They have changed the rules on us with the "Test Only" smog test stations.

I don't know how things work now, but is there any chance that your Indy mechanic can tweak the car * and * then TEST the car so it passes, or are you going to have to go to another smog shop to get the car re tested?

Under NO circumstances do you want it branded a Gross Polluter - that's really like the Scarlet Letter, you don't want to go there...

Do all you can to be sure it will pass before you hook it up to the sniffer for the second time. I think the results get fed DIRECTLY to the Sacramento DMV.

I had a friend with a 380SEC whose car, several years ago, got branded a Gross Polluter simply because the idiot tech at the smog test center accidentally pushed the wrong buttons on the computer!! It was like, have you read any Kafka lately? What a mess. Many $$$ to sort out, much aggravation and it wasn't even his or his car's fault.

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1991 560 SEC AMG, 199k <---- 300 hp 10:1 ECE euro HV ...

1995 E 420, 170k "The Red Plum" (sold)

2015 BMW 535i xdrive awd Stage 1 DINAN, 6k, <----364 hp

1967 Mercury Cougar, 49k

2013 Jaguar XF, 20k <----340 hp Supercharged, All Wheel Drive (sold)