anotero
Autocross Champion
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Has anyone else read about this?
I'll start filing the MAP logo off my downpipe. Need tonalso turn back the ECU flash counter.
Lol. I'm from the east coast originally anyway, so dedinitely eyeing Florida.just move to FL and live among the other out-of-state refugees. No emissions tests either.
You can't reason with stupid (i.e. California).I'm surprised emissions testing is even still a thing considering how advanced engine management systems are today.
I read that as CA only testing for presence of a tune, not necessarily how many times it's been flashed. Was that incorrect?I'll start filing the MAP logo off my downpipe. Need tonalso turn back the ECU flash counter.
All about the moneyI'm surprised emissions testing is even still a thing considering how advanced engine management systems are today.
Not really. It didn't say there was a fine. Just fails the test. They aren't making any money from it.All about the money
No, you are correct, but hey, with the lawmakers in Sacramento you can never be safe.I read that as CA only testing for presence of a tune, not necessarily how many times it's been flashed. Was that incorrect?
Costs you to testNot really. It didn't say there was a fine. Just fails the test. They aren't making any money from it.
Do you mean testing is normally free but if they find that you are tuned you have to pay for the test?Costs you to test
As someone who has lived in SoCal for almost 40 years I'll say I honestly don't care how tight California's rules are on emissions because the air was orange when I got here and painful to breathe. It's no longer that way, we rarely get any kind of meaningful smog alerts anymore, the sky is pretty much always clear and my current 2018 Golf R is way better than the car I drove 40 years ago. So I'm all for continued regulation to keep the air clean.
And if you can flash back to stock, get smogged and flash back to your everyday tune, what's the problem? Maybe the aftermarket parts don't work so well with the stock tune but get used to restoring the parts to OEM, get smogged, and reverse. I had several friends who, in the late 80s did this to their Mustangs and Camaros (Camaroes?) every year. A pain but they felt it was worth it.
If you don't like it, move to another state or get a car that's faster in stock configuration. My stock Golf R is every bit as fast in daily driving and sometimes moreso than my C6 Corvette was. No tune really necessary.