Are Subaru's Smog Exempt

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04-11-2004, 08:30 PM

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SO they are actually gonna make smog shops get $100K dynos so they can smog AWD cars?

04-11-2004, 09:23 PM

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SO they are actually gonna make smog shops get $100K dynos so they can smog AWD cars?

Possibly

04-11-2004, 09:34 PM

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04-11-2004, 09:37 PM

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which are allowed to produce about 8x the emissions of a car.

04-12-2004, 12:15 AM

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I bought an '02 WRX used. Does that start the "count down" to my next smog from the time it was smogged by the dealer for re-sale... i.e. 2 years +/- from when I bought it in Dec. of '03, or will it not need to be smogged untill four years from the original owners puchase date... i.e. April 2006? It's only five or so months difference, but I was just curious if anyone knew.

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04-12-2004, 02:52 AM

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04-12-2004, 03:21 AM

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Man! That hella freakin sucks! Maybe put the stock one and then switch back to aftermarket?

04-12-2004, 09:47 AM

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04-12-2004, 10:49 AM

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cars 2000 and up get smoged every 4 years now and under 2000 every 2 years. i havent heard of the AWD being exempt tho, so does this mean that we dont even have to go to the visual test? dont they just stick something in the exhaust pipe? how would that make AWD's exempt.

04-12-2004, 11:12 AM

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cars 2000 and up get smoged every 4 years now and under 2000 every 2 years. i havent heard of the AWD being exempt tho, so does this mean that we dont even have to go to the visual test? dont they just stick something in the exhaust pipe? how would that make AWD's exempt.

We are only exempt from the rolling dyno part of the test as all dynos currently required by law are two wheel dynos whcih wouldn't work for us for obvious reasons. We still have to undergo the visual, the sniffer, and ODBII. It's cool though, as the dyno part is what gives most vehicles trouble.

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04-12-2004, 02:21 PM

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so i still have to put the stock exhaust on then right?

04-12-2004, 02:46 PM

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so i still have to put the stock exhaust on then right?

To be totally safe... yes. Although it is my understanding that our cars should pass the sniffer with a catless uppipe as long as you reinstall the other two cats and get the car warm before the test. That is assuming you have a friendly smogger that will over look the fact that your UP won't pass the visual. To be honest though, I don't believe the everage smog tech knows where to look for the UP, let alone what it SHOULD look like.

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04-12-2004, 04:18 PM

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SO they are actually gonna make smog shops get $100K dynos so they can smog AWD cars?

I highly doubt it. My friend owns a shop and they do the smogs there. It was a HUGE hassle for him to get this dyno put in place and get certified to use it there as an 'official' station. He doesn't think they will go to AWD dynos. They just cost too much and the state can't expect these owners to fork the bill on it. He had to pay for the 2WD dyno and that in itself wasn't cheap at all. He said the smog rules are getting a little out of hand and the smog guys are really strict now because they can get into a lot of trouble if they 'pass' somebody that shouldn't be.

Don't the SUV's have to pay a gas guzzling tax or something like that? I think that is just the initial purchase of the vehicle, though. I don't like SUV's.