[Peugeot-L] Re: Peugeot 405 smog check adventures - CA residents read up!

From: blade44m <zaphod44_at_earthlink.net>
Date: 02/25/08


I'll keep going for you.

It's nonsense because the smog laws are not applied fairly. People with cars like ours made in the 70's and 80's are hit the hardest. My BMW 320i routinely fails due to it's primitive smog control systems, despite my best efforts to keep it tuned properly.

But what about all the diesel vehicles? I'm glad I can drive my diesel 505 and pollute as much as I want, but the only reason diesel vehicles are still mostly unrestricted is because the trucking industry has money and clout. Don't forget about diesel construction and farm tractors too.

What about the airlines? Every 20 minutes I can look up and see a half full 737 flying to Los Angeles again? Those things run on KEROSENE. I'll be happier to take my car in for a smog check when they force Boeing to put cat. converters and EGR valves and belt driven smog pumps on all jet planes they build. You see that black streak across the sky? I guarantee you that's worse than anything my Mi16 is putting out.

Don't forget that light trucks are held to a different standard than regular cars. This is pushed by the auto industry so they can sell more SUVs.

Speaking of the auto industry, they love stringent smog laws for cars. It's now easy for them to build cars to the current standards, so why not support them? They'd love nothing more than for use to give up on our older cars and get us all into new Camrys.

And what about the smog stations themselves? I have never been to one that had one competent person working there. Before sending me and my 405 away even though it should have been exempted, the first guys I went to looked underneath the car and then proceeded to try and drive it with the back wheels on the dyno. The 2nd shop I went to would not even touch the car because they did not have an adaptor and "I was out of luck". I got the same response from the 3rd guys. This is all in addition to the fact that the calibration of each smog machine seems to vary station to station.

I support my claim that the smog program as it stands is complete and utter nonsense. But what else can you expect from a government program? Someday I'm going to get sick of the whole thing, and even after making my best effort to comply with the rules and tests, give up on 405s.

I'll then stick to my 505 diesel, my 12 MPG '65 Chevy pickup with dual Flowmasters and Quadrajet carb, and my vintage Suzuki two cycle streetbikes. I'll be a one man pollution machine, and I'll be happy to never set foot in a smog check station again.

Received on Mon Feb 25 11:04:04 2008