes them ever more valuable and more likely to become a hidden away treasure, than chosen as a daily driver.
@@mrtopcat2 you are correct, just common sense. Back in the mid 90's my nephew was big into the VW bug scene, with events like "Bug O rama", but there really weren't that many on the roads, even then. Today a bug would be considered a death trap, for a everyday vehicle.
Jay Leno bought them all. 😅
I was unlucky enough to be stationed in California when in was in the Marine Corps in the mid 90's. I was so glad when I got to leave.
I said the same thing about Hawaii
@@dogsense3773 I hear ya. Did 3 years there before Cali.
Oh no not the “free” state according to Mr hair gel 🤭
Sad thing is my classic car emission’s are lower than my new car. It’s also better maintained better than most newer cars on the road
The fact your paying $6.00 a gallon is crazy . I left a restrictive state for one a bit easier on my hobbies and life in general .
Gas is $4.98 in the san francisco bay area
@@dogsense3773 $2.88 for 87 octane here in KY.
Yup, seeing these comments about current gas prices all I can say is YIKES! Gas here in Northeast FL last fillup on 87 octane was $2.87 / gallon, but seeing these CA prices I'm gonna stop complaining about paying almost $4 / gallon for the now widely available ethanol free 89 octane I run in my motorcycles!
@@terrybeavan4264 wages are higher in California, the san francisco bay is higher than most of California so it covers the higher cost
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It's 3.25 for 87 around here in the 845, but open your wallet to the tune of about 425-450 for 93.
Super is usually running the same cost as diesel around here.
Get out of California, before it's too late.
More like RUN! Last one out turn out the lights.
I would love to see the California air resources board be fully defunded why do I say that it's because we truck drivers are also under attack especially when we're driving older model trucks that are at least 10 years old that are still on the road I wish you guys that own classic cars good luck keep up the fight while we guys and our big rigs driving or going to do the same thing.
Boycot the state. When someone offers you a load to cali turn it down. When they dont have any product they will wake up. Maybe!
Total bull 💩 its about control nothing more they want that gps switch to eventually tell you when and where you can use your vehicle. Till the point its a privilege so only the privilege will get to drive all others use government transportation
I don’t disagree, but by the time it gets that bad I already will have left this place in my rearview.
I'd like to be able to drive anywhere I want, but all of my cars rely on paved roads; I don't own an ORV. The last time I saw a major road construction was about 30 years ago, and that superslab cost over $10M per mile to build. For the privilege of driving on those nice paved surfaces, I am willing to pay through the taxes on the fuel I buy and the houses I own. And my newest car is 33 years old.
@@eycchu driving should never be a privilege!!! It's beening challenge in Supreme Court...haven't checked on that in a while. Right to travel with your personal effects.
@@Rscottphillips friend owned a electric mustang some kid shadowed his phone started his car and unlocked it!! I was like wtf?? I drive a 86 f250 4x4 6.9 idi diesel with twin manual sticks! Lol 😂
@@user-km3sg1hy9s You have the right to travel anywhere you want, but as soon as you have to rely on someone to provide you with the road surface on which to drive, you will need to have at least permission from them to use their road surface. For most of us, that's the moment we leave our driveways.
I'm in my 50's and that's all I own my whole life is classic car's for my every day driver. I'm old enough to see most of the good fixer uppers disappear. In the 80's I used to watch them get CRUSHED at the wrecking yard it broke my heart watching good classic cars and truck's get crushed and sent to China. Now they want to modern California as China!
"Now they want to modern California as China!"
Wut?
Vote with your feet. There are plenty of other states who'd love to have you and your classic car(s).
Government goes after the low hanging fruit much easier that way and it makes people think there doing there jobs
Most classic European cars want the original engine kept in place. I don’t want to put a modern Engine in my 1967 Porsche 911!
I work in a restoration shop, old cars only ,and not one car this came in with a modern engine this year
@@dogsense3773 I work in a restoration shop too all we do is restore brake caliper for vintage cars
California is a great place to be...from.
Next step will be forcing insurance companies to cease coverage. People need to push back.
This is all about control they don't want you to be able to work on anything, think for yourself, or have fun. They don't want a single vehicle on the road they can't potentially totally control.
Why don’t they focus on providing funding to develop hydrogen internal combustion engines instead of these mineral-sapping EV bombs.
Classic cars are barely used for heaven’s sake. I bet they contribute less than 1% of emissions.
Exactly!
They've been at it since 1975.
This is why I love living in Ohio, no emissions, praying for you people in california
No checks on cars 76 down
Try Minnesota - NO CHECKS AT ALL. They did at one time, but inconsistency between shops and legislature was its downfall. Yay for us...
Don’t even waste your time praying for a state that is scraping the gutter.
Who didn't see this coming?
California is a state of democratic sheep.
Need to become an illegal invader....the Feds and State will pay you for everything...including flights.
I went to the CARB website and there was nothing to confirm but the suggested legislation, fortunately. However, I did read the allegations on 3rd party websites.
I almost wonder if they are testing the waters. I also feel that they would not want to muddy the waters prior to an election year. Many that participate in the classic car hobby are well established and mature individuals with little to no tolerance for legislation that would impede on their hobby. This includes, hot rods, low riders, drag races etc. it’s a broad stroke attack on a vast demographic.
Look at the SEMA show in vegas this year ,, billions of dollars ,hundreds of thousands of people employed in various involved fields , lifestyles invested in these cars,,,it seems that the cali politicians want to start a war with thier citizens ,,the so called leaders are insane,and should be treated as such,, vote the bastards out,,,or loose everything...
I would bet everything I had that if California passed a law that said that any car you own made before 1978 had to be either removed from the state or the state would confiscate it and crush it, the democrats there would still win by a landslide like they always do. The indoctrination that has gone on in that state does not allow you to question what the environmental nassis do, and if you question it your life will be destroyed...
Thank you for addressing this problem. I try to drive my Cuda on a Saturday cruise of no more than 20 miles, 2 or 3 times a month.
What can we do? Should we start petitions?
I'd start by contacting your state representative
Remember folks the us constitution grants the right to travel on pubic road ways in your private automobile
I live all things mechanical, but please show me where those words appear in the U.S. Constitution?
Sounds like California hasn’t heard of a thing called the Constitution.
We Vote Freedom...
The only to defend it, by actually Voting,
Cheers from Orange County California 🇺🇸
True Daily Driver 68 Dart..
My dad bought a 1966 Ford Mustang brand new it's been through my brothers and sisters and now it's mine. I've lived in California since 1961, I've done so much work to it fixing this car up. Every month I go to Java & jalopies vintage car Meetup. It's been really fun
California has their heads up their butt. They need to find another way to solve their issues because it's not the vintage cars.
Too many rich people own million dollar classics in CA. Not going anywhere.
Time to move.
War on the car period. They want you on a bicycle in your 15 minute community
Truth
I own 4 cars, 2 of them "hot rods", and my 35 minute commute is by bike. Having done that for the last 25 years, I think I am entitled to this opinion: If you live less than 30 minutes or less away from work by bike, unless you are physically or otherwise health disabled, you should find a better way to commute than by a single occupant automobile.
See if this makes sense to you: Consume a lot of fuel, generating a lot of pollution to move a vehicle weighing over 3000 pounds to haul a load that is 5% of its weight (you), contributing to traffic jams, and then fighting for a parking spot, and possibly contributing to America's health problems such as obesity, heart disease, and other problems associated with lack of physical activity.
The funniest thing I see everyday is at a stop light along my commute. Some times I get stopped at that corner, and next to it is a health club, with a line of stationary bikes along the front windows, and people huffing on them.
they already got rid of alot of them with the cash for clunkers program, they are trying to kill internal combustion engines all together from all directions wether it be classic cars, closing drag strips etc.
Move to Florida like I did! We don't have them problems or smog!
Someone needs to log Newsom and Peloski’s Carbon Footprint .!
Everytime their jet’s takeoff and land !
get the hell out, everyone else is. they will never listen to reason, just go while you still can
I lived in SoCal from the late 50s thru the early 2000s. One of the common daily sights was gray smoke haze layer you could see in the San Gabriel Mtns. Recently I made a quick trip back into the LA area and as I was driving out to leave I noticed same gray smoke haze layer. Seems like there has been misguided focus on the source of pollution. 50 plus years of ever increasing automobile pollution controls and no improvement. I don't think getting rid of old cars will make any difference at all.
I live in Canada and I try to drive my 31 fordmodel a truck as much as I can, in fact I like to think its my daily driver in the summer.
That would suck if the gov would prevent me from driving it.
Im in Ontario & drive a 48 dodge daily, it gets better mpg than my crown vic
You said it "wasting tax payers dollars" and I'll add destroying our rights. This is what CA government loves to do. take our wealth and freedoms. I'm actively looking for residence in another state.
I drive a 65, for many reasons. Registration and insurance are cheaper, no smog bullshit, I can work on it myself, no digital crap, and I dont owe the bank. Easier to find my car in a crowded parking lot😁, I can lean on the car and not dent it!
I can understand your point about modern engine efficiency. Back in the day I couldn't get more than 10 mpg out of a 318 Fury no matter what I did. On your main point, once Sacramento starts on an issue like this, nothing seems to stop them.
I get 19-20 mpgs (City) out of my big, heavy 1969 F250. That’s better than a brand new F150
Sacramento Raceway just shut down for good.
... Yeah, I received a freaking survey letter ... They wanted to know how often I drove, where I drove, how much fuel did I leave in the tank, where did I park it as in a garage, under a car port, etc. And a whole lot more if I intrusive questions ...
... I felt like returning a letter of my own, in effect:
Dear Nazis ... We have a contract. I am a licensed driver, in good standing. My cars are insured. My cars are registered. Therefore, I am upholding the terms of our contract. And you must uphold your end. You do not question the use and driving habits of ANY vehicle owner who is upholding and maintaining the terms of their State contract, whether they be classic or modern. Period. ...
Stop the Wildfires 🔥 not the classic cars!
They have been already doing the same non-sense for decades with red-sticker off-road vehicles (mostly 2-stroke motorcycles). They were referring to principle, while has not mattered to them, that these vehicles were rarely used to begin with. Meanwhile several thousands of 2-stroke leaf blowers have been operating by migrants hands all day, every day in the cities.
I sure hope you Calli folks are able to take back your state . Trumpy 2024 ! 👍
Rumor has it pretty soon farting will be banned in California 😂😂
The place DOES stink. Is a good idea!
This is what Californians voted for.
They did it to commercial trucking. Easy for me to say, but ya'll just need to leave the state and let it rot.
In 1978, while living in Vacaville Ca, I bought a 1964 F100 and because it had a 1969 429 in it, I had to smog certify it to 1969 standards. Cost me a weeks pay and I removed it as soon as I left the certificate facility as it ran like crap. Rediculous Ca bullshit has been happening for decades.
well if thieves didnt run the government here then it wouldnt be a problem everybody needs to vote the losers out so every person old enough to vote needs to vote the scumbags out
When I went to California regular leaded was still available in 1990. There were still a few older cars used as daily drivers.
They only get driven , like once every two weeks , make a stand get everyone involved, Sema, NHRA , E-magazines , I think emissions from China Russia an India would be more of a concern.
The city of Long Beach is expanding their cruise ship docking port next to the Queen Mary to allow for two more ships. Making for a total of three. The amount of pollution expelled by a cruise ship for the sole purpose of 2400 people to putter up and down the coast for a few days is MASSIVE and many of those people on these cruise ships are from neighboring states! BTW, Liane M. Randolph is the chair person of CARB. This is her plans for California.
Gov Newsome needs to realize what "accidents " may happen to him by banning old cars . He is pissing off thousands of car people that are NOT gonna give up their classics . Just sayin . . . . . . .
From what I have read, when they get all the info they need, they want to allow city's to ban then..so anywhere that is "nice" or pleasant to visit, like beach city's, they will allow bands and restrictions..totally BS
How about getting UP and BNSF railroad to stop idling locomotives in there yards all night!!
Very well said brother, 100% agree. Great (and valid) points. Let’s just hope it’s a big bluff and backlash from the majority make the powers to be reverse on their ludicrous plans.
Very interesting video, John and thanks for it. Here in Europe it is very similar. Probably even worse. What about the production of batteries for electric cars? Is electricity made from air? Total nonsense. It is clear that those who have a classic car do not use it every day. This is somewhat of a lifestyle and a hobby. Othewise I would never change your Chally engine for a modern one.
Sacramental doesn't care about wasting TAXPAYER'S money.
But isn’t that what government does? Waste time and money. I mean that’s how you know they are working right?
Do not underestimate these people!! If they say they are coming for your classic cars they are coming after your classic cars.
They will chip away and slowly break you to the point where you will give up.
Thank you so much
got to get rid of Newsome and the whole bunch of them .
My suggestion if CARB bans driving old cars altogether: move to Pennsylvania. Here you can get a classic car license plate which excludes you from emissions or safety inspections, under the condition that you don’t drive more than x amount of miles a year ( I can’t remember the exact number) which they don’t enforce. even if you modify a modern car, the police usually don’t bother you unless you have really dark tinted windows. Also it’s my opinion that CARB should be either dissolved or stripped of most of its power.
The classic car industry is huge, and the results of the custom car ideas influence all of the major car manufacturers so all of us can enjoy really nice machines to operate in our daily lives.
There are also those of us who can't afford a newer vehicle which include, bank loan payments, high insurance to cover the cost of the new
vehicle should it be in an accident, and now the high cost of registering the car including smog inspections.
I drive mine a lot . Then I drive my truck in the winter .
Even with the modern fuel injection stuff both California and the Fed are banning us from using unlocked programmable ecus in our cars. Going as far as raiding ecu tuning and supply wholesalers as if they were drug traffickers. The irony of course with ecu tuning the closer you get to optimal air/fuel ratios the cleaner the engine burns and thus lower the emissions.
It's power move. The State wants to tell people WHERE THEY CAN DRIVE. It is disguised as an old car problem
If its not the cars its the guns. It’s all about control.
6 dollars a gallon ? I find that hard to believe !
It’s $2.70 here in MN, so in California it’s more than double ?
You can believe it. This is our reality.😂
Guys look it up.. They group cars with diesel trucks and airplanes for measuring our CO.. why arent just cars seperate? One airplane flight puts out over 300 pounds of CO.. its a scape goat and we pay the bill is why we are grouped in should be seperate.. government dont wanna pay up so group us and say our cars are the issues..
California is still the center of car culture. EV car culture.
Colorado has recently been trying to adopt emission laws similar to California. Its unfortunate and and people really need to pay attention and see how much of a racket it really is. Recently here they have made it basically illegal to have a federal catylitic converter and you need to spend thousands not hundreds more for a California certified cat for an emission issue that is fundamentally idiotic. Pretty soon it will be you need to pay to make your classic car have 4 cats or whatever else they deem necessary you know to protect the environment. Because electric cars dont have negative environmental impacts right? We charge them up with happy thoughts and rainbows. And the batteries come from fairies for free not from lithium mines.
I think that when an engine swap is done there should be a update to the title being in the event modern engines are installed it technically is a newer version of its original manufactured condition also normally if someone does a engine swap they aren’t only just replacing the engine it’s a complete overhaul & rebuild frame off type of restoration that way the vehicles chassis can handle the performance modifications such as suspension & braking capability
If they do this, what's next? Ban The Beach Boys?
Get rid of the legislatures in office.
Its about control.
Vote the other way.
Let's go california!
It's about control.
It's about tracking newer vehicles, insurance company kickbacks to legislators for info, driving habits, and monitoring routes of vehicles to affect insurance premiums and claim coverage or denials of claims.
I don't understand how a country like the USA or Canada with its fairly low rates of pollution need to squeeze us working class to death with taxes, carbon taxes, killing of classic cars, etc...
We sent most of our horribly polluting manufacturing overseas, and then politicians claim how we reduced emissions... we didn't... we sent them elsewhere...
Such a mess...
California should ban Old politicians
Classic Cali, ban everything while solving nothing
Commiefornia. They didn't allow those in the Soviet Union either.