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To: Pelham

Back when I lived in CT I had an F150 that failed since it was new — and Ford couldn’t fix it. After Ford fought with the state a while they granted a waiver for the sniff test. That’s when I figured out it was about money not smog.


4 posted on 04/25/2015 1:34:19 AM PDT by Cowman
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To: Cowman
*That’s when I figured out it was about money not smog.*

Were you around in CT, when emissions was handled by indi companies.....then the state took over and built mandatory emission stations .....that was a fiasco and now it back to indi testing.


9 posted on 04/25/2015 2:04:21 AM PDT by Daffynition ("We Are Not Descended From Fearful Men")
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To: Cowman

“That’s when I figured out it was about money not smog.”

That’s way it’s always been in MD. If you failed but could prove you’d spent $400 on attempts to fix it, you got a waiver. They test every two years. My 1999 SUV is due in June.

Years ago I had an ‘82 Chevy that passed even though most of the smog controls were disconnected. It’s a scam.


18 posted on 04/25/2015 5:53:15 AM PDT by PLMerite ("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
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