Thread: SEMA and California

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While I'm a big supporter of SEMA's efforts at fighting onerous legislation don't be distracted in all this. The real objective of the state is tax revenue. Once they feel they've gotten as much out of that as they can they'll be back on track to impose more control. It's a constant battle to retain whatever level of freedom we still have, and too few are willing to fight the fight. The LS3 package that's been CARB approved is not a cheap solution. It lists for something around $9k according to a couple vendors I talked to at SEMA last week. That's just the hardware cost, labor, of course, will be on top of that. It wouldn't surprise me to see a bunch of glass cars for sale in Cali, further depressing an already soft market.

It's all about money.........it always is. I lived in one of the most restrictive Sates (Pennsylvania) where at one time ANY modification to a car made it illegal to drive. You couldn't LEGALLY lower, raise, hop up, or modify a car in any way. They also had a State Inspection program that was a joke. If you knew the guy inspecting it a few bucks handed over in cash got you a sticker.

What scares me about this California thing is that whatever happens there eventually makes it's way across country to all the other States. This can't be good.


Don