Comment by hnav
1 day ago
Yup, a bigger issue for old cars trying to pass emissions is that with prices of precious metals, a worn out catalytic converter (diagnostic code P0420 ) means that most of them are mechanically totaled in California, New York, Colorado since they require either OEM or CARB approved replacements.
Must be close to actually worthless if they’re not shipping them out-of-state, no?
Yeah, if it's worth more than 4k registered, it'll either be fixed or shipped. California gives you $1200 to junk it, people will come pick it up for $1500 and a lot of times you'll see it pop back up in state because they illegally resuscitated it with a defouler, a used/EPA cat and put it back into circulation.
>because they illegally resuscitated it with a defouler, a used/EPA cat and put it back into circulation.
If it passes the sniffer it passes the sniffer, other than the parties who are whiny because they stood to make a buck who cares?
That’s a good thing, yes?
It does promote some catalytic converter theft.
It's good thing if you like not having cancer.