Is Our Hobby in Trouble???

[Historybuff]

I think the parameters you're talking about are mostly going to apply to new cars built some years from now --something like the year 2016, but it's worrying about their throw-the-baby-out-with-the-bath-water attitude because the do-gooders can't stand to see anyone having fun . When they see a Cobra kit car with flames popping out of the sidepipes they will have a hissy fit, and try to outlaw them. There are thousands of car hobbyists in California who will move to Nevada or Arizona if their hot rods, kit cars, etc. are outlawed in California for emissions reasons but if the do-gooders get a national emissions law passed, then they will kill the car hobby in the U.S. for sure.

Don't these do-gooders realize most of these collector and hobby cars are only driven a few miles a week at best? What about the mega collectors who own 20 or so cars--some don't get around to driving all their cars for several years...

Originally Posted by Hexnut72

The EPA wants some tough new legislation concerning cars. They say if they can not get congress to go along, they will put it under the clean air act and make up their own rules. If you get a chance to listen to Lisa Jackson, the director of the EPA, talk you will soon find out that she is a psycho socialist when it comes to the environment. I got the impression that she wants everyone to ride a bike to work, school and play. We don't really need cars.

Obama wants to incorporate California's standards (and tougher restrictions) nation wide and announced new CAFE standards. If they make it through I think it will be the mid to late 1970's all over again as far as auto performance goes.

Things are going to get ugly for hotrods, streetrods, kit cars and muscle cars. Time to build a car if you haven't already and hope that it will get grandfathered in.