I did get my son's 72 240z to pass thanks to denatured alcohol and
thinning the twin webbers way out! I got collector plates for his car
so he "never" has to worrie about it again unless he sells the car.
Or if he drives past a mobile emissions van and they test him hot. My
68 Plymouth (gulp) with the big 3838 and the 4bbl? Wonder if they are
just going to offer to crush that....yes, it requires emissions.
On Sat, Jul 19, 2008 at 2:06 PM, <jon@dakota-truck.net> wrote:
>
> "Ray Block" <BPracing@wowway.com> wrote:
>
>> Just a thought here....I don't have to deal with this in my area but it
>> seems logical to me that your '99 Dak should only have to meet '99 emission
>> standards. It seems unreasonable to me that you would have to somehow meet
>> 2006 standards when the truck was not designed to do that. Are they
>> perhaps testing to the wrong standards? I'd at least check with the
>> testing station and any higher authority I could find.
>
>
> I found this chart: http://www.aircarecolorado.com/passenge.htm
>
> Which lists their emission requirements for all vehicles (even 1970
> and older!), and although I cannot be sure, it looks as though they
> just periodically go in and retroactively change all of the standards!
> If so, that REALLY sucks, and I wonder if such a thing is even legal?
> It is certainly not reasonable, but I wonder if it can be challenged
> in court? This sort of thing flies in the face of centuries of legal
> precedent established by western civilization.
>
> If they wanted to ban ALL vehicles from the road, what is to
> prevent them from simply setting the limit so high that it would be
> impossible for anyone to pass? That would certainly be challenged,
> and just because their current limit is capable of being met by SOME
> vehicles, does not seem to preclude this defense.
>
> Sounds like it may be time to establish a forwarding address in a
> neighboring state. ;-)
>
> --
> -Jon-
>
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