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Does your State require vehicle emissions testing?
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ChattanoogaPhil
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They plug in a cord to something under the dashboard on my 2000 Toyota Tundra. They stick some type of tester in the tail pipe of my 1987 Camry. I get a detailed emissions report showing allowed levels and tested levels for the Camry. Nothing but a passed report for the Tundra. $10.
Michigan used to but stopped a long time ago. IIRC, it was only in the larger metropolitan areas like Detroit.
vonn
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We have testing here in Houston and went from air quality that was number one or two worst in the country to air that you can breathe! Not sure of the exact number ( I think 12 million)but there are more vehicles in our small area than most states have in total so the effect on air quality is huge. A vehicle with a check engine light on can equal many times the level of bad emissions that a properly running car or truck puts out. I am a gear head but I like breathing and we have many days that the young or old should not be outside exerting themselves because of the air quality.
Jim1392
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Yes, there is a state inspection required every year in North Carolina that you must pay to get done. You can't renew a registration without the inspection. They also now make you pay the property tax on the vehicle when you renew the registration also.
Arik
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But only around the big cities. Pennsyltucky doesn'tWe have it here in PA with the yearly State Inspections.....
Just another money maker and really means nothing!
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Arik
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Lol. Way to pick an obscure land locked Eastern European country the size of NJ
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Of course we have it here in the peoples republic of NY. Now they plug your car into something and the info on your emission testing goes right into the states DMV.
Its a wonder they do not tax you on the amount of air you breath. If they could figure out a way to do that they would.
Its a wonder they do not tax you on the amount of air you breath. If they could figure out a way to do that they would.
SW MP15
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Yes, every year and the surrounding counties that touch ours. They say because too many daily commuters from other counties.
A big pain in the Roo Roo!!
A big pain in the Roo Roo!!
CBus660R
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Ohio still does it, but it's limited to 7 counties in the greater Cleveland area, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake, Lorain, Medina, Portage and Summit.
After about 2004, most cars were equipped with a set of 'wide band' O2 sensors, equivalent to the sensors the inspectors would put in the tailpipe.
They do most of the heavy lifting, requiring only a verification of legality through the OBDII port.
As long as there's no pending issues (EVAP, drive cycles, bad sensors) you should get a quick all-clear by plugging into the port.
A bit of trivia, the OBDII port has to be located a certain distance from the bottom of the steering wheel - no more than 18 inches, IIRC.
They do most of the heavy lifting, requiring only a verification of legality through the OBDII port.
As long as there's no pending issues (EVAP, drive cycles, bad sensors) you should get a quick all-clear by plugging into the port.
A bit of trivia, the OBDII port has to be located a certain distance from the bottom of the steering wheel - no more than 18 inches, IIRC.
THE PILGRIM
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I'm NM, Bernallillo County (Albuquerque) only.
The requirement came from the EPA based on our sometime bad air quality.
The requirement came from the EPA based on our sometime bad air quality.
Ogandydancer
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You beat me to it. Biggest rip off going. Might add that property tax in general especially in Guilford Co. is a big rip off. They sit in an office somewhere and never see you property and evaluate it for tax purposes.
Never understood how anyone could evaluate tax value without actually seeing the property.
Every two years here in California (Butte County) we have to smog our vehicles (I believe pre-1975 vehicles are exempt). The biggest joke is the "visual" inspection, where the test guy looks over the engine and determines if there is "smoke" visible while the engine is running. My daughter's 1989 Acura failed this "test", and I went back with the car and told the tech to take another look.....it passed the second inspection. Why don't they just stick the sensor in the tail pipe and verify emission compliance? Many performance parts are not available here because they haven't been approved by CARB (California Air Research Board). They even test your gas cap during emission inspections. I appreciate clean air, but why not perform testing the emissions in a logical way?
Bill Bates
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Here in Utah they only requirer testing in some of the more populated counties along the Wasatch Front.
No emissions testing here.
We do have yearly safety inspections.
We do have yearly safety inspections.
gmiller0737
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We had it maybe 10 or 15 years back they abolished it (Florida) not all county's had it anyway
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