[MR2] MK1 Catalytic Converters For SC and NA

[waynearndt at waynearndt.com]

I was just wondering how that 'sniffer' could tell the difference between
one single stinky car going by vs. 5 almost stinky cars traveling close
together creating a higher concentration. And how it would be accurate
considering how wind plays a factor.





On Mon, 9 Jun 2008 13:16:25 -0500, "DAVIES, BARRY S \(BARRY\)"
<daviesb at alcatel-lucent.com> wrote:
> I wonder what proportion of cars actually fail anyway? Does having
> several million cars a year sitting idling waiting for inspection
> produce more polution that's under the limit per car, than the few which
> are over?
> For a while AZ had roadside sniffers to catch polluters (worked too -
> caught me with a leaking fuel injector!)
> That seemed a more sensible approach.
> Cheers
> Barry
> 
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> Subject: Re: [MR2] MK1 Catalytic Converters For SC and NA
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> 
> ---- Scott Lelievre <banzairx7 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Maybe the rest of the country will get lucky like we in Mass. just
>> did. As of October of this year no more emissions testing of car 1995
> and older.
>> They found there are so few cars of that era it doesn't justify the
>> cost of the equipment to test them. Only OBD-II cars will be tested
>> and those are just plugging into the OBD port.
>>
> 
> They're making noise about doing the same thing here as well, also for
> budgetary purposes.
> 
> Seems pretty stupid to me.  Which car is more likely to be polluting -
> the beater from the late 1980's [not talking about our well-maintained
> 2's of course], or the late model cars that are still under warranty?
> 
> If they were really interested in cutting pollution, they'd be testing
> ONLY pre-1996 cars and exempting the newer ones.
> 
> JSR
> 
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