Sean Dinh wrote:
>
> jim beam wrote:
>
>
>>will a 1990 texas civic pass california smog?
>>
>>vin is 2HGED6347LHxxxxxx
>>
>>anyone know the codes on this?
>
> People Republic of California used to charge democratic
> people like you $300 penalty fee for not having "Cali
> certified" on your car when you register. That was ruled
> illegal, and that they had to refund all those fees.
>
> Anyway, depending on where you register your car, you might
> not have to worry. In Socal, we are forced to use "Test
> Only" center to test our Civics. We are mandated to pay
> extra for the same shit "You Passed". If this is your case,
> you shouldn't worry. With smog testing on the dyno, your
> lack of an EGR valve on an automatic does not affect the the
> smog output. In certain area, you don't need to have smog
> check.

took it in for a smog today, mentioned my concerns to the tech & he just
shrugged. didn't seem to know. so let him test it anyway. it passed
no problems, so i'm all set!