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#73705 02/22/2007 4:23 AM | Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 202 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jan 2007 Posts: 202 | Just thought I would through this out. Kinda like a FYI type of thing. I live in the Rogue Valley area of Oregon. This is only one of two parts of the state where emissions testing is going on. Its is done only in Medford and no where else in the Valley. Portland area is the worst. They test rigs under load and have a high failure rate. Last year in the spring of 2006 a law was passed so that you can run older engines in any body you want as long as it burns clean. Not as strick as Calif.  With spacers and some timing/tuning adjustment its not hard to do. After the rig is 20 years old there are NO emissions requirement.  Oregon has some nice places to live. Cheaper than Calif and other states. Just a thought for those who want to keep those good ole' stove bolts going and not worry about emissions even if it is a newer style body. Good place to retire. Lots of old bolts here but mostly sitting in fieldsthough some are on the road with the original six or the common place small block. H.  | | |
#73706 02/22/2007 8:52 AM | Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: Oct 2001 Posts: 3,458 | They got rid of the Dyno test here in Portland. I took a car through last month and they just sniffed the tail pipe at idle. The bays where the dynos used to be are now solid concrete. The time before that they ran a dyno test on the same car. They didn't even rev the engine. This makes the test much easier to pass- as long as there is no visible smoke and the idle test passes you are ok.
We don't have the 20 years old window up in Portland though, it's still '74 or newer and they have to meet whatever the standard was when the vehicle was new.
Yes, it is beautiful here, and cheaper than California or Washington to live. Shh, don't tell anybody.
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#73707 02/22/2007 8:14 PM | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 | C'mon now guys, are you working for the Chamber of Commerce? It's true OR doesn't have a sales tax but what about the state income tax there and the property taxes. They are HIGH!! I looked carefully at OR before I retired, WA looked better all around. WA is also pretty friendly to old car buffs, we have a collector car plate that is a one-time fee. No annual inspections or renewal. My .02 worth. | | |
#73708 02/22/2007 10:51 PM | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 108 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 108 | I don't know I like California.....Southern not a great place to live, fun to visit not to live....now I am from Central California...great place to live...mostly all farming awesome place...good old country folk...not a lot to do but pass the time...I have two more years left in Southern California because of my wife schooling then we finally get to move home...Yes we have high everything...but in Central California not to bad in living...still can buy land... | | |
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