RSSVehicle Emissions Test: Pass!
Mar 10 10
I just had the fastest, most painless, vehicle emissions test – evar! My car is finally old enough to require an emissions test before I renew my plate.
25 years ago taking a vehicle in for mandated air quality emissions testing meant long lines, long waits while cars raced their engines with probes up the exhaust pipe, paperwork, grease, and bureaucracy. Today it was maybe 10 minutes, my car’s computer talked to their computer and they worked out some sort of computer-y deal and I pass. I’m digging it. 
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Mar 10, 2010 @ 13:59:10
But honestly Brad, why the test and all the money spent on the tests in the first place? Think how much government money is spent on those facilities. Shut them down and tell the Federal Government to mind their own business, our first big cost cut.
Mar 10, 2010 @ 16:10:28
I agree on shutting them down. I’ve always hated having to get tested. I swear it is a conspiracy to sell auto parts!
That said, technology has made the process, for newer cars, much faster. I suppose living now in Porter Co. helps too – just plain fewer people, so the lines are not as bad as Lake Co.