Environment & Energy

PamW

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12. YEP!!!

Mon Mar 5, 2012, 10:40 AM

Mar 2012

The car sold in NY or CA meets the exact same safety and emission standards as one in GA.

The saftety standards are mandated at the federal level; and they are the same for all states.

Now some states like California have lower emission standards ( they have to get federal permission for that ).

However, the car companies make all their cars to the same standards. I'm in California, but both my cars were originally sold in Michigan. My father is an engineer for Chrysler and he can purchase cars at the employee's discount. So he buys the cars for me; and we ship them to California. The cars have to go through California's SMOG-II testing; and they PASS with FLYING COLORS!!

The car companies charge California buyers a charge to certify that the car meets California emissions; but the California buyer doesn't get a cleaner car. The cars in all 50 states are just as clean as California cars.

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