It depends how you look at it... Remember that the general public thinks
that we can't get parts for our cars. They don't know about moss and the
aftermarket for MG stuff. I'm sure it's probably different out in CA but
here, Permanent means permanent... If they thought that it was a part that I
might be able to get at a later date and that it was only one part that I
was missing, they would have given me the temp which has to be renued each
year. Some states realize the great expense involved in complying and will
exempt you after you spend a certain amount of money trying to comply.
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From: Johnmowog
To: CREICHLE; mgs
Subject: Re: Catalytic Converter Question
Date: Friday,March 08,1996 2:51PM
In a message dated 96-03-07 22:48:30 EST, CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu
(REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER) writes:
>Go to an emmissions inspection office and ask for a permanent exemption
>based on the fact that you cannot get OEM parts for the car any more. They
>give them to Yugos and the like.
The problem is, that when a OEM part becomes available again, they will
cancel your exemption. (oops..) California now gives no exemptions for
anything, but when they still did, their practice was to consider a
replacement part the same as an OEM for the sake of exemptions, hence when
someone started making a vital smog piece on the aftermarket, you were
instantly _obligated_ to buy it.
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