2004 Cayenne S – Moving to California – Smog test question
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2004 Cayenne S – Moving to California – Smog test question
The car is 2004 Porsche Cayenne S, 133,000 miles. Car has always passed emissions in state of VA. In VA, emission test is limited to checking error codes through OBDII port.
We are in the process of moving to San Diego (Enhanced zip code), California.
If you live in San Diego (Enhanced zip code area), do they check Smog/emission through OBDII or do they test exhaust gas using a Smog Machine for 2004 SUV?
My understanding is that exhaust gas test is done for cars older than year 2000?
Could someone please confirm this?
We are in the process of moving to San Diego (Enhanced zip code), California.
If you live in San Diego (Enhanced zip code area), do they check Smog/emission through OBDII or do they test exhaust gas using a Smog Machine for 2004 SUV?
My understanding is that exhaust gas test is done for cars older than year 2000?
Could someone please confirm this?
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DoubleURX is correct; California's smog check procedure is pretty comprehensive. Prices for smog checks are all over the place. I typically look for a coupon (Yelp or similar), which can cut the cost by more than 50%. (I believe I paid $35 to smog my daughter's Volvo.)
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My cayenne has upgraded muffler mainly for the sound, I wanted to pre test and compre results to California passing smog values but my local emmesion centers would not test the gas even with $$$ hence no way of knowing if. This will pass in CA or not
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DoubleURX is correct; California's smog check procedure is pretty comprehensive. Prices for smog checks are all over the place. I typically look for a coupon (Yelp or similar), which can cut the cost by more than 50%. (I believe I paid $35 to smog my daughter's Volvo.)
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Thank you for the infor My cayenne has upgraded muffler mainly for the sound, I wanted to pre test and compre results to California passing smog values but my local emmesion centers would not test the gas even with $$$ hence no way of knowing if. This will pass in CA or not
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Ok 2004 cayenne will not come to California. Now I have a different question to ask.
Does anybody have a cayenne with secondary cat bypass installed in California? Would this pass smog, I also heard sometimes they perform visual inspection and fail if secondary cats are out- true?
Does anybody have a cayenne with secondary cat bypass installed in California? Would this pass smog, I also heard sometimes they perform visual inspection and fail if secondary cats are out- true?
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Ok 2004 cayenne will not come to California. Now I have a different question to ask. Does anybody have a cayenne with secondary cat bypass installed in California? Would this pass smog, I also heard sometimes they perform visual inspection and fail if secondary cats are out- true?
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