I wrote:
> > >>>>>>>>
> Anyway, I sure wasn't going to bring up the subject, but in talking
> to the guy at the service station, (who was complaining about all the
>paperwork changes he had to make), come to find out, 1996 vehicles are
>exhempt from the new emissions law! Apparently, (for whatever reason)
>1996 vehicles don't pass California emissions, so they've all been
>exhempted!
>>>>>>>>>>>
>
At 10:23 PM 1/4/98 +0000, rbt@pop3.frontiernet.net wrote:
>Jon,
>
>That's not what I've heard on the local news. I hear 96 & newer were
>exempt (figuring better emissions if you haven't messed with it).
>Older than that will have to pass something (unless older than 25
>years). So, I don't know if they'll do a visual or start checking '96
>in a year or so (and keep 97 on up exempt and keep sliding, as years progress).
>
At 08:24 PM 1/3/98 EST, WillTier wrote:
>I think the comment on them not passing the Calif standards is a myth. I
>believe the new law exempts vehicles for the past 2 model years ?? Not sure
>but also the 96 and newer have the ODBII which monitors all the crap they
>check anyway ???
>
Bill + Bob,
Thanks for the info! That certainly does make more sense than what
the service station guy said. (It did seem strange to me at the time,
but I figured that this was the govt. we're dealing with here, so it
wasn't out of the question.) :-)
-Jon-
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