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Originally Posted by athens550
Supposedly, the reason for the change was fear of legal liability against the state if someone was involved in an accident with one of these non-federally compliant vehicles.
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But, I can buy a 2+ ton mid-60's muscle car with an emissions-waived 7.7 liter engine and that's OK? A lot of classic cars didn't even come with seatbelts. Until recently, SUV's weren't even close to passenger car requirements.
Many kit cars are very light with modern engines. If a Caterham slams into a Lincoln Navigator, what's Mr. Lincoln going to sue for? The scratches on his muffler?
BTW, In Taxachusetts, we pay 2.5% of the car's value every year in Excise tax after 5% sales (registration) tax. They depreciate the cars very rapidly, so it's always much less than normal depreciation.