Might have a terrible situation..'82 may never see the road again!

[xxxBlakexxx]

Just a little history on the PA crap! The state of PA was sued last year by TWO environmental groups for not complying with federal laws regarding emissions. A judge ruled from the bench in favor of the environmental groups. As a result, the state was mandated by court order to make changes or loose funding. ( and I thought the legislature was supposed to make laws).

There is no real law, just a court ruling, this is why there is so much confusion. The state had to move fast and therefore, many of ther new regulations don't make sense and are different county to county.

In Luzerne County (where I live) all cars older than 2003 must get a smog check when your inspection comes due. If you fail, there is a maximum that you can be charged to fix the problems based on the year of your car.

82 GT, I would hang in there. Keep you head up and perhaps for a few hundred bucks, you can get around this. Think of it as a penalty.

Also, we are required to have our gas caps tested for leaks. The test costs about $50 from what I am told and they expect to have a failure rate of less than 1%. You can get a new cap for a few bucks only, but this does not expempt your car from the test. My friend had his 2003 Mercedes tested three times. It failed each time until the mechanic realized that '03's are exempt and the computer could not read the car. As you can see, there is a lot of confusion.

This gas cap test is a big waste of money!!! Think of all the poor kids we could feed across the state with the money spent to find a few bad caps.