Re: dreaded CA smog gestapo[long, but good!]

[Kevin <aventari@cts.com>]

Yeah, I was planning on the pre-ispcetion, good call.

I dont know what they do now, but I was deemed a 'Gross-Polluter' 2 years
ago with the old smog. They didn't charge me anything, but they made me go
to a Licenced Smog Refferee, and I couldn't apply for an 'Economic HArdship
Extension' at all, just because of where I lived. I called the CARB and
asked about the extension, and they checked my zip code, and said "There is
no way you can have an Economic HArdship Extention, because you live in so
and so part of San Diego." What BULLSHIT!! I was pissed. 
	Anyways, the Smog Referee was all over my car when I took it in. All I had
was a K&N, but I still burned a little oil. But there were like 4 guys and
they wouldn't let me watch what they were doing. It looked to me like they
checked the engine code, and they took forever on the visual test.
BAstards. I passed however.

	But it DOESN'T END THERE!  Because I have been deemed to be a 'High
Emmiter Profile' car, this smog I am required to take my car to a
'Test-Only Station'.  Sounds like a functional equivalent to a referee.   I
hope I can pass.. Wish me luck. 

Next year, they'll probably just come to my house one night wearing brown
shirts, break into my garage, and crush my car into a cube on the spot.

At 08:59 AM 8/7/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Kevin,
>  First off , if you are afraid that your car won't pass, you can ask
>them to do a precheck on it.  This is a full on smog check, but they
>don't hook up to the DMV's computers.  It usually costs about 60-75% of a
>full smog check, but can save you a lot of hassle in the end.  If you
>don't pass, they will give you the print out and should have some
>suggesstions on what to do.  If you don't do a pre-test and you are
>deemed a "GROSS POLLUTER" you get a $150 fine and have to get the car
>fixed and then go to a smog referee to verify that it now passes smog
>laws.  You also need to get the car smogged every year for the next 2
>years, not every other year like normal cars.
>
>   I usually have been running fuel injector cleaner and super unleaded
>in the car for about 2 weeks prior so that any carbon build up has been
>eliminated from the exhaust long before I have to have the car smogged. 
>I also will change the spark plugs a week or so before so that it is
>burning at the best that it can.  If possible have the car heated up and
>hot before they test it, although I usually have to wait for them to smog
>it and it has cooled down some in the meantime.  Hotter = burns cleaner
>as far as smog emmissions.
>
>Just a couple of helpful hints to keep your car on the road and not
>tagged as a gross polluter.
>Ken Weidmann Jr
>GLXTASY@Juno.com
>Checkered Flag Automotive Components
>95 Black Jetta GLX M3 wannabe
>85 Show Scirocco
>

"If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate."

Kevin Fry .:. 81 Scirocco S
      San Diego, CA
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