Well said. Tom Poplin
- Original Message -----
From: blade44m
To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Monday, February 25, 2008 1:59 PM
Subject: [Peugeot-L] Re: Peugeot 405 smog check adventures - CA residents read up!
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.
- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "mike aube" <maube@...> wrote:
>
> John,
> It is nonsense to these people because the government forces them
to keep their cars tuned up and saving money on gas.
> It is also nonsense because now that the car is tuned, they don't
have to call a tow truck in the middle of winter for a no start. (
that one costed me, I own a towing operation)
> It is also nonsense because the exhaust systems have to be
repaired, we don't get to enjoy open exhaust noise in the middle of
the night anymore.
> Want me to keep on going?
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: fotoadresse2004
> To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2008 10:00 PM
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] Re: Peugeot 405 smog check adventures - CA
residents read up!
>
>
> --- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "blade44m" <zaphod44@> wrote:
> >
> > I found that there are exemptions, and the 405 is exempt from
this
> > nonsense test in 3 ways.
> >
> > I'm glad the 505 SD is there for me when my gasoline cars get
held
> > up bureaucratic smog test nonsense.
> >
> Blade44m,
>
> You mention the term "nonsense" twice in referring to smog
testing. I
> am a licensed smog tech here in California, and I am interested
in
> learning more about how you arrived at the conclusion that the
> program or parts of it are nonsense.
> John
>
>
>
>
>
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