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To: epicure who wrote (97788)	3/12/2005 12:12:25 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

I think it was your terminology that puzzled Alan. It did me the first time you used it. I'd never heard the expression "getting the car smogged" which sounds sort of bad- like being egged. It's a required part of our state inspection so we just say, "getting the car inspected". Is it not part of a whole vehicle inspection there or is it separate? It is done anually here.

To: epicure who wrote (97788)	3/12/2005 12:13:05 PM
From: Alan Smithee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Ah. Now I understand. We have emissions testing, but only in the more populous counties. We don't have the requirement now that I live in Podunk. I regularly had to take my cars in (every other year) when I lived in the Seattle area. There used to be a guy set up right next to the South Seattle test station who worked out of his van. If people flunked the test, they'd drive over to him and for $35 he would tweak the idle, fuel mix and other adjustments (obviously on non-fuel injected cars). He guaranteed a pass on the retest or no fee. I know a guy who had a Suzuki Samurai that had a Weber carburator on it. The fixit guy would lean down the fuel mixture and tell the owner to hold the engine speed at the test to a certain level, and not above. Worked like a charm every time. And yes, having to do the emissions test was a pain in the butt. I don't miss it.