Smog Test at Test Only Station

[flaatr at yahoo.com (Raffi)]

Both are fresh... oil change and clean the air filter and we're good to go!

-Raffi


At 11:10 AM 7/8/2004, Jeff Toomasson wrote:
>It's all a bullsh*t formality. They're trying to weed out older cars.
>
>Just get a new cat and O2 sensor put in and be done with it. Your setup is
>smoggable...
>
> > SO I got my notice on the Scirocco and I need to go to a "Test Only"
> > station... Searching the California DMV for the reason I found;
> >
> > High Emitter Profile - The majority of vehicles directed to Test-Only
> > stations are selected by application of the High Emitter Profile (HEP),
> > which identifies the vehicles most likely to fail their Smog Checks. The
> > High Emitter Profile (HEP) uses data from several different sources. Some
> > of it comes from the state Vehicle Identification Database (VID), which
> > collects data from each Smog Check performed in California. The VID is used
> >  by the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), BAR, and other government
> > agencies. In addition, general vehicle data such as make, model-year,
> > vehicle miles traveled, and engine size help define the HEP.
> >
> > Kinda sucks but oh well.
> > -Raffi
> >
> >
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