Jay Leno’s star power wasn’t enough to persuade a California legislative committee to pass a measure to allow owners of classic cars like him to be exempted from the state’s rigorous smog-check requirements.

Imagine being rich and famous and this is your political cause. What an effing creep.

  • StinkyFingerItchyBum
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    -23 months ago

    You wanna drive it? Convert to EV.

    You wanna preserve history, put it in a museum. I make an exception to your point if it is a museum’s functional demo model that runs on biofuels.

    • Frezik
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      23 months ago

      Why? What is really the problem? The pollution is negligible to the point that it’s not even worth discussing.

      They should be driven. It’s a bit counterintuitive, but they’ll last longer if they’re driven. What happens is that when parts break, they get fixed, and that means there’s a market available for spare parts. You can daily drive a Model-T Ford today because they’re still common enough to have a parts market.

      • StinkyFingerItchyBum
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        -33 months ago

        The pollution is negligible to the point that it’s not even worth discussing.

        Huff on a tailpipe for a few minutes then come back to tell me how insignificant it is. ICE needs to die.

        • Frezik
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          23 months ago

          Yes, what of it? ICE lawn mowers are a bigger source of pollution than a handful of people running around in classic cars a few sundays per summer.

          There is no problem that needs to be solved here.

            • Frezik
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              13 months ago

              And you’ll solve a lot more problems doing it.

              Saying classic cars need to go is just asinine. Zero pollution isn’t even possible, and it’s a fool’s errand to try.