[quote=bearishgurl]The CA DMV has been cracking down Big Time on older vehicles for a few years now (except those vehicles legally considered “Antiques”) and have stepped up their “inspection criteria” of what constitutes a biennial “smog check.” The state is obviously attempting to make it really hard for Joe and Suzy 6pack to keep driving their $2-$6K vehicles to work and back.[/quote]I’ve noticed that. It seems that they are more interested in forcing people to buy new cars than reducing smog. The most recent change in testing actually bans catalytic converters on cars that were not originally built with them. They also make it nearly impossible to convert an open loop carburetor system to closed loop fuel injection system.
