Chigga

so one of my friends's car failed emission, she drives a 91 Teg w/auto, the NOppm reading was 500 something to pass, but she had 900 or so, apparently the mech said its cat and yali yada, I told her don't listen to the dirt bag.

now, only the NOppm reading failed, what cause the NO reading so high? and there's a repair limit of $450, does that mean the minimum required repair costs $450?

Zapa

well it's arround 200 - 250 $ for a fake test ...

drift_n_shift

my take on ^^^^ is that if your car doesnt pass emmissions, fix it properly or trash it. i hate when people do those fake tests and whatnot. jeez people, your fuking up the earth, its irreverisable damage. if you have kids/going to have kids, your just making it worse for them... PLEASE, fix your car properly.

Zapa

there is an ethical issue here indeed

and I too am concerned about the earth even though , my fast car will never pass emissions . ( I actually took TTC and Go this summer , and ended that experience yelling out loud that canadian common transit SUCKS ELEPHANT @#% )


I don't think people who fake e-tests are the problem here thogh . I'd blame more , countries that don't aproove of the Kyoto protocoll , also I'd be more concerned about certain typical families with 20 kids that have 800 cousins , and when they all grow old they all buy 30 year old corolas and do delivery with them .

It's sad , but realistically I don't think saving the earth lies in changing our habits ( but yes , our breeding habits should change , at least for SOME nations ) , I think the only thing that would save the earth is technology and a few brilliant brains .

Hopefully they will emerge sooner rather than later , and they'll choose the betterment of humanity over beeing a tow truck driver a car dealer a cop or a manager at KFC for that matter . . .

B Hunter

, Manager of KFC would be the bomb....Toonie Tuesdays and Spicy Classic combos 24/7

Chigga

those are not real chickens.

and can someone please PM me if you got hook ups.

brianb

Real or not they still taste good, lol.

brianb

Get a second opinion. If it is a cat it probably wont cost that much to get a cheap one put on. I had the one on my grand prix replaced for $150 bucks. Not sure if that was a good price but it had to be done for me to pass emmissions. I went to this place in scarbourough called selmon's custom exhaust, he did it in an hour.

brianb

Get a second opinion. If it is a cat it probably wont cost that much to get a cheap one put on. I had the one on my grand prix replaced for $150 bucks. Not sure if that was a good price but it had to be done for me to pass emmissions. I went to this place in scarbourough called selmon's custom exhaust, he did it in an hour. I heard that running the car for a while before the test helps as well. Not sure if thats true but i dont think it would hurt.

drifter420

The cat as far as I was told also when I had it done.. takes probably 2 days for it to "break in" and a lil above average spirited driving..

drift_n_shift

ya, thats true. in my dads old 87 sunbird, before the emissions test, we did a 45-minute drive on the highway... im pretty sure it helped the results. (also it was mechanic recommended)

Viperoni

Sounds more like an EGR related issue than a cat.

Make sure you DRIVE THE **** out of the cat before you take it for an etest, it gets the cat as hot as possible so it cleans as well as possible.

NOTORIOUS VR

Exactly