Government's Shocking Proposal to Ban VINTAGE CARS in 2025!

Here we go again, the state of California is taking away our freedoms. The state is looking seriously at instituting or allowing local governments to institute zero-emission zones in the near future. The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is trying to make the US remove classic cars from our lives. They are reportedly gathering information about classic cars and how their owners use them. We knew something like this was coming to the US and California would likely be first, this is concerning for many reasons. The collector car market is huge. The United States is the word's largest market for classic cars with revenue of between 14 and 15 billion U.S. dollars generated in 2020.

One in six jobs was tied to the automobile industry in the U.S. The classic car market in the United States is projected to grow to some 18.77 billion U.S. dollars by 2024. This would rock the economy. More dumb ideas from California, with the largest collector car market.

CARB sent a survey to owners of classic cars from model year 1978 or earlier. The questions were aimed at ascertaining how those classics are used, how they're stored, as well as where they are driven. It even asks about how many miles show on owners’ odometers. Knowing how increasingly authoritarian many government agencies seems to be trending, this is concerning to many car enthusiasts who still live in the Golden State.

California is looking to restrict travel for classic cars. According to a recent report in The Auto Wire, the state of California is looking at instituting "zero-emissions zones," which would be similar to the Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) seen in London's boroughs in the United Kingdom, with plate readers fining drivers for violations.

California was arguably the epicenter of cool car culture with many legendary brands, builders, and other hobbyists emerging from the state. That all emerged at a time when individual expression, not institutionalized expression, reigned supreme. Unfortunately, that looks to be going the way of the dodo before long.

California car culture isn’t what it used to be but is still pretty amazing. However, moves like this could accelerate the current downward trajectory.

Of course, the justification for full-on banning older cars from certain areas or making the owners pay a daily fee to drive there is climate change. After seeing the amount of emissions produced by private jets, cruise ships, EV mining/production, Space X rockets, and many other things that are widely celebrated, defended, and/or enjoyed one can’t help but feel cynical about these growing restrictions. I’d say let the California elitists comforts and put their money where their mouths are first.

California has a net-zero carbon emissions goal set for 2045 and so we can expect even more restrictions on the horizon. We hope it doesn’t get to the point that authorities go door to door looking for classic cars to seize and crush, but the mere mention of zero-emission zones would’ve been dismissed as crazy conspiracy theory only a few short years ago.

Classic cars are pieces of our history, symbols of culture and pride, they bring joy to many. These coming rules are really about control, and nothing else.

Remember 17 states follow the rules set by California, so this impacts New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Oregon, Washington state, Washington DC, Colorado, New Mexico, Maryland, and others. The impact affects our freedoms, our investments in those cars and enforces the “you will own nothing and be happy.”

I think not! I REFUSE to give up the keys to my 1965 Mustang.

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