NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/rec/autos/tech/11885

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From: [e-mail] (Tom Coradeschi <tcora>)
Newsgroups: rec.autos.tech
Subject: Re: inspections
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Date: 28 Aug 92 19:15:17 GMT
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[e-mail] (Snake-Eyes) writes:
>Does anyone out there live in NYS and have no catalytic converter on
>there car have trouble passing inspections? I have found that there
>is always someone somewhere willing to do it for maybe a bit more $$,
>but I hear they are passing a new law to go into effect next year about
>catalytic converters and registration..has anyone heard the same?

Do you mind if I ask _why_ you don't have a cat? Do you enjoy fouling
the air with hydrocarbon emissions? Personally, I don't have much to
say, other than: The state of New York has developed, in co-operation
with the NSA, CIA, FBI and NBC a roadside cat detector, which will
automatically photograph your license plate and face upon detection of
a vehicle which has had the catalyst removed or defeated. This will
be used as evidence against you in a court of law. Anything you post
to usenet can and will be held against you. So why not go down to the
junkyard and blow 50 bux on a used cat, and help clean up the air (or
at least keep it from getting any more foul)?
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                tom coradeschi    <+>    [e-mail]