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Originally Posted by venturaII
No, perspective is what opinions are based on, e.g, it looks blue to me, but grey to someone else. Emissions certifications (or any other defined standards, for that matter) don't work that way. However I do agree that there's a profound lack of comprehension with regard to this topic in this thread.
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I even attached a document that very clearly laid out the requirements for the US. The whole thing is that Subaru does not have to nor will they release the numbers that they are certified to and without those we cannot "prove" that the changes would likely go over the certified. If any one of the many test criteria exceeds the certified limit by even .0000001 then the changes could not happen even if they were willing to pay for the recert.
The misconception seems to come from people thinking the testing is the same as the roadside sniffer where they take a quick sample, compare it to a State maximum allowed number and say yes or no. It is not that simple. Add into this that the max permissible has to go down for new vehicles over the model years and it gets even more complicated.
But with my apparent lack of reading comprehension I could be wrong.