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Ladies and Gents,
I'm with Richard, I live here in NE Ohio and as I'm itching to emigrate, I thought things were more civilized north of the border...Is the smog check "national" up there or is it done province by province, area by area...?
The latter solution holds here in OH, i.e. there is "E-check" in highly populous areas that have been (and are being?) targeted by the US EPA for "unhealthy" County immediately west (10 mi.) of me (Lake), more populous, closer to Cleveland, has it; here in Ashtabula, no E-check at all. Same no. of people in entire county as a suburb of Cleveland. There's no safety check whatsover in Ohio either, but that's another story. Or is it?
Just got an '81 244 new to us, purchased in PA, had proudly affixed PA safety insp. sticker yet found totally shot ball joints, disconnected PCV system, exhaust leak in front pipe on return to Ohio. Seller was a "licensed" mechanic....
Back to smog chek. 2-3 yrs ago lived in Portage County OH, south and west of here again closer to "Clean"land. Was e-check there and my raggedy 242's number was up--emissions insp. every other year. Broke hillbilly I was at the time ran the car w/less than factory equipment....Had no CAT, only one muffler at rear, hey I was on a budget and only drove 20-50 mi daily tops.
Put dysfunctional, original cat back on, guys at NAPA where I was parts monkey told me to ream the guts out and put it back in for e-check as they do hold a mirror under the car. Local Volvo guru said these cars run really clean, I'd make it no prob.
He was right, thing passed easily, didn't change timing, mixture, anything.
What is the moral to this long-winded story?
We burn so much blasted fuel here in N. Amerika, when is the madness going to end? This forest for the trees mentality, brand new cars even here in impoverished former industrial zone....Why won't somone with "pull" (a sports star? movie actor?) have the nerve to tell people the truth about the resources wasted in having all this new, high tech, "clean" running new machinery?
Even though it's 35 degrees I'm getting on my 10 speed for a little "fresh" air.
FRANKly speaking
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