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ryandrakeyesterday at 11:29 PM1 replyview on HN

I had to sell by beloved modded sports car when I moved to California. It blew clean as a whistle, but since the aftermarket parts were all from out of state (installed over the course of years), the state failed it as “tampered.” What a pile of shit. These guys are somehow driving around rolling coal on cyclists without getting grief, but I have to get rid of my car because it doesn’t have the right CA stamp on the intake system. CA’s system is terrible for home mechanics.


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traderj0etoday at 12:08 AM

Sucks, but it's the cost of having different standards. Same thing happens trying to import random cars to the US.