New Vehicle Laws in California

[1Burgfish]

  Hum.... Wonder what other bright ideas do the establishment Dems from California can come up with to further separate themselves from the rest of the Country???

[70 Challenger Lover]

I was born in Ca. and have spent all my 50 years here. Thankfully I've traveled much of the country so I get to see what the rest of it is like outside the oppressed state. California is a toilet. It wasn't always that way but it sure is now. I can't see it ever getting better. It's just been moving in the wrong direction for too long. The people here have become so oblivious to what is happening. I know people at work that get teary eyed with joy with new regulations or taxes get passed. I'm not joking. They are truly brainwashed and it's become a voting majority of brainwashed idiots, not just a select few.

The good news is I have been careful in my retirement planning most my adult life and I get to retire in two years and move out. We have been scoping out great places for the past ten years so it's all coming into focus. All our family is on the other side of the country. I'm going to hunt cars and spend my days screwing around in my shop drinking beer.

California has become a prison and I'm happy to sell my home to make room for someone who really wants to stay here.

[dodj]

"subjective" that's a great word.

Yup same thing here..... get me outta here! 

Where you wanna go? California? 

[7212Mopar]

It used to be 95 db is the limit and most CHPs carries a db meter. Not sure about local cops. Both of my Challengers have aftermarket exhaust systems. When I upgraded my 2012 SRT8, I purposely picked the street version catback that retains the resonators with mufflers at the back. It was fairly mild when new. Now with the glass packing settled down, it gets loud when I mesh the pedal to the floor. It is still fairly quiet during cruising and at idle. My 73 is louder with the headers. I might need to look into getting quieter mufflers. It has the Super Turbos from TTI now.

The thing is I do not want to move out of CA. I cannot take the cold and the heat too well. Just need to be careful driving around and hope the cops don't bother the older folks too much. I think the cops will be out in force the first few months of this new laws and would be pressured to show enforcement. I hope it dies down after awhile and they go back to their normal routine. It is all about collecting money. They should now go after the Ferraris and Lambos with their million dollars sound if they can catch them.

[Brads70]

"subjective" that's a great word.

Yup same thing here..... get me outta here! 

Where you wanna go? California? 

  Umm, NO Jumping from one sinking socialist ship to another wouldn't be wise.  Although its on my bucket list to explore/visit

[303 Mopar]

Sounds like a great place to live....

[YellowThumper]

Hum.... Wonder what other bright ideas do the establishment Dems from California can come up with to further separate themselves from the rest of the Country???

Already did. On govs first day he signed that state will provide insurance to every child here regardless of legal status.
Man I could rant forever on this subject but will end my input here. Time for car talk again...
Mike.

[HP_Cuda]

Well much like Chicago somebody has to pay for all the debacles and pensions that will go belly up otherwise. I cannot believe that Chicago has a tax on internet usage and I think they have one coming out for texting. WTF?

Anyway, yeah I have lived most of my life in CA (age 5 onward) and it certainly has gone downhill. There are too many folks who want to wrap their arms around the world but have the budget for a can of soda at best. So here we are at 360 Billion dollars in Pension shortfalls and the fun just keeps on coming! Not to talk about budget shortfalls at all.

Btw, one of my best friends just moved to Nevada and I somewhat envy him.

[Katfish]

CA governor just declared the entire state a "sanctuary" for illegals.
Going to need to issue a bunch of those $1000 tickets for texting to pay for that....

[cuda hunter]

Seriously, when is an earthquake going to drop that thing into the ocean. 

As per the video above loud pipes cause deaths. They make you race as well!

[RUNCHARGER]

It all starts with the self righteous Hollywood bunch.

[1Burgfish]

  I thought a lot of them folks were going to leave the Country in 2016 after the elections if their candidate didn't win the planes were sitting on the tarmac and nobody showed up!!!! What's up with that

[JS29]

I thought a lot of them folks were going to leave the Country in 2016 after the elections if their candidate didn't win the planes were sitting on the tarmac and nobody showed up!!!! What's up with that

 

[70 Challenger Lover]

CA governor just declared the entire state a "sanctuary" for illegals.
Going to need to issue a bunch of those $1000 tickets for texting to pay for that....

I have a theory on that...for many years, they have talked about getting rid of what we call proposition 13 which pins our property tax at 1 percent of purchase price and doesn't allow it to go up more than a small amount year to year. There are elderly people living in 800k homes paying 2k a year but if the sell, the new buyer pays 8k. Still a bargain if you look at some areas of the country that pay 2-3 percent. Our last governor openly spoke about how prop 13 hurts the government.

I think they will get the medical insurance thing passed and raise sales tax to pay for it initially (which they said they planned to do). When it turns out not to be enough, they will attack the prop 13 issue again and claim it's the only way to get the money. They have already been trying to chip away at the little protections of prop 13 for years but voters keep rejecting it. Once they force medical insurance spending upon us, voters will be forced to accept the loss of prop 13 to pay for the glorious and righteous new benefit. After all, think of the children. (That particular line never gets old as we vote in new taxes and bonds for schools each and every cycle) Voters will feel guilty and vote for the repeal of prop 13 because after all, it's only fair that everyone pay their fair share.

We just had a new prop in our last election regarding allowing the elderly to keep their low tax rate if they move. While it was accepted by voters, I personally heard a lot of grumbling about how the elderly are cheap for not wanting to pay their fair share and also how most elderly are rich after a lifetime of saving and can easily afford to pay higher taxes. I've wanted over the decades how they do it. They sew seeds of discontent and let people chew on it for a couple years while they keep whispering how unfair something is. Eventually the voters believe it and do what they are told.

[7212Mopar]

You forgot the part that there are always more renters than homeowners. So which way do you think the votes are going? This is from first hand experience living in San Francisco for 35 years. SF is the most disgusted city in all of California in terms of government and politics. So glad I moved out.