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ChadTower:

In MA they supposedly have some of the strictest testing in the nation... they made garages buy these huge $80,000 automated diagnostic systems that do most of the testing for them and report it directly to the RMV.  Works with the computer in the car.  Cars 15 years old (last time I checked) could still be done manually and were exempt from emissions.  It is suppposed to be foolproof.

The modem pool it uses is unreliable at best.  Rather than fix that, they implemented a "if the modem pool doesn't work, you can do the tests manually, and send it in later another way.  My car hasn't been tested with the tester in years despite being a Civic in good repair.  The guy just looks at it, asks me if everything works properly, and slaps a sticker on it.

whammoed:
They did emissions testing for a while in Florida while I lived there.  I always found it ironic because I encountered more cars in Florida spewing out obviously poor emissions than I did in Indiana where there was no testing.  They stopped doing the tests in Florida shortly after I moved there.  I seriously doubt there were any more polluting cars on the road than before.

patrickl:

--- Quote from: whammoed on March 21, 2008, 09:22:41 am ---They did emissions testing for a while in Florida while I lived there.  I always found it ironic because I encountered more cars in Florida spewing out obviously poor emissions than I did in Indiana where there was no testing.
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Maybe that's why they started testing in Florida?

whammoed:

--- Quote from: patrickl on March 21, 2008, 09:58:04 am ---
--- Quote from: whammoed on March 21, 2008, 09:22:41 am ---They did emissions testing for a while in Florida while I lived there.  I always found it ironic because I encountered more cars in Florida spewing out obviously poor emissions than I did in Indiana where there was no testing.
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Maybe that's why they started testing in Florida?

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Maybe, but emissions testing had already been going on before I moved there.  It is more likely because anything government related in Florida is retarded.  :P  When I first moved there and tried to register my car I COULD NOT!  It was impossible.  Something in the way they deal with taxes and not being able to transfer them.  I ended up buying a new car.
Regardless, it didn't seem to make a bit of difference.

RetroACTIVE:

--- Quote from: pinballjim on March 21, 2008, 10:04:02 am ---
Check Engine light on?  Instant failure, even if it passes the pipe test.  Luckily, though, they couldn't sell you anything at the same site.

State inspections were crooked, too.  Every place you went would tell you you needed new windshield wipers and they could do it for just $25 right now (I had a set that was a week old on my truck).  One guy told me I needed new brake pads RIGHT AWAY, etc.   But hey, we've all dealt with thieves like that.


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Same thing here in Maryland... when I first moved here I bought an old beater extra car... didn't realize the retarded mess I was going to have to deal with...

The first garage wanted like $2K to get it passed inspection... then I brought it to a dealer... it was like 250 bucks... so its definitely a scam!

Also once you get it passed inspection... thats it... so there is no annual checking of breaks / tires etc... so you end up with a bunch of unsafe vehicles on the road ANYWAY!  In NH, there is annual inspections and its a pain but it never seemed fishy like this does. 

Also when I transfered into the state... since NH has no sales tax (stupid by the way)... I had to pay all the sales tax on the vehicle (that I bought in NH!) in order to get it registered in MD....yet another scam!

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