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Replying to: falconone (Jul 30, 2004 2:29 am) It is very Apolitical and affects all of us. It takes money from the East and West coast drivers and puts it in the pockets of huge corporations and big farmers in the Midwest. And it is not something I want in my gas. In fact if they force CA to use it I will go all diesel. It may be ridiculous to you, not me.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 30, 2004 7:47 am) Hmmm, you do realize that the only diesels allowed in California are in vehicles over 6000 lbs? So you are saying you would buy a Ford Excursion, or F250 or Chevy Tahoe XT? However, I take your point. I was never fond of MTBE either. I wonder what alternatives to Ethanol are available (and what they would cost)?
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Replying to: stevedebi (Jul 30, 2004 11:54 am) And isn't that something, I can buy a huge diesel Pickup truck and not a VW TDI, that is so much cleaner burning than any of the big 3 diesel PU manufacturers.
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 30, 2004 3:06 pm) Nope, you cannot buy a car from another state, unless it is pre-1992, when the current diesel rules were implemented. You would not be able to register the car here. The VIN would show up as a new diesel and would be rejected. So I suppose we can go ahead and buy that 1991 Mercedes 300D with 300K miles on it... Rules will probably change in 2007 when the cleaner low-sulfer diesel is due to be introduced in all states.
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Replying to: stevedebi (Jul 30, 2004 3:26 pm) |
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Replying to: stevedebi (Jul 30, 2004 3:26 pm) mike91326 "VW Passat TDI" Jul 12, 2004 1:58pm Here is the actual rules that allow you to bring a non CA new car into the state. http://www.arb.ca.gov/msprog/NonCAVeh/NonCAVeh.pdf
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Replying to: gagrice (Jul 30, 2004 4:22 pm) Also, realize that you would have to register the vehicle in two different states, and that when you register a vehicle in California from another state, you pay CA sales tax as well as the vehicle fees... I know because it happened to me when I moved here in 1989. So you would have to pay out-of-state sales taxes and registration plus CA sales taxes and registration.
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Replying to: stevedebi (Aug 02, 2004 1:15 pm) How long ago did you have to pay sales tax on a used vehicle you brought from a different state? My partner that works with me in Alaska lives in Long Beach and his wife got nervous driving his new Envoy with Alaska plates. It is a year old and she took it in and got CA plates for a total of $233. No sales tax. It surprised me also. They said if the car is over 90 days old there is no tax. I think the laws have changed since 1989.
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Replying to: gagrice (Aug 02, 2004 8:13 pm) Good to know and good riddance... my car was 12 years old at the time... |
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This is a typical E85 compatible vehicle. I don't see any reason to use Ethanol. It gets a worse air pollution score than the gas only version and when running E85 it uses more fuel. What kind of scam is this E85? http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/E-CHEVROLET-Suburban1500-05.htm
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