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RayRay88 09-28-2018 12:07 PM
Drive Clean Announcement
 
https://www.thestar.com/news/queensp...lean-plan.html


Drive clean scrapped! Time to go catless! :burnrubber:

Cubix 09-28-2018 01:55 PM
My god its real

jvincent 09-28-2018 01:58 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RayRay88 (Post 3138579)
Drive clean scrapped! Time to go catless! :burnrubber:
Already halfway (catless header) there!

Tcoat 09-28-2018 02:05 PM
It had served it's purpose in eliminating all the crappy pre emission controlled vehicles from the road anyway. The very small handful of newer cars that will go catless or older cars that actually needed testing will have no real effect on air quality.

wparsons 09-29-2018 06:24 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RayRay88 (Post 3138579)
https://www.thestar.com/news/queensp...lean-plan.html


Drive clean scrapped! Time to go catless! :burnrubber:

Just because you don't need a test every two years doesn't mean you can legally do anything more. If you're stopped and they find you've removed emissions equipment you'll still get a brutal fine and likely have your plates pulled. If anything it's more risky now since they'll be looking closer at modified cars.


With the ODB test you could be catless and beat it with software.

Frost 09-30-2018 01:02 AM
Guys, while I am happy with this program being scrapped (especially when the government decided to make it 'free' instead of improving it to actually target polluters), I do not condone people making silly exhaust mods for street driven cars. Catalysts are there for a reason and I like breathing clean air.

If you go catless, do it at the track and come race us :)

DarkPira7e 09-30-2018 09:51 AM
I always wondered why they were more focused on emissions testing for a normal passenger car, than the rusted, beat up garbage truck fleet. I see more garbage trucks and state plow trucks rolling coal than any amount of Confederate flag wearing, lifted Chevy trucks. But as we all know, as they crunch down on corporate to fix and replace to meet regulations, we're going to get charged more for whatever.

I will agree that if most people were catless, there's no way you could leave your window rolled down in traffic

RayRay88 09-30-2018 07:43 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by wparsons (Post 3139003)
Just because you don't need a test every two years doesn't mean you can legally do anything more. If you're stopped and they find you've removed emissions equipment you'll still get a brutal fine and likely have your plates pulled. If anything it's more risky now since they'll be looking closer at modified cars.


With the ODB test you could be catless and beat it with software.
Oh I know. I was merely joking about the catless comment. I intend to run at least one hfc in the front pipe. Drive clean was a joke. My previous car failed due to a CEL, caused by a leak in one of the lines running to the evap/charcoal canister. This car had no modifications. I had to jump through hoops to get a conditional pass. Meanwhile a buddy in his Kswapped civic was running full catless, smelt like shit and blowing black smoke passed with flying colours.

The program was even more intolerable when it cost money.

wparsons 09-30-2018 09:42 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by RayRay88 (Post 3139260)
Oh I know. I was merely joking about the catless comment. I intend to run at least one hfc in the front pipe. Drive clean was a joke. My previous car failed due to a CEL, caused by a leak in one of the lines running to the evap/charcoal canister. This car had no modifications. I had to jump through hoops to get a conditional pass. Meanwhile a buddy in his Kswapped civic was running full catless, smelt like shit and blowing black smoke passed with flying colours.

The program was even more intolerable when it cost money.

You do you, but removing the primary cat leaves you open for a pretty huge fine if you're caught. IIRC it's north of $5k.

RToyo86 10-01-2018 11:49 AM
I'd rather see safety checks every now and then.
Some of the stuff I've seen on lifts and driving around is terrifying.

"Oh my brakes just started making noise..."

Muskoka800 10-04-2018 10:09 AM
Blackened
 
Park your white vehicle under a runway flight path (Pearson in my case) and you'll soon know which means of transportation desperately needs a clean-up.
Black soot galore!

krayzie 10-04-2018 07:08 PM
Quote:
Originally Posted by DarkPira7e (Post 3139119)
I always wondered why they were more focused on emissions testing for a normal passenger car, than the rusted, beat up garbage truck fleet.
Cuz potential generated revenue is much higher due to more normal passenger cars than the heavy commercial vehicles. :iono:

The garbage truck fleet around the GTA actually isn't as bad as before and the public buses here are now mostly hybrid electric.


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