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[desmond]

I guess you did not have a few thousand acres of land, a lake house, oil and gas wells, rental homes, another new gas well on the way and a great family in Texas. Too bad, Svelte. It is raining today but no parade. No need to show your anger, watch this you might calm down.

[The-Shoveler]

[quote=flu]The one thing I absolutely can’t stand about CA…

The idiotic, bureaucratic CARB rules….[/quote]

LOL, having to spend several hundred dollars fixing smog equipment on a otherwise great running car is the only thing that has ever made me feel like leaving CA LOL.

I can’t wait until we get fuel cell’s or low coast functional electric cars.

[spdrun]

Get a pre-1997 diesel. Problem solved, no smog test required. And Mercedes made some damn nice cars in the early 90s that would last forever 🙂

[UCGal]

[quote=desmond]Some lame reasoning not to move so far:
“Have a nice day”
“Friends want to move back, but can’t”- (actually this is good reason to move-it proves it is too expensive in the first place)

I encourage anybody to improve their life and if moving does that than move. After you live in a place you become so used to everything that you can’t see (or don’t want to see) what is going on. California is just not worth it, at least if you are young and willing to put the effort in to better yourself. I loved California, but after moving I have really seen what it is like to live elsewhere and just how much better your life can be.[/quote]

Wow. I have lived in 4 states. I’m obviously not afraid to move. I did well in a few other states… but not in Georia. I think I stated that in my post – that WA state and PA state were fine. But something about Georgia was very hard to adjust for me. Perhaps it was the being the victim of crime 4 times in less than 4 months. Perhaps it was the fairly surface level racism. Or perhaps it was the sweetness/backstabbing. I presented a viewpoint.

I’m not suggesting Kev not move… I’m suggesting he has his eyes wide open before he makes a move.

But if you want to call me lame… that’s your right.

Have a nice day. 🙂

[Coronita]

[quote=spdrun]Get a pre-1997 diesel. Problem solved, no smog test required. And Mercedes made some damn nice cars in the early 90s that would last forever :)[/quote]

Uh, no….

[Coronita]

I’d take silicon valley over georgia anyday…If you still care that much about your career and you are a techie and you are single, that’s the direction I’d personally go…Planning ahead. Companies always look great on paper for the first few months or even a year…The question is, what are you going to do IF it doesn’t work out and you want to move out… In the Valley, if you can’t stand X, you walk your resume over to Y, and you can probably get a better position/comp package for doing so….Even if you haven’t stayed put for more than a year, it generally isn’t frowned upon, because everyone does it too.

Much less here in SD…And even more so in Georgia….

If you’re gonna go through the trouble of relocating, I’d try up north first..I’d even stretch to say that if you’re single and a techie and don’t have property here in SD, the choice between Silicon Valley and SD is also a no brainer…

[spdrun]

Uh, no….

VW also made diesels that were smog-exempt if that floats your boat…

[Coronita]

[quote=spdrun]

Uh, no….

VW also made diesels that were smog-exempt if that floats your boat…[/quote]

Can’t mod oil burners

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=flu]The one thing I absolutely can’t stand about CA…

The idiotic, bureaucratic CARB rules….[/quote]

California was the leader in clean air. In fact, the EPA eventually adopted California rules, as have other states who implemented smog programs.

The rules are made for everybody. If you don’t like them, put your car on non-op and make it a track car.

I’m sure people remember the polluted air back in in the 80s and before. Smog alerts all the time. LA was almost like Beijing. The air cleared up in the 90s.

[The-Shoveler]

Most the Smog in L.A. in the 70-80’s was from dirty industry (not the cars) manufacturing etc…

Most all that move out during the 90’s (A lot of it ended up in Georgia LOL).

I second the Bay Area if your single and have no ties.

[FlyerInHi]

[quote=The-Shoveler]

I second the Bay Area if your single and have no ties.[/quote]

Unless he works for an institution that provides good benefits and employment security.

I have young relative who works for a major university in the midwest as a techie. He’s not money hungry to seek out the go-go environment of Silicon Valley. In the mean time, he enjoys the relaxed work hours, biking to campus, and plenty of vacation time.

[Coronita]

[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=flu]The one thing I absolutely can’t stand about CA…

The idiotic, bureaucratic CARB rules….[/quote]

California was the leader in clean air. In fact, the EPA eventually adopted California rules, as have other states who implemented smog programs.

The rules are made for everybody. If you don’t like them, put your car on non-op and make it a track car.

I’m sure people remember the polluted air back in in the 80s and before. Smog alerts all the time. LA was almost like Beijing. The air cleared up in the 90s.[/quote]

It is entirely possible to pass a sniff test but still fail carb because of stupid rules.

But what is going to be even more fun is watching a lot of you going in for the post MY2002 cars smog checks…..

Basically, those tests will require only an OBDII link, and if your ECU ends up throwing any CEL’s (even if it isn’t directly related to emissions), you might end up failing the smog test anyway even without a sniff check.. It’s not a problem for folks with OBDII scanners that can simply reset whatever fault codes or folks that have a custom flashed ECU that can do whatever to the ECU…. But it will be very very interesting to see what it does to the average person who doesn’t have that ability……

[Coronita]

[quote=FlyerInHi][quote=The-Shoveler]

I second the Bay Area if your single and have no ties.[/quote]

Unless he works for an institution that provides good benefits and employment security.

I have young relative who works for a major university in the midwest as a techie. He’s not money hungry to seek out the go-go environment of Silicon Valley. In the mean time, he enjoys the relaxed work hours, biking to campus, and plenty of vacation time.[/quote]

employment “security” is a myth.. And it’s definitely a “myth” for someone just joining a company…except maybe if you work for the government.

The days of good benefits are over, and besides obamacare takes care of everything, so a company’s health plan is not really a selling point these days :)… Especially, if you’re young, single, and healthy, unlazy and motivated…

Heck, Texas is better than Georgia, because Texas actually does have a mini-silicon valley on some of the burbs..

So, like a I said, go for the Silicon Valley tech companies that offers the stock and stock options, pay your dues, and reap the benefits……Because at the end of the day, the color of money all looks the same anyway, and let’s face it…One wouldn’t be “considering to relocate to georgia for a better career” if money wasn’t one of the many motivating factors…People don’t work for free and take on more responsibility for free…unless one got RIFed and is desperately looking for income…

[FlyerInHi]

Flu. I own a service station in CA.

You cannot reset the ECU to pass smog. The whole drive cycle needs to run for your car to pass smog. The newer cars now sent the VIN when you plug in.

The new rules were negotiated with auto manufacturers who want their customers to have a good consumer experience (easy smog).

The benefit is that new cars are perfectly clean, expect for the CO2 of course. Compare to the polluting old cars of past.

[Coronita]

[quote=FlyerInHi]Flu. I own a service station in CA.

You cannot reset the ECU to pass smog. The whole drive cycle needs to run for your car to pass smog. The newer cars now sent the VIN when you plug in.

The new rules were negotiated with auto manufacturers who want their customers to have a good consumer experience (easy smog).

The benefit is that new cars are perfectly clean, expect for the CO2 of course. Compare to the polluting old cars of past.[/quote]

Funny, because my ECU and OBD connector allows me to do just that. How do you think all the tuners flash their custom ROMs onto the ECU? 🙂 Not that I would suggest anyone do it… But at least as a theoretical exercise, it’s been done…

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