Hello all,

I'm aware of the emission related thread that's currently active. Near the end of that thread, someone had mentioned the new emission law, which is what I like to discuss about. For those who don't know, the following link is the article from Toronto Star:

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/Con...acodalogin=yes

Some of the major points include:

And the following point is what I'd like to discuss about. It seems no one has yet to be made aware of this:
EVERY F*CKIN YEAR??!! That's ridiculous! It sounds like there's a way to voice our opinions regarding issue; anyone has an idea of what we can do to prevent this?

And if this comes true, what are we going to do? There HAS to be a way around this.....

Thanks,

Howi

 

Gotta Love Bruce County, and a 86. Just another way to make more money, Alberta's looking better and better.

 

**** no...., wait, mines an 83 does that mean it doesn't have to pass regardlessof the new rule? cause there only going to be testing 88 and newer?, or are they testing all years?
someone please answer, i don't want have to replace all the emmisions crap i ripped out.

 

I'm movin to alberta. this is totally ******* retarded. wtf.

 

http://www.ene.gov.on.ca/envregistry/026516ep.htm

aright, so if its 1988 or newer it has to stay in the system, if its older than 1988 it doesn't have to pass emmisions, thats great, well not so great for some of the FC guys, but great for me, i almost had a freakin heart attack thinking about buying/finding all the parts my 83 would need to pass

 

lol, that's hilarious.... they are keeping the grossest of polluters exempt while torturing the newer less polluting cars.

 

Hmmmmmmm........ more money to own a rx7????? hmmmmmmm

 

Are you sure that's what it means? It says that the 20 year exemption is eliminated....and they will start testing models 1988 and up. Jesus christ i wish these people knew how to write better cuz that makes no gotdamn sense. Is the 20 year exemption eliminated..or are they going to start testing all cars from 1988 and up from now on?

 

Either way living in the boons pays off, I likely have one of the worst polluters, and no E-test here, it's great not having any cats, or airpump, ect.

 

i think what they mean is that by the time this is in place, the 88's will be 20 years old, and then from 1988 onwards they will test everything as it becomes 20 years +.

 

I hope ur right dood....no way in hell am i gonna put up with this garbage

 

right when I get a full RB System they pull this chit.!

 

man i hope i'm right too, lol.

 

You guys have misunderstood. Please read this again, note the part in captital letters:

In other words, cars that are previously exempt for the e-test (cars that are already 20+ years old), are no longer exempt. This also means 1988 model cars will be the YOUNGEST model cars in the 20+ years old category which the new emission law applies to.

Sorry guys but I'm afraid we're all screwed. All of us. Even the newest FD will be at least 12 years old, which means e-test every ****** year.


Howi

 

The real question is what are the consequences if you fail? Right now it's not a big deal. You just have to prove that the repairs would be more then $400 or so, and then you get a conditional pass.

 

Well I don't think this could hold up charter scrutiny. I think a 1988 year old vehicle is not that much different than a 1987 and therefore the different treatment is unjustified. In fact many could have been built in the same year. There are way two many people affected by this for someone to not challenge it.

It is a crock of **** anyway, it is still a cash grab as long as they don't start forcing the manufacturers to make more pollution free cars. I know they do this is part but not as aggressively as they seem to be taxing the end users.

I sold my 89 and I only have my 87 left so I am personally ok for now but I will never by an FD if this actually sticks. It will hurt the value of alot of great older cars if this happens.

 

but then again....i heard that some time next year it will be passed that the drive clean thing is taken out...

 

I'm up in the middle of nowhere, ON in the Algoma District, so I don't have to worry about the whole e-test thing.

For the FCs, I think that '86s and '87s will be restored more that being used as parts cars as they are now. There will be a lot more transplants from the 88-91s into the 86-87 cars if the older bodies are still in good shape.

As someone who has an '87, this is a good thing, as I might be able to find newer parts for the 'ol beast.

Z

 

As Aaron said, it's not a big deal, but it means that we'll have to continue paying somewhere under $450 every E-test to fail and get a conditional pass. eg. Last year I paid ~$250 and couldn't do more repairs without going over $450. What are you going to fix on a FD for less than $450? What Aaron isn't telling you is that he has found an even cheaper solution to avoiding E-tests. Remove the engine from your RX-7 and leave it in the garage!

As for the testing every year part, recall that a couple of years ago they were seeking the public's comments on eliminating driveclean all together. It's obviously still here. Why assume that testing every year will become law?

How is it a cash grab? The gov't doesn't make any money on it. Heck shops don't make money unless they get to do repairs. When it's all said and done they don't really make any money. They find driveclean a pain in the butt too.

 

yeah, but the 450 limit is going to be changed to 600

 

thak Buddha for methyl Hydrate and Acetone in the right mix...thank buddha's belly that sandalones are ( in comparison to failing a test every year ) cheap and multi map select-able.

The only thing that pissis me off is that the govv't will arbitraility raise the pass/fail numbers without telling the public.. unless of course you surf thier many prohibitivly poorly laied out websites to find the new info.. I'm pretty sure my 91' had to pass the new numbers( 63ppm HC as an example ).. that were higher ( lower PPM count ) then the manufacturer's numbers.

 

I am sure the testing fee will increase as well as the additional tax revenue on the repairs as a result of failures. As well as the taxing of the businesses that run emmision shops. How many more forms of cash grab would you like to see?

I am all for a cleaner environment but this is a just pandering to the public when the solutions are obvious but will not be implemented.

 

I was actually thinking abou this last night and came to a realization: There is no reason that 99% of the cars here shouldn't pass anyway.

My logic is this: Cars with street or stock ports don't really have large overlap issues. If the car is in good tune, running the correct A/F ratio and not hacked, then it's no big deal to run a high flow cat. There are plenty of cars being produced today that make a lot more HP then those 99% of people here, and they all have cats. If you're driving around pig rich, you are gaining nothing anyway and just wasting gas and making less power. Especially true if you have a standalone. Again why not run a cat?

My disclaimer of course is that when my car goes back on the road, I will not be running a cat. My porting will have too much overlap.

For cars with more wild porting (bridge, peripheral), then indeed this would be an issue. The excess reversion caused by a cat just wouldn't work, and I would imagine that any cat would plug up very quickly.

 

Is the limit definately getting changed to $600 or are they talking about it?

As for Aaron's comments, I have no idea why my car did so poorly on the E-Test last year. I had like 5% CO. Granted I had a turbo that was puking oil into the exhaust and the plugs were in rough shape, but 5% still seems like too much. My car dynos well so I'm not sure what I could possibly do to bring that number in line.

 

Ouch this doesn't sound good at all.

• Annual testing for vehicles 12 years old and older (i.e., starting in 2007, 1995 and older vehicles (back to 1988) would require annual testing).

So does that mean my 87 won't require annual testing?

Gee