89 240 CA Smog

[JShreve]

The state of CA is requiring my upcoming biennial smog check to be at
a TEST ONLY CENTER. There is a blurb about this being a car that
"pollutes more". It has never failed a smog check in 15 years. Is
there an emissions problem associated with this year-make-model that I
don't know about?

 

[PButler111]

Subject: 89 240 CA Smog

From: [email protected] (JShreve)
Date: 8/4/2004 10:34 PM Central Daylight Time
Message-id: <[email protected]>

The state of CA is requiring my upcoming biennial smog check to be at
a TEST ONLY CENTER. There is a blurb about this being a car that
"pollutes more". It has never failed a smog check in 15 years. Is
there an emissions problem associated with this year-make-model that I
don't know about?

I'm in Illinois so I can't speak to California standards, but I know my '89 240
wagon passed its emissions test here every year, and it had passed the New York
emissions test prior to my purchasing it.

 

[James Sweet]

The state of CA is requiring my upcoming biennial smog check to be at
a TEST ONLY CENTER. There is a blurb about this being a car that
"pollutes more". It has never failed a smog check in 15 years. Is
there an emissions problem associated with this year-make-model that I
don't know about?

It's just BS based strictly on the age of the car, 240's don't pollute any
more than most new cars when in good condition.