Lucky it isn't from Kalifornistan.
Two classes of emission exam. The first one is bad enough. But years ago the Politburo and Central Committee designated cars of a certain ages to be GROSS POLLUTERS. Mandatory. $157.00 ANNUAL FEE.
Like the luxury tax back in the eighties, the state wasn't satisfied with a stiff tax so they quadrupled it. And tens of millions of dollars of luxury tax fell to $0.00
Proving the state legislators are pretty fartsmellers.
My old Dodge Spirit had been on the lowest 10% of polluters test results wise and I was paying eighty dollars a year. Now I pay ZERO meaning not a cent. Politicians tend to be revenue artists. Like failed lawyers and over billing.
You can sniff a little of what's in store RV wise by paying attention to the policies of the newest breed of US legislators.
The 4-horsewomen of the Apocalypse. Radical? Bezerkeley CA now has a law -- No new natural gas permits. It's all electric and the legislature just passed a bill that's going to tax people more than $500,000,000 for the damages of last year's fires.
Keep an eye out for pending legislation for your state with regards to anything that can affect the liberty of RV'ing. Like A.O. Cortez said. "Airplanes are horrible polluters and should be banned" Take the midnight train to Paris or Tokyo?
Usually the state capitol's newsprint online carries pending legislation. You know sane ideas like turning natural gas energy generation into "all electric"
Imagine the cost of RV'ing in your state becoming so expensive, that when asked only the financially comfortable could respond. If I ever decided to go that way I have people that would do it for me".
