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> F-You Colorado! more emission headaches, I may loose my registration
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post Jul 6 2009, 02:51 PM
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QUOTE(jhadler @ Jul 6 2009, 04:41 PM) *

...Just don't go there...

If by 'there' you mean 'Colorado' I agree.
I wonder if the Colorado Tourism Commission realizes how many people are starting to think the whole state is A Place To Avoid...

I was last in California 6 years ago and aside from the carne asada burritos I'm not sure why I'd go back. Colorado was longer ago than that - drove through part of the state on the way to PA when we moved here - just over 6 years ago.

So I gotta ask - if "10% Accuracy" means ±5% - what does "90% accuracy" mean ?

edit - left off the smiley... :-)
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post Jul 6 2009, 03:01 PM
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QUOTE(ArtechnikA @ Jul 6 2009, 01:51 PM) *

QUOTE(jhadler @ Jul 6 2009, 04:41 PM) *

...Just don't go there...

If by 'there' you mean 'Colorado' I agree.
I wonder if the Colorado Tourism Commission realizes how many people are starting to think the whole state is A Place To Avoid...


I'm torn on this one. On the one hand we need the revenue, on the other hand, there are a lot of tourists that I can personally do without...

Just spent last week in a very high tourist concentration, had a great time, but could definitely tell the locals from the yokels with little difficulty...

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So I gotta ask - if "10% Accuracy" means ±5% - what does "90% accuracy" mean ?


Well, I would interpret their statement to mean ±10%. As for something that says "90% accuracy"? I would rack that up to something brewed up by a marketing goon that doesn't know anything about statistics or experimental measurements... Make it sound good to joe six-pack and they'll buy it.

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post Jul 7 2009, 12:46 AM
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I was thinking that an easy way around the roadside detectors is to re-rout the exhaust. They assume the exhaust comes straight out the back, from the tail pipe. It would be interesting to see if it would read different with an exhaust that faces downward, or routes it out the side, instead of the back.
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post Jul 7 2009, 01:51 AM
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Better yet, leave a chrome tip welded to emilate the exhaust where it should come out, and route the exhaust to the other side.
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post Jul 13 2009, 07:40 PM
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I take it all back, sorry Colorado.
I passed, but more than that I learned a little bit(cue after-school special music)
Turns out, at the bottom of that letter it specifically says NOT to do any adjustments to your car. Bring it in as it failed the van drive by, because they are actually trying to "help." Turns out, if I had failed the inspection today I would have qualified for financial ad. So the $715 to get my car exempt would have come out of a mix of state and private funds, not my pocket. Why would I qualify you ask, because everyone qualifies.
Not only that tid-bit of info, the "specialist" was really pretty cool. Saying things like, "your numbers are pretty close, good enough, we'll get you through." they didn't say anything about the cat or smog pump ether. Then to top it off I got gifts for playing. $25 voucher to the Grease Monkey and a voucher to a free e-check. So $50 in door prizes.

I'll post the actual results tomorrow. Thanks guys for listening to me vent on this.
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post Jul 13 2009, 10:02 PM
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What did we learn from all this???

Next time shut the car off and coast by the smog van (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) did it the other day in my driver.

Sure as hell will do it if I ever see one in the P car.

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post Jul 14 2009, 12:57 PM
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QUOTE(Ferg @ Jul 13 2009, 08:02 PM) *

What did we learn from all this???

Next time shut the car off and coast by the smog van (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) did it the other day in my driver.

Sure as hell will do it if I ever see one in the P car.

Ferg

I'm truly exempt now. For 18 months I can drive by a van belching smoke and I won't get a letter. After 18 months I can potentially set one off again and have to come in for an inspection again. But 18 months is along time to make changes to my car
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post Jul 14 2009, 01:15 PM
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QUOTE(Ferg @ Jul 13 2009, 09:02 PM) *

What did we learn from all this???

Next time shut the car off and coast by the smog van (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif) did it the other day in my driver.

Sure as hell will do it if I ever see one in the P car.

Ferg


Ferg, given that you drive in Boulder, you may not have a choice. The van location in Boulder is the on-ramp from Pearl St to Foothill southbound. I forget which days it's there, but it's a fixed schedule. Shutting off the car and coasting uphill is not an easy thing to do... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

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post Jul 14 2009, 01:23 PM
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Thanks for the tip Josh, been a while since I've done that on ramp.
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