NOR-CAL General Chat.

[decay]

it's actually a very reasonable car, safe, comfortable, economic, etc.

you sound old.

[kronus]

I feel old.

[2mAn]

fucking off from work today, because this.

I feel dumb, I thought it was this weekend. thanks for the link.

[decay]

I feel dumb, I thought it was this weekend. thanks for the link.

i am also thinking about whether or not to squeeze a new daily into the budget.

hunting carmax because of their awesome warranty program (there's a jalopnik series about a guy doing this with a range rover, google "jalopnik carmax warranty").

found a white genesis coupe, turbo, track package, 43k miles yesterday, for under the $20k budget.

would be nice to have a smog-legal boosted car with a warranty.

[decay]

lol @ the toyota driver's line through the last chicane... i said "hey, that's my line through there in gran turismo!" *boing*boing*boing*boing*

[Vivek]

Finally got new tires on my car. Driving on super sketch tires is not fun.

I saw you on lark the other day.

If you failed at all three gases, it's absolutely the cat not being warm enough to work. You probably soaked it in oil from the smoking AND didn't get it up to temp.

An M42 should pass without any problem. If you're close to passing, the cheap tricks will work but if it's far away from the pass threshold, you need to actually fix the problem.

Drive the car a LOT, drive it HARD, and burn up a couple gas tanks and try again. If it still doesn't pass, then change the oil, change oil filter, change plugs, change O2s if need be, and go beat the crap out of the car on the way to the test station.

Post the results? It's easy to diagnose with the actual numbers.

HC: max 118 avg 45 measured 164
CO: max 0.75 avg 0.13 measured 0.54 (passed this one)
NO: max 799 avg 238 measured 1711 (failed hard)

I'm at the DMV right now getting a moving permit since my reg is expired. I'm running CRC in the tank I filled this morning. I had driven around 50 miles the day of the test but the car had been sitting for a little bit before I actually drove to the smog place (it was the 5th one of the day because of 4 of them's BS about it being too low or other things).

[Cabriolet]

high HC= how well the engine is burning (timing/plugs/etc)
high CO= too rich
high NO= air leak

[oliver.r]

i am also thinking about whether or not to squeeze a new daily into the budget.

hunting carmax because of their awesome warranty program (there's a jalopnik series about a guy doing this with a range rover, google "jalopnik carmax warranty").

found a white genesis coupe, turbo, track package, 43k miles yesterday, for under the $20k budget.

would be nice to have a smog-legal boosted car with a warranty.

thats including the warranty?

[decay]

thats including the warranty?

after double-checking, i guess the warranty is $3k, for six years, so that'd put me slightly over budget, but with relative certainty that that $3k would pay for itself over its lifetime.

[oliver.r]

after double-checking, i guess the warranty is $3k, for six years, so that'd put me slightly over budget, but with relative certainty that that $3k would pay for itself over its lifetime.

buy a range rover, warranty pays its self in under a year

[Wh33lhop]

lol

[decay]

buy a range rover, warranty pays its self in under a year

a hyundai is risky enough, thanks

(also if i could get such a warranty on my e30 it would have paid for itself 3x this year :()

[JinormusJ]

buy a range rover, warranty pays its self in under a year

[Bimmerman325i]

high HC= how well the engine is burning (timing/plugs/etc)
high CO= too rich
high NO= air leak

I had similar numbers at the 15mph. Its the cat, it wasnt up to temp.

[Thizzelle]

you guys ever hear from the guy with the wheels? I'm heading to Seb town this weekend I think.