Good point MCPOAJ. That reminds me of when I had to register a car in California. We all know that California was the first state to have vehicle emissions laws and testing. Well, when I was in the Marine Corps I was stationed at Camp Pendleton, California. When I returned to California from Kuwait in 1992 I had to register my car in California because my Maryland registration had expired. I seem to remember that it was very expensive. My first expense was at the California DMV. In addition to registration fees of around $100, I had to pay a $300 environmental impact fee. Sorry, no exception for military personnel. Then I had to pay to have California emission installed on my Malibu. I seem to remember that this cost in the neighborhood of $200-$250. And the work had to be performed by a state certified mechanic, it wasn' t like I could save a few bucks by doing it myself. Then there was the matter of the test fee. I seem to remember that was another $100 or so. Now imagine if every state had it' s own emissions laws. Yikes!
