Clean air standards for vehicles to me is kind of a dead issue at this point in time, and is a waste of time because of government regulations on manufacturers of vehicles.
vehicles that are 15 years or newer are subject to tail pipe admissions and those vehicles have already been subject to this at time of manufacturing and the cars now have systems that kill the engine, sets off lights on the dash, and puts cars into limp mode or the car wont run correclty if there is an emission problems, so why are we now spending the money to test cars that already correct themselves when there is a problem
MAP sensors, O2, idling sensors all the others if not operating correctly and recognize a problem they cause the vehicle to run improper or not at all
anything older is not subject to any emissions requirements, lets face is we are old now, because when most think of a 15 year old vehicle we think 1990s when in reality 15 years ago is a 2011 vehicle and by then all requirements and electronic systems and sensors were installed in vehicles already.
Can you run a new vehicle without catalytic converters sure you can but the cost to make it work properly or even operate without it giving problems far outweigh, very far, an annual inspection cost from a consumer standpoint - every vehicle that runs on EFI which is all since well before 2011 have to run 02 sensors and others in order to run properly, even sooouuupped up and modified vehicles
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