<VV> Annual Inspections

[Sethracer at aol.com]

In a message dated 5/23/2005 10:31:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time,  
UltraMonzaWest at aol.com writes:

There  are no Annual inspections......and still  the  amount of "junk /  
unsafe"  vehicles have streadily declined over the last 20  yrs.......SMOG  
laws, 
insurance, license fees / COST  of owning  a vehicle seems to level the 
playing  
feild...IMO





I'll add to California notes. As much as I dis-like the smog laws, at least  
as they are applied in California (apparently at the whim of the California 
Air  resources Board) They do result in poor performing cars being trashed 
instead of  being driven to death. Although there is no California Safety 
inspection, with  the newer cars it seems that the mechanical parts are lasting a lot  
longer than on the older cars. So even a car with 150,000 miles on it, and 
with  an engine that is "doomed to fail" a smog test, could still be safe to 
drive.  There is virtually no rust damage, at least in the structural areas under 
the  car.