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18/09/2014 1:30 pm
A man in California just got this in the mail. What should he do about it ?
photo no longer availableThis is his 32 Roadster.
I recently received a letter from The Vehicle Buy Back Program - Bay Area Air Quality Management District. They think I drive a clunker. The offer in the letter is: a dismantler will buy and scrap my vehicle and provide me with a check for a $1,000 to give up my 1932 Ford to help reduce air pollution.
Hmmm...I am torn about what to do. Should I take this offer and finally get rid of this heap of junk?photo no longer available
18/09/2014 2:27 pm
Ha! 🙂
18/09/2014 6:59 pm
He better hope that next time they don't MAKE him get rid of it.
It can happen you know, especially in California.
18/09/2014 9:20 pm
Oh please! You are joking, right?
19/09/2014 5:51 am
Dick, I'd have to counter his offer when I can look him in the eye!!!!
It would be priceless to see his face when I told him that I'd have to have $50K on a trade-in. grin
19/09/2014 11:39 am
No, I am not.
19/09/2014 12:23 pm
Ha! Then allow me to say I believe your assumption about California car culture is misunderstood.
There is no chance.... no chance.... of a mandate to remove old iron from the roads of ever occuring in California. The collector car market here is HUGE and the largest and the most vibrant in the US.
Your statement "Especially in California" is quite illuminating. Unfortunately, I believe you might be operating on a false perception of California politics and lifestyle. I don't blame you, because California has frequently been the trendsetter of progessive legislation. As a result, it is commonplace for people who live outside of California to knock us as being "wacky." Some of it is justified while most of it is not. With respect to the state ever initiating a law that would force old cars off the roads, that will never, ever happen.
I mentioned in another thread about the depth of ownership of classic/vintage cars in So Cal. I stated that you can drive down any residential block in So Cal, and you'd be hard pressed to not find at least ONE vintage/classic car in a garage. I mean that literally, and not figuratively. The numbers are astronomically enormous. This is automotive Mecca! It's the same crossing all social and economic strata of which the politicians originate from too. It'll never happen. N-E-V-E-R!!!
I truly believe that any Californians who see my post would confirm most of what I've stated.