I Love Cutting Off Soccer Moms 3143rst The BMW and Audi club instructor groups of which I have been a member for over a decade would beg to differ. And your credentials are ...? You're buttuming they're driven by their average...
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005, Spam Hater
While it's easy and convenient for you to point the finger at cars older than whatever year or lacking whatever technology you arbitrarily pick, facts do not back up your buttertion. The US EPA (and many state EPAs) were once very keen on what they called "accelerated retirement" of older vehicles. No longer. Why? Because they've repeatedly and robustly found that the bulk of vehicle-sourced air pollution comes from cars between 4 and 14 years old. This age group comprises the largest percentage of the on-road fleet. High-polluting vehicles closer to the 4-year-old end of the scale are beginning to experience emissions-related failures and deterioration but are still, while high-polluting vehicles closer to the 14-year-old end of the scale are being driven by those who cannot or will not pay to keep them in proper repair.
The percentage of the on-road fleet represented by vehicles older than 20 years is so trivial that if ALL of them were immediately removed from service, there would be no measurable improvement in air quality.
So, in a sense, the many newer cars on the road "subsidize" the higher emissions of the few older cars on the road. That may chap your personal sense of fairness, but the refusal of even the strictest vehicle-in-use emissions regulations to prohibit old cars in proper repair means your view has been thoroughly rejected.
This isn't from me, it's from the findings of the Federal EPA. Synopses are easily findable on the web, while whole reports can be purchased from EPA directly if you're inclined to educate yourself.
But, I'm guessing you're not. You'd rather unpleasant woman and moan ignorantly and melodramatically about *one* 1940 Chrysler or *one* 1968 Dodge or *one* 1977 Chevrolet.
DS
