zstryder
02-13-2009, 06:43 PM
So I just moved to CA, went to try and get my smog done... I wanted to do a pre-test just in case my car got marked as a gross polluter. So the mechanic took a look at my engine bay (I have nothing modded there 'cept the BOV), brought it inside and started doing his thing. He didn't say anything about my O2, downpipe, but did notice my high flow cat. I said the high flow cat was installed by another shop I went to because the dealership wanted $1000. Mostly I played dumb and said yeah, that's stock, when asked. I thought all was going well, but then he told me he had to take it to another shop because they were "more familiar" with my car? :huh:
So he takes off, comes back 5 min later and says sorry, the other shop is closed and he can't do my car. Rather, he refuses to do it and told me to go to another shop. :eyecrazy: Jigga wha? Anyway, that was a shop in Milpitas.. are there any shops you guys have had good recommendations with Smog testing that don't have overly anal assistants? (I've read a few horror stories here about those...) Thanks!
Incidentally, I saw an EvoX parked in the same lot, white, lowered, and looked like it had rims and an exhaust. It was sitting outside this place called EmotionGarage - I asked around the guys in the EmotionGarage place but nobody seemed to know who owned the car?
So he takes off, comes back 5 min later and says sorry, the other shop is closed and he can't do my car. Rather, he refuses to do it and told me to go to another shop. :eyecrazy: Jigga wha? Anyway, that was a shop in Milpitas.. are there any shops you guys have had good recommendations with Smog testing that don't have overly anal assistants? (I've read a few horror stories here about those...) Thanks!
Incidentally, I saw an EvoX parked in the same lot, white, lowered, and looked like it had rims and an exhaust. It was sitting outside this place called EmotionGarage - I asked around the guys in the EmotionGarage place but nobody seemed to know who owned the car?