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Charles T (Charles)
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 20, 2001 - 7:07 am: | |
You all were right! I brought my car to my local mechanic and he did the inspection perfectly. He ran the dyno, and the emissions were well within the passing range (he had to get the car up to 60 mph on the dyno!). There was no "chaining" the car down. All he did was block the front wheels. Also, to my surprise, his main mechanic who did the inspection owns an '84 Lambo Countach! So he appreciated my concern. Thanks for your advise! |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2001 - 1:04 pm: | |
Again as others stressed, all areas do things differently, but here the cars are NOT tied down at all. They'll put chocks in front of the tires and thats it. Since they started the Aircare program in the early '90's, I haven't heard of one incident where cars have blasted-off the rollers. |
Charles T (Charles)
| | Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2001 - 7:19 am: | |
Guys "I'm Anonymous - forgot my password!"- the test is the Dyno test, it is required here in NY. Does anyone know the correct way to hook the car up to a Dyno? Where do the hold-down straps/chains go? Thanks... |
'75 308 GT4 (Peter)
| | Posted on Thursday, February 15, 2001 - 3:26 am: | |
"Aircare" testing here in Vancouver, Canada, is done on a "rolling-road". Basically dyno rollers, which puts the car under load and tests the exhaust. Because my car is a "classic", it is exempt from testing. |
Paul308QV
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 9:11 pm: | |
Different metropolitan areas have different rules about mobile source emissions testing. I am lucky because my area only looks to see if the equipment is present on the car but no tailpipe test. Some areas test emissions at idle and others require that the car be 'operating' at road speeds and under load. This is what Anonymous is talking about. I agree with you Bret that there is a lot of (unnecessary) intimidation propaganda in the world about these cars. |
Bret M
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 4:56 pm: | |
Why do the wheels need to spin to 40 mph? They don't do anything like that by me (New Jersey). Around here they just let it idle and stick a pipe with a sensor on it in the exhaust for the emissions test. The Ferrari (at least my 308qv) is littered with good places to hook almost anything up to. If this 40mph machine is like a dyno they shouldn't really have a problem hooking your car up.
I must say that I think that Ferrari is the most hyped car of all time. Everybody and their brother is telling you how the car will be destroyed if you do this or that. Like in the FCA news letter when they were trying to tell you that a seized 6mm air pump belt is going to dislodge the cam belt. I guess in theory this could happen (and probably has), but I don't start my car in fear that it will (I run it once every week or so in the winter anyway). |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Wednesday, February 14, 2001 - 7:28 am: | |
How do you rest assured that the non-ferrari inspection stations are properly attaching your ferrari to the machine (I don't know what it is called) that lets the rear wheels spin freely up to 40 mph? I was told by my ferrari shop that if not hooked to the machine properly, the entire engine and transmission could get ripped out of the car. Does any know how it is hooked up correctly (so that I can advise my local mechanic how to hook it up)? Thanks... |
Bret M
| | Posted on Tuesday, February 13, 2001 - 5:58 pm: | |
I just take it to my uncle, he has owned Corvettes and a 400i, but really he's just a normal inspection shop. I wouldn't bring it to Ferrari it's just wasting your money. In actuality the Ferrari is just a car, it has exhausts just the same as any other, its horn works the same, directionals, etc. Bring it to a good garage that does inspections. |
KevinM
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2001 - 9:00 pm: | |
We're talking about the safety inspection sticker, right? The last time I had my 328 inspected (October '00) I brought it to the local Toyota Dealership. The service manager couldn't believe that it was a real Ferrari, until he opened up the rear deck lid and saw the bright red Ferrari Throttle Body. He did the inspection for free. The fact that my wife and I just bought a 2000 Camry last spring from the dealership may of had some bearing on the situation as well.
Kevin M
Albany NY |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Monday, February 12, 2001 - 8:05 am: | |
I need to get my Ferrari inspected again (NY State Annually). I typically bring it to my local Ferrari dealer and typically a $35 inspection winds-up costing me $700! Does anyone take their cars to non-ferrari inspection site? What has your experience been, Good, Bad? |
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