So I just read in the Metro today that Mass is putting in new inspection rules starting OCTOBER 1!?!?!?!?! I don't t know if I've been under a rock, but i definitely thought I would have heard of this sooner.

Does anyone know any details, or if this is going to scr3w any of us over? The short article made it sound like a "more thorough" obdII scan, whatever that implies.

 

is it that OBDI cars dont need the emissions test anymore? They have been trying to eliminate the dynos in the shops for years. I believe they only have to pass safety. OBDI FTMFW

 

From the little i could find, it didn't mention any relaxing of the rules (but not impossible since almost no info is out there). I even tried the gov website, but of course it hasn't been updated since 2006.

Any shop owners or techs know wtf is going on with this?

 

Yeah, OBDI cars (and prior) only need to pass safety checks. no more sniffers.

There'll be no more emissions dyno testing, or 2-step idle...

 

so these "enhancements" are actually de-regulations?! This is awesome, for once gov't marketing ftw!

 

sounds good to me. my car is due in october anyway.

 

this would have no effect to any car newer than 1993

 

1996 is the year that obd1 and 2 got switched. not 93

 

my 1995 sable had obd2

 

well ur car was ahead of its time lol well all my cars that i had that were 95 and older were obd1 and i had a horrible time passing emmisions,, i wish they did this 5 years ago lol maby its time for me to get a beater

 

i have heard of a few 95's that have obd 2 but they claim 96 is the year they switched.

 

They switched over to OBDII in 1996, as mentioned. However, a lot of car companies with new models coming out in 1995 did the switch early. '95 2g DSM's all have OBDII ports, but they are still tested as OBDI's...basically the best of both worlds!