B.C. vehicles have to be "air-cared" as well if you live in the greater Vancouver area or Victoria area of this province. Pretty tight emissions standards too. Get ready for it. Schwarzenator, the governors of Oregon and Washington, and the BC premier Campbell all made the new "green corridor" a priority for this little part of paradise. I don't REALLY have a problem with it.
Courtney

----- Original Message -----
From: Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com>
Date: Wednesday, March 2, 2011 1:58 pm
Subject: [WetWesties] Washington state...changes in vehicle licensing rules..
To: WetWesties <wetwesties@yahoogroups.com>, "vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM" <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>

>   Not interesting maybe to the general readership of
> Vanagon list, but the
> Wet Westies...this is us....and maybe an indicator for other states...
>
>   I just got my renewal notice for the vanagon registration
> and right
> there....paraphrase...
>
>   "be advised if you buy a new car it MUST now comply with
> California Clean
> Air standards to be registered in Washington state."
>
>    I certainly hope they don't intend to create the
> same type
> inspection/compliance/arbitrary and inconsistent rule requirment
> nightmare,nationwide, that California has with their CARB....
>
>   Not that I, as a tradesman, will ever again be able to
> afford a new
> vehicle on my 'worker-wages' but.....
>
>   Don Hanson
>
>
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>
>