OT?: New cars run on partial cylinders?

belt driving the AIR pump, the EGR was rusted shut & vac hose plugged, and both cats were hollow. The car passed many years of pollution tests for HC, CO, and Nox in that state, with less than 33% of the allowable emissions. How is that possible? Especially if these controls are so vital to having the 'clean air' that we all want.

ground level ozone and the ozone that is being depleted ???????

It's possible that the shop testing the vehicle had a different vehicle on the rollers and "inadvertently" entered the 84 CV's details into the computer. I've heard of that happening.

Conspiracy? I've seen nothing in this thread to suggest conspiracy. Aversion to Hype, perhaps. But not conspiracy.

The astute reader will note that several questions from the previous post went unanswered ...

There exists a Theory of Consumer Behavior which, when applied to big-ticket purchases (i.e. car, house), goes something like:

1.) Consumer tortures over necessity of spending all that money. 2.) Consumer admits necessity and focuses on 1 product.

3.) Consumer collects/tortures-over any/all available info re product (good info, bad info, "grey" info, etc).

4.) Consumer purchases product.

5.) Consumer thinks "Oh, My Gawd! Is it really worth all this money/effort??"

6.) Consumer tests product extensively (short-term).

7.) If testing goes well, consumer concludes that everything is fine, product works as good or better than expected. This usually occurs in the first 50% (or less) of the product's expected life.

In Stage 7.), some consumers become adamant about the product's worth. Some infuse themselves with a kind of religious fervor, and communicate this to others. Given a belief in the validity of religious fervor, their position may or may-not be justified over the life of the product. Of course, if one puts no stock in religious fervor ...

Best Regards, Peetie

cylinders?

static amount

Doubt they would-such data is generally not for public consumption. That's why auto companies do competitive product testing.