Buying an out-of-state car in CA

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by jwd

Sorry that Ca. is soooo screwed up and make a big deal out of what most other states don't give a second thought. It's sad that they have to spend all those tax dollars to create a special division to deal with this non-existent problem. I can see why the state is bankrupt.

This is the part where the wheels come off for me.

1. I like my state. I can't think of another state in the union where I would live. Every state has issues, at least in my view. No state is perfect.

2. There are A LOT of states with money troubles. CA is not alone.

3. I like clean air and regulating smog and emissions is OK with me. Our cars are not built in 1965 and should not be labled as such. In any state. In my view CA does it correctly. Not perfectly, but pretty close. There should be some sort of limit on how many of our smog monsters are allowed on the road. Pollution is problem everywhere. It's NOT a "non-existent problem."

JMHO.

[jwd]

Originally Posted by RodKnock

3. I like clean air and regulating smog and emissions is OK with me. Our cars are not built in 1965 and should not be labled as such. In any state. In my view CA does it correctly. Not perfectly, but pretty close. There should be some sort of limit on how many of our smog monsters are allowed on the road. Pollution is problem everywhere. It's NOT a "non-existent problem."

JMHO.

The process in Ca. has absolutely nothing to do with emissions/smog or they wouldn't hand out SB 100's (which I'm sure the vast majority of Cobra replica's in Ca. have). It's about generating revenue. Period.

[RodKnock]

Originally Posted by jwd

The process in Ca. has absolutely nothing to do with emissions/smog or they wouldn't hand out SB 100's (which I'm sure the vast majority of Cobra replica's in Ca. have). It's about generating revenue. Period.

You're kidding right? Generating revenue? I disagree.

1. 500 cars per year can get SB100 exemptions, which is a limitation. CA just tried to increase the # to 750 exemptions, but did not get out of committee.

2. The fees and taxes on 500 replicas/cars per year is miniscule, not even a rounding error, in terms of the CA budget. The CA budget that was just passed is $87 Billion or $87,000,000,000. If you assume that about 10% is collected on every new replica at about $50,000 value per replica, then we're talking about $2.5 Million of revenue or $2,500,000. So, that SB100 revenue represents about 0.0029% of the budget. That's 29/10,000ths of one percent.