XPost: comp.mobile.android, misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: scharf.steven@geemail.com   
      
   On 5/3/2022 11:46 AM, Michael Trew wrote:   
   > On 5/3/2022 1:52, Andy Burnelli wrote:   
      
      
      
   >> One disadvantage of the older cars in California is they have to do the   
   >> smog test on a dyno, which, one by one, are dropping out of the market.   
   >>   
   >> In California, newer cars get a smog check by the OBDII sensor instead.   
   >   
   > I live in Ohio, in a county with no emissions.  No car inspections   
   > either; I love it!   
      
   There are no emissions in Ohio? Amazing.   
      
   Just got the first smog check on my wife's 2014 vehicle, there are no   
   smog checks required for the first eight years. Since the smog checks   
   now just involve reading the status of the sensors and checking that the   
   gas cap gasket is okay, the whole thing takes about 1-2 minutes. Or it   
   used to anyway. When I was getting a smog check on Sunday I asked the   
   guy why it was taking so long and he said that the BAR (Bureau of   
   Automotive Repair) now requires checks to last ten minutes so he had to   
   leave the cable plugged into the OBD-II port for ten minutes, until the   
   computer beeped ans said ten minutes were up. $45.   
      
   The smog check places have to have a dynomometer to be certified by the   
   state but they are rarely used anymore since OBD-II has been around   
   since 1996. Model year 1975 and older don't require a smog check.   
      
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