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Old 12-30-2003, 05:38 PM
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Originally posted by Pete Burton
CT no longer does safety inspections on vehicles less than 25 years old. I registered a Chevy truck last year which has lost more steel to rust than most compact cars ever had new. The diesel emissions used to be only an opacity test (optically measured smoke) but I think they do a real test now. The good part is that if you fail, you get a month to fix it on a free retest and the standards on older vehicles are not too tough. Just don't let your insurance lapse, as they'll fine you $100, threaten to revoke your right to register anything else, hold your 1st born in escrow or snip off one of your ....
wow, i wish it was like that when i had to register my cars there!

they will flunk you for a gas cap that does not hold pressure during the emissions test. once i brought 2 gas caps with me for the jetta and only the second one passed ! what a pain..

rick,
this of course does not apply to diesel fuel caps.
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