OT: ETest/ A2s are good for something

[sukchew at cox-internet.com (Chuck Blue)]

Well,
  I'm glad you are taking this calmly .Some people would be really pissed.
ole blue
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Boyko" <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca>
To: "Nate Mellom" <doubt@inwave.com>
Cc: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: OT: ETest/ A2s are good for something


> Hey so have I, and more important, I have friends who have friends with
> emissions dynos, should it come to that...
> 
> Cathy
> 
> On 11:16:16 pm 11/19/05 Nate Mellom <doubt@inwave.com> wrote:
> > Ayup, I gots a big driveway, and friends with barns....
> > ;)
> >
> > Tonee Northam wrote:
> > >  Cathy, take Nate up on his offer, store them in Beliot,WI.
> > >
> > >  C Boyko <roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca> wrote:Okay, so I
> > >  wasted my whole morning failing the ETest with the cabby, CO high
> > >  (rich), NOX high (lean), HCs okay, so neither excessively rich or
> > > lean. It needs a cat, which I expected would be the case, but I hear
> > >  these myths of cars passing without. Not my cars.
> > >
> > >  So I was directed to the latest proposed changes in the rules, and
> > >  87 and older are exempt soon, for good. This drops one troublesome
> > >  one from the list (the 16V, here come the lumpy cams, gross
> > >  polluting, all that stuff...), and one diesel, which is just a
> > >  cash grab. So that's good, but not a change.
> > >  The bad news is that for cars over 12, and newer than 1987,
> > >  there's a proposal to test them annually, forever. At tougher
> > >  standards. That includes my two 88s, which could put me at six
> > >  etests next year (if they all pass without a retest), and four
> > >  forever. I'll start in August for my late Novemeber birthday I
> > >  guess. (Seriously). I'm really stressed out about it. The
> > >  logistics of getting them in for the test are daunting.
> > >  SO after kicking the cabby, I decided to help out the son and we
> > >  yanked two A2 dashes side by side, to replace his heater core. I
> > >  can't explain the theraputic value of a parts car. It was another
> > >  88. No need for more of that shit in my life.
> > >
> > >  That was my day. The hassle/expense:fun ratio wasn't even close to
> > >  favourable today.
> > >
> > >  cathy
> > >
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