F-You Colorado! more emission headaches, I may loose my registration |
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F-You Colorado! more emission headaches, I may loose my registration |
newto914s |
Jun 29 2009, 02:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 561 Joined: 16-February 04 From: Thornton, CO Member No.: 1,663 |
With the help of some of the great Colorado 914 guys(notably Mike and Chris W) i got my car to pass the e-check. Read about it here.
I thought everything was fine and dandy. With my 5 year collector plates on it I never have to worry about emissions again(bring on the SBC). But in Colorado they have these white child molester looking vans that sit on the highway entrance ramps. They use a laser to measure the emission of all the car entering. I drove by one and got a letter in the mail. Now I have to bring my car to a state inspector for another evaluation or my registration will be revoked and a $100 fine imposed. Their's no way I'm going to pass now, with no Cat an no smog pump. The irony is my car runs better than it ever has. F-U CO |
jhadler |
Jun 29 2009, 03:59 PM
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Long term tinkerer... Group: Members Posts: 1,879 Joined: 7-April 03 From: Lyons, CO Member No.: 529 |
Okay, I just did a quick check on-line, and I don't see how the mobile emissions vans can do anything at all for older cars. It specifically states that the mobile vans are ONLY for cars 1982 and newer, and that all pre-82 cars must be checked annually at an aircare station.
And since pre-82 cars are idle-only specifications, there is no way that they can take your acceleration measurements to mean anything. That, and you already ahve collector plates (right?) which means you did your job to pass emissions and were allowed to register the car as a collector vehicle. I'd hazard a guess that only one of two things made this happen... 1) The person operating the system (wherever that was) mistyped some information and the age and status of the car were not entered properly. 2) The really high HC readings flagged them to alert you. Thing is, there is nothing I've found so far that says they'd do that. I think some phone calls are in order... Something doesn't seem right here... -Josh2 |
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