[72projectbird]

Inspections of any kind are nothing more than a cash grab.

I'm fortunate enough to not have anything but a basic safety inspection. No emissions. I always find it hilarious watching the inspector look around my daily driver and wondering why it smells like a marina and the idle is chopping like a mofo, but he plugs into the obd2 port and shows nothing lol

[Charlie Brengun]

So in my country (Netherlands) a couple of years ago they changed the law somewhat. Road tax exemption moved from 25 years to 40 years old and if the car is over 50 years old they no longer require any inspection.
So 25 year old cars are just that, a 25 year old piece of crap that nobody cares about and they disappear to Africa or Eastern Europe for another 25 years of service (usually a lot earlier than becoming 25 years old though).

These days when I see a classic on the road (which isn't a lot by the way, in part due to the $8 a gallon fuel prices) it's usually a nice car instead of a flat black pile crap that is just 25 years old..

It works for me, the yearly or bi-yearly inspection is a total pain and they look for 'environment' related issues more than safety related issues anyway.

[Vid]

Originally Posted by 72projectbird

Inspections of any kind are nothing more than a cash grab.

Ain’t that the truth. In this day and age, why would brand new cars or even cars several years old need a smog check?

The manufacturer of new cars should have to prove a given model is clean enough and that’s that. Maybe after it’s 10 years old a secondary check to make sure it’s still up to par. If it passes, good for 5 more years. If it doesn’t pass, then maybe go to annual for that particular violating vehicle.

True classics should be treated along the lines like most car show entrants, ‘75 or earlier no smog required. Four door sedans and minivans from the 80’s and ’90’s take a hike…


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[Mister Pontiac]

Arizona.

Specifically, Maricopa County (think metro Phoenix) requires emissions test for anything 1967 and newer when registered as a 'driver.' What type of license plate you run is not relevant. It's how the vehicle is used (based on insurance).

Over the years, I've have registered many of my cars under both conditions depending on what I'm doing.

Currently, my 71 GTO and 74 Bonneville are both registered as drivers with regular insurance. The GTO runs a vanity plate and the Bonneville runs a vintage (original) AZ plate, year of manufacture. No mileage limits or restrictions, but it means I have to have a dyno roll, emissions sniff test on both of them.

My others are registered as 'classics' as they carry 'classic or collectors insurance' on them. In other words, "for parade or show use only." My particular policy doesn't limit annual mileage, and it isn't checked, but the assumption is about 2,000/year. No emissions required for these cars and again, the plate used is irrelevant.

Basically, pay and test to drive regularly, and pay additional fees if you want vanity or vintage (year of manufacture) plates. Or just run plain vanilla AZ plates for no up charge.

As the years go by, the cars migrate to different catagories and I run various plates.

But it does seem silly to me to smog a 55 year old car regardless.

Of course there are probably only a handful of guys out there like me who go thru the hassle. Fortunately, no 'safety inspection' required here. All AZ cares about is the tailpipe emissions.

"Saving the planet, one classic Pontiac at a time!"