Will,
Find the right shop in the right part of town and offer a little extra cash.
Worked for me in SoCal -- which I'll deny if ever asked. Maybe your friend
at the Jag shop would know the right place to go.
Dave Moag
77 Spitfire
62 TR3B
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-triumphs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-triumphs@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of Toad@nlights.net
> Sent: Thursday, August 06, 1998 3:29 PM
> To: triumphs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Failed for the FIFTH time..
>
>
>
> Ok, now I'm really pissed off.
>
> After spending hours readying my 76 Spit for its fifth
> emission test, I
> failed.
>
> A friend who owns a local Jag repair shop spent a great deal
> of time on
> this car and three times tested it on the emissions gear at his shop
> (generously donating his time charging me only twenty bucks and a six
> pack of Weinharts Root Beer! oh, and they are certified emissions
> specialists. btw) where it passed with flying colors.
>
> HOWEVER, state testing facilities continue to fail my
> car....marginally,
> but failing none the less. This is my daily driver so I'm pretty much
> fucked. I've had it. Does anyone know if I can register my car to a PO
> Box in a non-emissions area here in Washington state? Do they
> require a
> residence address? I'm really in a bind here...with two jobs
> both quite
> a distance away, I can't go public transportation without showing up
> three hours late for my day job.
>
> The car has headers, so my egr and cat. converter are
> missing, PO didn't
> save the parts. Therefore, I can't get the waiver. Does
> anyone have any
> suggestions?
>
> Will
>
>
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