I'm gonna kill the emissions kid....
05-27-2005, 10:09 PM
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Originally Posted by SharkSkin
Maybe the guy told you that because he doesn't want to lose his insurance, which would amount to the same result as losing his license...
No sweat of my back in any case since the 'good' place's testing bays are in the rear.
05-27-2005, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by worf928
I don't think that was the case. The guy lectured me for about a minute about how he could lose his MA testing license if - since the bays faced the street - an "inspector" drove by. He was pretty adamant about it.
No sweat of my back in any case since the 'good' place's testing bays are in the rear.
No sweat of my back in any case since the 'good' place's testing bays are in the rear.
05-31-2005, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by worf928
I've been looking around for the actual regs - 310 CMR 60.02 covers the "Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection and Maintenance Program" we (in MA) have all come to know an love. So far I haven't found any evidence that the "Dyno Test" (Transient Loaded-Mode Test in 310-CMR-60.02-speak) is optional.......
05-31-2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Gretch
Well, two things come to mind......a) both cars I had tested last week are AWD all the time.
... not AWD and it did not get a dyno run. ... plugged in the computer log reader, on the other car he did not....He didn't check the gas caps on either car. He shook a front wheel on one car and not the other. No horn check on either car......
1) non-optional for 2wd vehicles
2) optional - owners discretion
3) 16" wheels max (?) (reason my current shop uses for not dyno testing the '28s)
05-31-2005, 10:08 PM
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Originally Posted by 911Dave
I watched while the kid with the baggy jeans and nose ring lifted the hood, looked inside, then DROPPED IT from a height of about 2.5 feet. The hood shocks are shot so nothing kept it from slamming. There doesn't appear to be any damage as a result, but what would you have done? I'm pretty non-confrontational so I let it go.
.............AND , What did he say after that?!
05-31-2005, 10:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Blown Beast
Buy new hood shocks 
