In your face Ca smog laws

Just got my car back from the shop, $320 later passes smog with flying colors!!! So after the guy took a look at it he said my car is in great shape he replaced the catalytic converter, he takes it out its melted in side:eek: (wtf) so anyway replace that adjust my timing and what not and before my number was 1117 with the max at 885 and now my number is 4.....damn!!! So even though i couldve put it in myself and saved the 70 dollars in labor, i wanted it fixed fast, so now my car is running smoothly and prefect for the drive up to oregon meet, yea baby! So in your face CA emissions cuz now im gonna put a shitload of stuff on it, including my insanely loud exhaust :p peeps going to oregon meet will see how loud this thing is.

Congrats!

How often do you have to get it retested? I think we have to get ours done every 2 years in ontario. :(

im confused on whether its every two years or every one year because i got my dx a year and a half ago and i have to smog it again this month


oh and to add it even feels faster..score!

Yah I noticed that too when I had my stuff done to the car. Although it's probably just in my head.

its every 2 years here ... I got my car in january of 2002 and havent had to smog it again yet.

i think if the car is labeled as a Gross Polluter it can change to once a year. Thats why i always do a pretest :D

I've said it a million times. move to missouri. we have no smog test.

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in the county i live in here in TX, u don't even have to have a cat! hahhaa

IN THE UK ALL CARS AFTER SOMETIME IN 1991 HAD TO HAVE A CAT, BUT ANYTHING BEFORE DOESNT HAVE TO,

HOWEVER IF YOUR CAR'S CAT GOES, U HAVE TO HAVE IT CHANGE WHICH COSTS ABOUT $350 HERE :(

NO SMOG TESTS HERE ONLY AN MOT

Oh yeah and Lisa when we gunna see a nice pic of u ?

Originally posted by civic 16valver

NO SMOG TESTS HERE ONLY AN MOT

What is a MOT?

Originally posted by 90EX


What is a MOT?

an M.O.T is a test which the Ministry Of Transport do to ensure the car is safe to be on the road, checking, emissions, tyres, chassis, lights, suspension, windshield for cracks, rust, seat belts, the lot

fi it passes ur ok for the road, if not u have to have the work done before u can drive it :(

Originally posted by civic 16valver


an M.O.T is a test which the Ministry Of Transport do to ensure the car is safe to be on the road, checking, emissions, tyres, chassis, lights, suspension, windshield for cracks, rust, seat belts, the lot

fi it passes ur ok for the road, if not u have to have the work done before u can drive it :(

In Ontario we have to get that done (called a "Safety" here) PLUS have it emission tested. Huge pain in the ass..

MOT sounds like the DOT here in the states.

Here, usually, when you buy a car, you have to do the emissions at that time, and if it's an odd-numbered car (like a 91), you have to do emissions on all the odd-numbered years (like 2003). So, if you bought a 91 last year (2002) and did emissions testing, you still have to do the emissions this year because it's an odd-numbered year, but you won't have to do it next year.

oh ok thanks mike that explains it

Originally posted by civic 16valver
Oh yeah and Lisa when we gunna see a nice pic of u ?

when a new "post your pics" thread is started ;)

we have no smog test. or anything else either! and lisa that pic thread is about to come up so get ready ;)

In upstate NY we don't have any smog testing, or much of anything else .....:(

J/K I love NY!!:D