[roadcat]

Get ready for something like that here - if you’ve got an ICE automobile, learn how to keep it running - who knows if you’ll ever by able to buy another one.

That depends. I have 3 older ICE vehicles, here in California. A 1966 which is currently exempted from Smog testing. But the other two, a 1995 and 2001, have had issues in passing Smog testing this past year. The rules keep changing. For the first ten years or so, I didn't have to get the 2001 truck Smog tested because it was considered of commercial use. Then the rules changed, and I had to have it tested every 2 years. The rules have changed, tightening restrictions on emissions and making it more difficult to pass. No pass, then no registration for operating on roads.

I didn't have a problem until this past year, where they failed the test and I had to seek resolution. Got them to pass on the 3rd test. I don't know if they'll pass a couple years later. The government will keep ratcheting up the rules until these cars are eliminated from being used on the road.

[Myrddin]

My 1974 Porsche 914 cost me $3800 used. By the time I sold it, I had spent nearly another $9000 making it pass CA smog tests. I hauled it to Idaho and parked it in my garage. No smog testing in Pocatello. Eventually, I sold it to a friend who likes twisting wrenches. I never had it on the road in Idaho after hauling it up from San Diego. I ran into my friend at the grocery store. He asked if I was aware that the black rubber on the front bumper starts peeling at 110 MPH. I never took it faster than 80 MPH. The car has been sold to a new owner with deep pockets. He is doing a full restoration.