HELP!!!!!!!!! My Inspection Is This Month!!
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From: Tinton Falls
NJ has a $5 billion deficit currently. They tried to privatize its inspection stations around 1998 (could be wrong about the date). It was a dismal attempt at trying to lower costs 
and finally meet the goverments requirements on greenhouse gasses. Pretty sure they gave up on that already. Currently we get denied a lot of goverment aid because we haven't managed to clean up our act enough.
Putting the cars on rollers before doing the emissions test was actually fairly bright. As I understand it a lot less people fail the test now. It went from like 20% to 2%. The way it was explained to me is that a car at idle while producing less emissions, produces more CONCENTRATED emissions that was making people fail. When the car is rev'ing higher you get a more true result, because the gasses are being forced out vs being allowed to build up. I guess an example would be filling a room with smoke while the door is open. The room will fill with a dense smoke that will eventually make it out the door in a concentrated form, therefore showing up as more toxic. Now if you put a fan in the door your still producing the same levels of smoke but the room will be clearer and the gasses will be more diffused and less toxic.
Does that make any sense?
and finally meet the goverments requirements on greenhouse gasses. Pretty sure they gave up on that already. Currently we get denied a lot of goverment aid because we haven't managed to clean up our act enough. Putting the cars on rollers before doing the emissions test was actually fairly bright. As I understand it a lot less people fail the test now. It went from like 20% to 2%. The way it was explained to me is that a car at idle while producing less emissions, produces more CONCENTRATED emissions that was making people fail. When the car is rev'ing higher you get a more true result, because the gasses are being forced out vs being allowed to build up. I guess an example would be filling a room with smoke while the door is open. The room will fill with a dense smoke that will eventually make it out the door in a concentrated form, therefore showing up as more toxic. Now if you put a fan in the door your still producing the same levels of smoke but the room will be clearer and the gasses will be more diffused and less toxic.
Does that make any sense?
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From: Farmington Hills
Originally posted by gaebril
There is one test you're really going to hate. I nearly beat some guy when they did it to my car. They put your front tires on a machine and vibrate the hell out of it. I mean they REALLY slam the crap out of your front suspension for about 20 seconds. Imagine running over 3 inch high strips of concrete at about 60 mph for a quarter mile and you get the idea. I could hear it slamming into the bump stops.
- Then they do that test I mentioned above to check your front alignment and suspension.
There is one test you're really going to hate. I nearly beat some guy when they did it to my car. They put your front tires on a machine and vibrate the hell out of it. I mean they REALLY slam the crap out of your front suspension for about 20 seconds. Imagine running over 3 inch high strips of concrete at about 60 mph for a quarter mile and you get the idea. I could hear it slamming into the bump stops.
- Then they do that test I mentioned above to check your front alignment and suspension.
Then again, it is probably the same as your typical road in Michigan.
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Originally posted by Muz
Move to Qld, Australia and you'll never ever have to get anything on your car inspected again (unless you let it's registration lapse). You can drive anything on wheels here...... which is a bit of a worry
Move to Qld, Australia and you'll never ever have to get anything on your car inspected again (unless you let it's registration lapse). You can drive anything on wheels here...... which is a bit of a worry
. I've always thought living in Australia would be pretty damn cool. (Says the guy who is currently watching Steve Irwin on Croc Hunter). 
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From: NY
Originally posted by sickestS2k00
WTF??? i dont want my Amuse lip to get dented or fall off!! do i need to worry about that? the only reason i was afraid to fail was cuz someone told me that if u fail then no one will want to inspect ur car if they see u already failed...i dont know, i forget where i heard it from. but i guess if i fail, then ill just fix whatever they tell me to. ok, im just worried about that gay test where they slam the shit out of ur car. my friend alread broke my amuse lip couple months ago, now i just got another one i dont want it destroyed! u guys think itll be ok?
WTF??? i dont want my Amuse lip to get dented or fall off!! do i need to worry about that? the only reason i was afraid to fail was cuz someone told me that if u fail then no one will want to inspect ur car if they see u already failed...i dont know, i forget where i heard it from. but i guess if i fail, then ill just fix whatever they tell me to. ok, im just worried about that gay test where they slam the shit out of ur car. my friend alread broke my amuse lip couple months ago, now i just got another one i dont want it destroyed! u guys think itll be ok?
my friend rx7 failed 4times in 4 different places...no one cares if failed or not.. they will take ur money..