Bingster Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 I just read an article how California wants to ban the internal combustion engine within ten years. How will that affect classic cars in California? Quote
Dodgeb4ya Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 Being green is more important than classic cars! Washington State follows California's lead into a clean up america's environment . Quote
Bingster Posted September 27, 2017 Author Report Posted September 27, 2017 I'm just wondering about all the folks who won't be able to afford new electric cars or whatever the fuel might be, the lower income folks who are working for minimum wage and driving beaters to get to work. I've been there. I lived and worked in L.A. and know the demographics. I'm just wondering how this will all work, that's all. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 usually as I have seen in some heavily populated areas mainly downtown and busy shopping section that these bans do either keep the ICE car out completely or allow only the green machines to enter...banning the ICE in 10 years would not be likely unless the government is about to release some backward engineering data from salvaged space crafts....but that would be admitting a cover-up decades old.... Quote
Don Coatney Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 I have enjoyed and collected old cars all my life. Guess my grandkids will have to enjoy other old collectibles such as pocket pagers, hand held non electric toothbrushes, doilies, ash trays, and such. Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 being a relic and kin to the dinosaur, I am going to enjoy the ICE age as best I can.... Quote
knuckleharley Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Bingster said: I just read an article how California wants to ban the internal combustion engine within ten years. How will that affect classic cars in California? It won't. By then everyone in Ca will travel by butterfly wings,not cars. The roads will be wide open for antique cars until they crack and disappear. 1 Quote
knuckleharley Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Don Coatney said: I have enjoyed and collected old cars all my life. Guess my grandkids will have to enjoy other old collectibles such as pocket pagers, hand held non electric toothbrushes, doilies, ash trays, and such. Maybe they can just go back to the old-timey hobby of scalp collecting? Eliminating bloviating political creatures from the Eco-system would even be a public service. 1 Quote
plymjim Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 I've heard that there's going to be a huge earthquake soon & California is going to slide into the Pacific ocean. Problem solved! Hoping all the California members of the forum are well away from there with their cars at that time. Quote
Flatie46 Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 2 hours ago, Plymouthy Adams said: usually as I have seen in some heavily populated areas mainly downtown and busy shopping section that these bans do either keep the ICE car out completely or allow only the green machines to enter...banning the ICE in 10 years would not be likely unless the government is about to release some backward engineering data from salvaged space crafts....but that would be admitting a cover-up decades old.... Did the space crafts use that carburetor that allowed 100mpg? Wondered whatever became of it. Quote
allbizz49 Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 Will never happen. My newest car is a 1959......No way in hell I'll ever drive an electric anything. I'm sure there is more to that law than no more internal combustion engines. Will probably be more like no more manufacturing or selling of internal combustion engine powered cars. Quote
40desoto Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 43 minutes ago, plymjim said: I've heard that there's going to be a huge earthquake soon & California is going to slide into the Pacific ocean. Problem solved! Hoping all the California members of the forum are well away from there with their cars at that time. I usually coat my cars with 3-4 coats of high solid Epoxy primer so when California slides into the Pacific my cars will be protected from the moisture Quote
40desoto Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 10 minutes ago, allbizz49 said: Will never happen. My newest car is a 1959......No way in hell I'll ever drive an electric anything. I'm sure there is more to that law than no more internal combustion engines. Will probably be more like no more manufacturing or selling of internal combustion engine powered cars. It can happen, but if it does there will be exemptions for specially registered classic cars. Then whos to say whether you are driving it to a parade or work. When I was younger I had a provisional license (reason not disclosed) that allowed me to only drive to work and back. I had a full time job and my other job was drumming in various local rock bands. I kept my drums in my daily driver (64 Nova) therefore I was always heading to and from work. 1 Quote
Worden18 Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 They're never going to ban gasoline. The politicians are in bed with the oil companies; its a big cycle of money and power. If it wasn't we would've been driving cars with the Pogue carburater back in the 40s, followed by the indestructible turbine engine, and soon after that fully electric cars by the mid 60s... Quote
Mike36 Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, knuckleharley said: It won't. By then everyone in Ca will travel by butterfly wings,not cars. The roads will be wide open for antique cars until they crack and disappear. I always wondered where Tinkerbell lived. 2 Quote
Plymouthy Adams Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 1 hour ago, Flatie46 said: Did the space crafts use that carburetor that allowed 100mpg? Wondered whatever became of it. the Pogue carb.....stuff that legends are made of...or am I confusing that with stuff that myths are made of....another government conspiracy... 1 Quote
TodFitch Posted September 27, 2017 Report Posted September 27, 2017 5 hours ago, Bingster said: I just read an article how California wants to ban the internal combustion engine within ten years. How will that affect classic cars in California? Got a link to that article? FWIW, pretty much every law I've seen or heard about regarding automotive equipment had a "manufactured on or after" clause in it. Heck the last I checked, the California Motor Vehicle Code still has the details about what you need to do to be legal with solid rubber tires (seen that on a big truck in the last 90 or so years?) and carbide headlights (seen that on a car in the last 100 years?). Both of those are legal but may have the same restrictions now they had way back when (e.g. there is a pretty slow maximum speed for vehicles with solid rubber tires). 1 2 Quote
The Oil Soup Posted September 28, 2017 Report Posted September 28, 2017 3 hours ago, TodFitch said: I've heard that there's going to be a huge earthquake soon & California is going to slide into the Pacific I got out 20+ years ago and pretty sure I'll be able to see the splash from here. 1 Quote
allbizz49 Posted September 28, 2017 Report Posted September 28, 2017 California definitely has it's problems. I kinda laugh though when I hear about people in other states storing their cars for winter. Man, that would suck! Guess I'll be here til we get tossed into the Pacific. Quote
pflaming Posted September 28, 2017 Report Posted September 28, 2017 California bans everything but not so good on enforcement. Quote
knuckleharley Posted September 28, 2017 Report Posted September 28, 2017 7 hours ago, Mike36 said: I always wondered where Tinkerbell lived. San Francisco,where else? And she has a beard and Harley tats. Quote
40desoto Posted September 28, 2017 Report Posted September 28, 2017 3 hours ago, pflaming said: California bans everything but not so good on enforcement. If they enforce anything it would be considered discriminatory. Quote
Mike36 Posted September 28, 2017 Report Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) 8 hours ago, The Oil Soup said: I got out 20+ years ago and pretty sure I'll be able to see the splash from here. We won't see the splash from here, but I'm sure we will hear the cheering! Edited September 28, 2017 by Mike36 1 Quote
ssnowden Posted September 28, 2017 Report Posted September 28, 2017 Well, this guy is prepared. 1 1 Quote
MackTheFinger Posted September 28, 2017 Report Posted September 28, 2017 (edited) 45 minutes ago, ssnowden said: Well, this guy is prepared. I like it!! Edited September 28, 2017 by MackTheFinger Quote
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