Christopher T Palmer wrote:
>
> Huh?!
> The people at MY local DMV are always the MOST helpful and INCREDIBLY
> knowledgable people that I ever have the good fortune to deal with.
>
> Like the woman I almost got into a shouting match with trying to explain
> for 15 minutes that my diesel did NOT need a smog check...
>
> Or the surly 'obviously hates her job' woman I invariably have to explain
> the finer points of the vehicle code to EVERY TIME I'M THERE...
>
> Or the tester I saw with my own eyes cutting a pretty lady slack on her two
> too many wrong answers on the written test...
>
> oops...was I just ranting...good nite
> ctp
>
> At 12:57 AM +0000 1/6/98, Scott Gardner wrote:
> >The people working at
> >the DMV always thought he was pulling their leg!
The UK MOT Test for Diesel engines does require a smog check, it
consists of flooring the accelerator for several seconds and seeing what
happens. After several blown engines the government agreed that the
test needed modifying somewhat.
paulH
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