It's actually the other way around... California will pay YOU $1000 for your
Oldsmobile and you will not have to smog it anymore; because they will buy
your car from you and dismantle it. It's called the vehicle buy back
program. Eligible California vehicle owners can retire their smog check
failing vehicles to the state for $1000.00 paid by a local junk yard or
dismantler which is contracted with the State's CAP program. The buy back
program is available to a vehicle's owner only during the vehicle's biennial
smog check inspection, and when the vehicle has been registered to the owner
for at least two years. This probably not the program you were looking for.
Unfortunately it's the only way to not have to smog check your Oldsmobile
Cutlass.
posted by SmogTips Support
