The laws, as I understand it.
> Does anybody know if the smog exemption
> years actually go up every year or not? I
> have a 1974 260Z, and I missed the cut off
> by one year. Will the cars that will be
> exempt go up one year after the new year???
Well, if you're talking about CA smog laws, then this is what I know. As of last year, all cars 1973 and older are exempt from INSPECTION only. This does not mean you can rip all the smog stuff off and be legal. If you were pulled over, and had no smog pump,EGR, etc... you could be given a ticket for 'tampering with smog equipment'. But, the good thing is that if you DON'T get pulled over and they don't check your engine, then you can put all the crap on there you want.
Now, in regards to when your car will be exempt. When they wrote the law, it changed the old standard of exempt status from 1965 and older to 1973 and older. At this time, they also decided that they would not add any more years to the exempt status for 5 years, which turns out to be 2002. Then every year after, another year will become exempt. i.e. 2002 1974 exempt, 2003 1975 exempt, etc.....Basically, this law keeps 25 years worth of the newest cars in smog check. Since, after surveys, they found that most cars on the road are 15 years old or newer. So, for the small percentage of us that drive 'vintage' autos, we are considered a small group, and not worth the effort to regulate us. Sounds good to me, finally some sense in government. How much do they think that stupid smog pump actually helped anyway??