All:

Texas is a state with emissions testing, and the law described above on sale of vehicles. So all you Texans need to have your cats back on for your annual emissions check, and when you sell your car. In the meantime, I have driven in TX a lot, and have never been pulled over by any cop who wanted to check my cat ---- even when I WAS pulled over for speeding.

I certainly don't hate true "tree huggers" as I am a degreed horticulturist, so I guess I'm one of them. It's a problem of nobody really knowing which environmental standards to apply. In CA, I could get pulled over and cited by a cop for running a 2 liter engine without a cat, but the guy in the 6 liter Hummer skates on by. In some European countries, they wouldn't consider the emissions from a 2 liter s2k without a cat to be so bad, but would tax the hell out of the Hummer owner for C02 pollution. But in the US I can spew all the C02 I want without penalty, because Congress has not declared C02 to be a pollutant. We can't get many economical diesel "city cars" they have in Europe because they don't pass the US standards, but do pass European standards, which some scientists say are actually stricter.

What I'm saying is that what is a pollutant and what is not has become more a game of political football than science.

Thanks,
Richard

 

Isnt everything in America politics?

 

I really am not concerned that a cop would know anything, just as if I were to drive a Porsche 959 on US streets. Guess what cops, that car is illegal. Who wants to drive one?! Meeeeeeeeeeeeeee! Anyway, the beat cops don't have a clue.

So I guess the point is I would have to reinstall my cat to pass emissions. Is it worth it?

 

One older school bus or heavy truck pumps out more emissions into the air while idling at the red light than I do without a cat during the whole week.
Stop being funny!

 

if i'm getting a regular 30K mile check up, can Honda say anything about my test pipe?

 

 

Is it just me or do the revs drop off faster with the test pipe on?

 

When they make it illegal to smoke.....i'll put my cat back on.