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Re:Voltswagen of America by llampx on Tuesday March 30, 2021 @03:26PM (#26639187)
Emissions standards change over time. You could get some really polluting cars in the old days, and you can't anymore. Why should we be breathing in the smoke from these old cars from an era where emissions and pollution weren't taken as seriously as now?
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Re:Voltswagen of America by throwaway0a5e on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @07:00AM (#26645721)
The proportion of old vehicles on the road is small. And the last thing most of the people who drive them need is additional expensive compliance hoops to drive through.

For every hipster yuppie driving "muh classic Hilux just like daddy owned in 1993" there a few dozen people living out of the back of a Caprice Classic wagon because they have no better option.

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