Jay Leno’s star power wasn’t enough to persuade a California legislative committee to pass a measure to allow owners of classic cars like him to be exempted from the state’s rigorous smog-check requirements.

Imagine being rich and famous and this is your political cause. What an effing creep.

  • Frezik@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    Why? What is really the problem? The pollution is negligible to the point that it’s not even worth discussing.

    They should be driven. It’s a bit counterintuitive, but they’ll last longer if they’re driven. What happens is that when parts break, they get fixed, and that means there’s a market available for spare parts. You can daily drive a Model-T Ford today because they’re still common enough to have a parts market.

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      The pollution is negligible to the point that it’s not even worth discussing.

      Huff on a tailpipe for a few minutes then come back to tell me how insignificant it is. ICE needs to die.

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        Yes, what of it? ICE lawn mowers are a bigger source of pollution than a handful of people running around in classic cars a few sundays per summer.

        There is no problem that needs to be solved here.