John Howell wrote:
At 7:05 PM -0500 3/4/06, Phil Daley wrote:
At 06:36 PM 3/4/2006, John Howell wrote:
At 4:28 PM -0800 3/3/06, Eric Dannewitz wrote:
I suppose one can drive their 68 VW Bug to work as well as it can
pretty much do the same thing as a new one.
Actually the '68 bug is probably illegal because it does not and can
not meet current emission standards. Yugo, anyone?
Old cars do not have to meet current emission standards.
That may well be true if they qualify for antique plates, or it may vary
by state. We have a required state inspection in Virginia that includes
emissions testing. But it was my understanding that that's why VW shut
down their last production line in Mexico--or was it Brazil?
John
I don't know about that -- I do know that it was to avoid the emissions
standards for new cars that they ceased operations in the US and stopped
selling the original (well, revised up to that date) beetles in the US,
and it wasn't until much later that they figured they could gain some
market share for nostalgia by reintroducing the vastly more expensive
new beetles which do meet emissions standards.
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David H. Bailey
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