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   sms wrote:   
      
   > There are no emissions in Ohio? Amazing.   
      
   The kindergarten iKooks would have a field day with that sentence, even   
   though every _adult_ knows exactly what Steve & Michael Trew meant.   
      
   > (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.   
      
   I didn't know about the ten minute requirement. Thanks. Most of my cars   
   have to be put on the dyno which takes far longer for the same price (most   
   of the time).   
      
   > 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.   
      
   The problem is that a _lot_ of the places I went to last said the dyno   
   "wasn't working" so that may be a trick that they pull to minimize its use.   
      
   I find it interesting that they essentially charge the same amount for an   
   OBD check as for when they run it on the dyno and sniff the tailpipe.   
      
   California has a way of creating entirely new industries that essentially   
   do nothing whatsoever useful, in that some states, at least in the past,   
   did a _real_ safety check along with the smog check, for free!   
      
   They even put every car over 90K miles on a lift to check the steering.   
   And they even _drove_ every car to check the brakes on a huge manometer.   
      
   All for free.   
   Dunno if they still do that though, as those were in my college days.   
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