[ale] Car topic

Wed Sep 7 14:09:38 EDT 2011

I’m pretty sure the emissions requirement is for the county in which you reside not the one in which you work.   If you reside in Ellijay and commute to the Airport (I used to no someone that did) then you aren’t required to get emissions inspection for your car.

Of course if you sell it to someone that does require an emissions inspection then you’d have to have that done at the time as noted below.   Usually people buying a used car that has already had an emissions inspection don’t have to get one at the time of purchase and can wait until their next tag renewal.

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Ron Frazier
Sent: Wednesday, September 07, 2011 1:06 PM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Car topic

David,

Be warned, you cannot sell your car to anyone who will register it in the 13 county area without a valid emissions inspection.  I just found that out recently when doing research regarding my son's truck.  It's a bummer, but I thought you might want to know.

http://www.cleanairforce.com/docs/What_to_Do_Before_You_Buy_2011.pdf
http://www.cleanairforce.com/docs/Seller_Beware_2011.pdf

Ron

On 9/7/2011 12:29 PM, David Hillman wrote:
Thank you all.  Well, it looks like I would have to spend over $805 in emissions repairs to get a waiver.  Replacing just the pump (sealed) and the valves will still put me over the limit of what I had budgeted for this mostly project vehicle.  I have another car I can use.  I picked up the VW for very little money, it was supposed to be something me and my friends could tinker with and use for road trips.  Shedding weight, in the form of a large, heavy pump and associated gear, is something I felt would make a nice improvement.  Spending money to fix a problem that doesn't improve engine performance or increase the capability of the car in any meaningful way goes against my principles--especially, when it'll take funds away from my "fun" project.  I now have no choice but to get rid of a solid vehicle that is otherwise perfect for our project.  I won't get another car that has been engineered this way.  If you can't beat 'em and you don't want to join 'em, go in a different direction.

On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 11:52 AM, Michael Trausch <mike at trausch.us<mailto:mike at trausch.us>> wrote:
On 09/07/2011 10:56 AM, David Hillman wrote:
> Is there to get around the emissions requirements in Georgia?  I called
> the tag office, but I got put on hold for an eternity.
If you show that you have spent over a certain amount of money to fix a
problem, you can get a waiver for that year only.  The next year you'll
have to spend the same amount in order to get a waiver again.

Modifying the programming of the ECC is *not* a task that you want to
take on yourself.  If you can show that the removal of the system does
not affect the compliance with emissions standards for that model year,
you might be able to get away with modifying it, but you'll have to get
to know the programming of your ECC quite intimately and if any updates
to the firmware become available that get pushed to your computer while
it is in the shop, you'll have to patch those updates as well.

Personally, I wouldn't even attempt it.

       --- Mike

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