Anyone else out there have to put up with this shit?,I've been able to duck it for 2-3 years because of my newer Ion,'03,got a noice in the mail to tell me I'm up for a test,my b'day is in May,they must be sending out notices earlire than they used to.Oh yea,I live in N.E.Ohio,the epicenter of emission chaos.
Pretty much everyone. I just moved to NJ from NY. NJ's DMV website doesn't tell you ANYTHING about what's tested or how, just the typical boilerplate about how great I should feel about having my car abused on a dyno...
Some places are finally going to just a trouble code scan on newer cars, i.e. they scan your car with a scan tool and no codes = pass. I think NY and NJ do it.
Oh yeah, keep fighting the state run center crap. People in CT did and they closed them and went to a more rationale system as a result. Under current law (Congress finally put their foot down in the mid 90's), test and repair and test only stations are considered equally effective. IIRC, NY state was going to go test only, but the backlash and change in law stopped it...
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