Yes indeedy, the Republic of California has seen fit to exempt our old diesel cars
. My boss got a letter from AQMB (Air Quality Management Board ) to bring his car in to a referee station for testing because some cheese dick reported seeing his vehicle ( an 85 300CD in near perfect condition ) blowing smoke. He ignored it without any problems following.
My gas rigs, hereinafter referred to as "gross polluters", put out a great deal more pollutents than our diesels. These little 6 cylinder hot rodded Porsche engines idle @7% CO
. Full throttle in a 3.5 liter twin plug buried the needle on my mobile Bosch CO machine and at night a 12 inch blue flame trails out my exaust pipe from my bright red K36 turbocharger.
Add to the above: I have taken the State smog stations to court and won
.
And I have a smog licence.
The only time I smell diesel is when I'm behind one.