How I Passed All Those California Smog Tests
#2
Interesting. I thought the sniffer would be able to tell regardless. I don't know how it works but imagined it was by percent of measured gasses. At any rate, good luck for you. Maybe your car is just really tuned up well and running better than you thought.
#5
Guess my Friday night sense of humor wasn't as funny as I thought it was...
I grew up in California with the car (a 1970) and had to take it in for smog checks back in the late '80s and/or early '90s before I moved away. I forget what the requirements were at the time, but I never got a fail (unlike my mom's 1979 Cutlass Supreme - that thing failed every time). I just remember having to shell out some cash to get the certificate so I could renew my tags.
I grew up in California with the car (a 1970) and had to take it in for smog checks back in the late '80s and/or early '90s before I moved away. I forget what the requirements were at the time, but I never got a fail (unlike my mom's 1979 Cutlass Supreme - that thing failed every time). I just remember having to shell out some cash to get the certificate so I could renew my tags.
#11
We used to have the emission test in Michigan back in the 80's. I had a pos 79' Mustang. A friend of the family owned a service garage. My car never passed so he would bump up the mileage of the car on the tester until it would pass. They were calibrated to allow a certain amount of stuff coming out of the tailpipe based on the age and mileage of the the car. In my oponion it is nothing but a cash grab by the states that have them.
#14
No smog test required on 75 and older vehicles here in CA for several years now. After that law was passed, all sorts of muscle cars came out of the garages onto the roads all with new plates!
#16
one of the reasons so many states did away with inspections was after years and years they realized that the cost to operate the inspection stations was costing more that double what they were generating in revenue. it is a typical government operation, create tons of financial waste so the cost per car is more than the income so to fix it they test more cars. funny how only some states figured out it is cheaper to get out of the business.
#17
You guys should've seen Illinois. They had dynos set into the floor so they could check your car as it drove. They blew so many motors they now have taken them out. How much did that cost? Is Illinois broke to the tune of 13 billion? I wonder why? Now, with an OBD2 car they just plug it in and if it throws no codes it passes. I have no idea how they check OBD1 cars. Probably just set them on fire. It's a witch! Burn her!
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