so after fighting with my big block car to get it through emissions (long story)
two weeks ago, this past week it was time for the gn.
i crawled underneath it and took out the dump and reinstalled the cat, no big deal. i crusie over to the emissions testing place and the fun begins.
i pull in and encounter the first dip chit.
EMISSIONS GUY: what year is the car sir?
ME: 87
EM GUY: pop the hood please
moron looks with his mirror under the car then starts looking at the engine with a puzzled look on his face,
EM GUY: 2 problems, you only have 1 cat and is that a turbocharger?
ME: the cars on only supposed to have 1 and yes
(captain obvious) it is a turbo
EM GUY: i dont think its supposed to be there
ME: yes it is, this car was factory turbocharged.
EM GUY: theres no way this car came with a turbo from the factory
and should have 2 cats
ME: listen man, its supposed to be there, im not going
to argue with you, can you please call your supervisor
enter supervisor
EM SUP: whats the problem here
EM GUY: this guy has a turbo on this car,
and only 1 cat im going to have to fail it
due to equipment violations
EM SUP: sir, what year is the car?
ME: its a 1987 buick grand national (at this point im
starting to get angry)
EM SUP: i seriously doubt this car was factory
turbocharged.
ME: AND I SERIOUSLY DOUBT EITHER OF YOU KNOW
ANYTHING EXCEPT HOW TO PUSH A
BUTTON.
EM SUP: calm down sir
ME: listen, i know you guys have a book here that will
have the necessary information in it, i advise
you to go get it.
EM SUP: ok, i will (with a smug little look on his face)
comes back with this 3 ring binder and starts to flip through it.
EM SUP: what year is it again?
ME: gritting my teeth------------1987
EM SUP: what size engine?
ME: 3.8 just like the emblem on the hood says
skims through his book
EM SUP: oh....................hes right on both :frown:
ME: :biggrin: excuse me, what was that?
EM SUP: your right, everything is correct.
ME: knowledge is power
EM SUP: pull forward..............
guess he didnt have much else to say, good thing he didnt say he was sorry as i would have told him to kick rocks with that garbage.
but it doesnt end there. i pull forward on the rollers and the emissions guy #2 grabs the door handle:
EM GUY #2: exit the vechile sir
ME: for what?
EM GUY #2: i need to complete this part of the test
ME: thats not going to happen, your not gettting in this
car, start the test
em guy #2 starts the test and grabs his highlighter, needless to say the car passed w/o any trouble so he got a disgusted look on his face and handed me my paperwork, down the road i went.
buickbert
two weeks ago, this past week it was time for the gn.
i crawled underneath it and took out the dump and reinstalled the cat, no big deal. i crusie over to the emissions testing place and the fun begins.
i pull in and encounter the first dip chit.
EMISSIONS GUY: what year is the car sir?
ME: 87
EM GUY: pop the hood please
moron looks with his mirror under the car then starts looking at the engine with a puzzled look on his face,
EM GUY: 2 problems, you only have 1 cat and is that a turbocharger?
ME: the cars on only supposed to have 1 and yes
(captain obvious) it is a turbo
EM GUY: i dont think its supposed to be there
ME: yes it is, this car was factory turbocharged.
EM GUY: theres no way this car came with a turbo from the factory
and should have 2 cats
ME: listen man, its supposed to be there, im not going
to argue with you, can you please call your supervisor
enter supervisor
EM SUP: whats the problem here
EM GUY: this guy has a turbo on this car,
and only 1 cat im going to have to fail it
due to equipment violations
EM SUP: sir, what year is the car?
ME: its a 1987 buick grand national (at this point im
starting to get angry)
EM SUP: i seriously doubt this car was factory
turbocharged.
ME: AND I SERIOUSLY DOUBT EITHER OF YOU KNOW
ANYTHING EXCEPT HOW TO PUSH A
BUTTON.
EM SUP: calm down sir
ME: listen, i know you guys have a book here that will
have the necessary information in it, i advise
you to go get it.
EM SUP: ok, i will (with a smug little look on his face)
comes back with this 3 ring binder and starts to flip through it.
EM SUP: what year is it again?
ME: gritting my teeth------------1987
EM SUP: what size engine?
ME: 3.8 just like the emblem on the hood says
skims through his book
EM SUP: oh....................hes right on both :frown:
ME: :biggrin: excuse me, what was that?
EM SUP: your right, everything is correct.
ME: knowledge is power
EM SUP: pull forward..............
guess he didnt have much else to say, good thing he didnt say he was sorry as i would have told him to kick rocks with that garbage.
but it doesnt end there. i pull forward on the rollers and the emissions guy #2 grabs the door handle:
EM GUY #2: exit the vechile sir
ME: for what?
EM GUY #2: i need to complete this part of the test
ME: thats not going to happen, your not gettting in this
car, start the test
em guy #2 starts the test and grabs his highlighter, needless to say the car passed w/o any trouble so he got a disgusted look on his face and handed me my paperwork, down the road i went.
buickbert