Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Originally Posted By: DoubleWasp
Originally Posted By: SteveSRT8
Too bad they are not stricter. I for one do not believe in removing emissions equipment, even on my "hot" cars.
What if everyone did? I think it was Car and Driver IIRC who said that one buggered up car can emit as much junk as thousands of new proper running vehicles...
I don't think setting a car on fire with a full fuel tank is going to cause THOUSANDS of more emissions than a properly working modern vehicle. Bit of an exaggeration maybe.
The actual numbers can be as high as 8 thousand. No exaggeration as in some urban areas new cars actually emit cleaner air than they ingested to run!
Just expect LOOOONG lines and big fees at your local inspection station. That's whats coming in addition to dirtier air, thanks to the few who imagine they are somehow smarter than the rest of us. I would rather not be subjected to the hassle, but folks like YOU are bringing it to all...
I'm sorry, but did you seriously just suggest that there is a combustion engine out there whose exhaust is BREATHABLE?
This would have to be the situation, given that nobody in any urban area is walking around in pressurized encounter suits. So if the exhaust is cleaner than the air the car is ingesting, than the exhaust must be breathable.
Must not be checking for these 2 little gases called carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide when they come to that conclusion.
Which emissions exactly are they saying is being produced at 8,000 times normal levels? Of the 5 gases tested under 5-gas emissions testing, one of them is oxygen, tested as a reference point against the other emissions levels, and there's definitely no way to multiply that by 8,000 going into an engine and coming out the other side. So which of the remaining 4 gases are being produced at 8,000 times normal?