Cars Under Covers

In my previous City (Davis, CA) I used to drive by this ‘85 or ‘86 Chrysler Laser XT.   Most of these in the Midwest have rotted to pieces not but California’s climate being so forgiving to cars; particularly in the San Joaquin Valley that was not not odd to see stuff like this just driving around.  As far as I could tell it never moved. I believe the double-edged sword that keeps some of these 80’s oddballs around and driving is the same reason that there are probably not more; the smog rules. If you are going to keep one of these titled and not on non-op, it needs to be in some state of good repair to pass the smog inspection.  While that means that sometimes I get to see an AWD Ford Tempo rolling in the wild I am sure that the same rules have sent an order of magnitude of that car’s siblings to an untimely demise due to smog requirements. The Chrysler Laser XT according to Wikipedia is a somewhat rare car only being produced for two years with production numbers at 10...