GTM - I beg you....

1slow370 · 08-24-2012, 02:19 AM

coughsoutheastcough the appys have some amazing roads

Srenity · 08-24-2012, 11:27 PM

Did you know that 1 out every 8 person in the entire US live in CA? Logic would suggest that at least 1 out 8 370Z's are in CA too. Probably more due to car culture and weather. Now many in CA do not care about CARB and find ways to skirt the system but a lot of people including my self would be way more likely to go FI if it was CARB Certified. Now I understand CARB certification is a PITA and the car does not have enough miles but being a business man and nowing the potential ROI of getting the CERT I would be paying someone to just drive the piss out of the car until it had the miles neccessary to get the Cert. As good as GTM is at engineering and product development sometimes they are missing the big picture. This is one of those cases. Saying that not enough miles on a car and having to pay $5K for the testing is preventing you from adding 1/8th to your potential market is crazy.

wstar · 08-26-2012, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Srenity

Did you know that 1 out every 8 person in the entire US live in CA? Logic would suggest that at least 1 out 8 370Z's are in CA too.

That means about 7/8ths of us don't have CARB to worry about

Lug · 08-28-2012, 02:24 PM

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That means about 7/8ths of us don't have CARB to worry about

I wouldn't bet on that.

Clean Cars Campaign - State Action

luigi90210 · 08-29-2012, 01:52 PM

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Originally Posted by Lug

I wouldn't bet on that.

Clean Cars Campaign - State Action

as a california resident i can tell you when i hear about people in other states getting a smog check, its so easy compared to ours

in california CARB requires smog testers to not only do a sniffer and ecu read, but it requires a visual inspection as well, and if the tester sees something that might be modified(like new downpipes) he will fail you and you and your car will be on the dirty polluters list and you will have to either sell your car out of state or pay fines and fees to have your car inspected and removed from the dirty polluters list

all of the other states that have a clean air act of some kind, dont require smog testers to preform all of that, most of the time its an ecu scan, and maybe a sniffer test

now im pretty sure the gtm sc kit will pass the sniffer and ecu test but you will not pass the visual because the air boxes will have been moved and the air filters have been relocated, and while that might not be breaking carb rules, if he suspects anything he will fail you

tbh i am all for cleaner emissions but the smog checks here in california are brutal

Reality · 08-28-2012, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Srenity

Did you know that 1 out every 8 person in the entire US live in CA? Logic would suggest that at least 1 out 8 370Z's are in CA too. Probably more due to car culture and weather. Now many in CA do not care about CARB and find ways to skirt the system but a lot of people including my self would be way more likely to go FI if it was CARB Certified. Now I understand CARB certification is a PITA and the car does not have enough miles but being a business man and nowing the potential ROI of getting the CERT I would be paying someone to just drive the piss out of the car until it had the miles neccessary to get the Cert. As good as GTM is at engineering and product development sometimes they are missing the big picture. This is one of those cases. Saying that not enough miles on a car and having to pay $5K for the testing is preventing you from adding 1/8th to your potential market is crazy.

Smoke and Mirrors..
Same old story from the 350z forum..

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Srenity Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Posts: 537 Drives: 40th Rep Power: 19	Did you know that 1 out every 8 person in the entire US live in CA? Logic would suggest that at least 1 out 8 370Z's are in CA too. Probably more due to car culture and weather. Now many in CA do not care about CARB and find ways to skirt the system but a lot of people including my self would be way more likely to go FI if it was CARB Certified. Now I understand CARB certification is a PITA and the car does not have enough miles but being a business man and nowing the potential ROI of getting the CERT I would be paying someone to just drive the piss out of the car until it had the miles neccessary to get the Cert. As good as GTM is at engineering and product development sometimes they are missing the big picture. This is one of those cases. Saying that not enough miles on a car and having to pay $5K for the testing is preventing you from adding 1/8th to your potential market is crazy.