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CA Vehicle Retirement Program

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KillSwitch

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Moto(s)
a red one
various vacuum leaks
jack up the mixture screws if not fuel injected
overgap the plugs

Any of those should do it.
 
I won't use any of the crusher programs.

The bottom line on all of them, is that they are used to allow stationary polluters (power plants, refineries, factories, etc.) to continue polluting, instead of cleaning up their own output. Basically they sponsor one of these programs, "to get polluting older cars off the road", in exchange for allowences on their own output.

It's good for you, the car owner. You get more cash than a wrecking yard would normally give you.
But the cars in the wreckers get recycled by the needy and the collectors, while the smog program cars get crushed without any salvaging of parts. That only benefits the big company that sponsored the program.

If you need the cash, go for it. If you can survive without the extra greenbacks, see what pick and pull may offer without the program. I just like to see others get the chance to use what they may need.
 
KillSwitch said:
Anyone ever use this program?

http://www.bar.ca.gov/80_BARResources/01_CAP&GoldShield/Factsheets/Consumer_Assist_FAQs.html

http://www.bar.ca.gov/80_BARResources/ftp/pdfforms/CAP_App.pdf

I have a clunker which I'm considering for retirement...getting $1000 back helps influence this decision. It's due for a smog check, and it barely passed 2 years ago. Any way to guarantee it won't pass the emissions test this time? I'm guessing if it's tested cold, it won't pass for sure.
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I did it through Pick-Your-Parts a few months back. It was something of a hassle, because the on-line info wasn't very helpful, and it took a bunch of phone calls to get everything lined up and done.

You've got the smog rule backwards though, it has to have passed the last smog check.
http://www.pickapart.com/vehicleretirement.html

Err, maybe there's two programs? Because that site specifies vehicles that have failed smog. Hmm.
 
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