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mike100 · 02-25-2015

Maybe in the 70's the CA car was quite different, but these days the certification thing is mostly a bribe to the state to be able to sell cars here. Many manufacturers choose to have two types to save on that fee while others with less complex distribution channels often just make the cars 50 states and pay the fee for every single one. Remember some NE states adopt CA regs... but anyways... it isn't important to this discussion because the federal vs CA status on the CA smog check system doesn't matter. Mine came up as a federal car and got the low limits.

It would seem more likely that the model designation 'ZR1' is more important to the limits as it had an extra 100hp and low production count which deserves the higher limits imo.

02-25-2015	#82
mike100 Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: San Marcos CA Posts: 1,786	Re: Just Failed CA Smog. Now what? Maybe in the 70's the CA car was quite different, but these days the certification thing is mostly a bribe to the state to be able to sell cars here. Many manufacturers choose to have two types to save on that fee while others with less complex distribution channels often just make the cars 50 states and pay the fee for every single one. Remember some NE states adopt CA regs... but anyways... it isn't important to this discussion because the federal vs CA status on the CA smog check system doesn't matter. Mine came up as a federal car and got the low limits. It would seem more likely that the model designation 'ZR1' is more important to the limits as it had an extra 100hp and low production count which deserves the higher limits imo.