89 240 CA Smog

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JShreve - 05 Aug 2004 04:34 GMT

The state of CA is requiring my upcoming biennial smog check to be at
a TEST ONLY CENTER. There is a blurb about this being a car that
"pollutes more". It has never failed a smog check in 15 years. Is
there an emissions problem associated with this year-make-model that I
don't know about?

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PButler111 - 05 Aug 2004 06:26 GMT

>Subject: 89 240 CA Smog
>From: jcshreve@comcast.net (JShreve)
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>there an emissions problem associated with this year-make-model that I
>don't know about?

I'm in Illinois so I can't speak to California standards, but I know my '89 240
wagon passed its emissions test here every year, and it had passed the New York
emissions test prior to my purchasing it.

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James Sweet - 06 Aug 2004 02:50 GMT

> The state of CA is requiring my upcoming biennial smog check to be at
> a TEST ONLY CENTER. There is a blurb about this being a car that
> "pollutes more". It has never failed a smog check in 15 years. Is
> there an emissions problem associated with this year-make-model that I
> don't know about?

It's just BS based strictly on the age of the car, 240's don't pollute any
more than most new cars when in good condition.

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