I really related to this story, since my old clunker of a ’98 Chevy Venture did not pass its last AirCare test last year, forcing me to spend a few hundred dollars to get that dashboard light to go off.
So, as the story says, (for those of you for whom clicking on a link is just too time-consuming), Metro Vancouver air-quality staff are noticing more old cars, cars whose owners cheerfully note that they haven’t passed AirCare, are starting to show up in the ads. A quick search in Craigslist was all it took for them and me to find them.
Now, they’re wondering if this is going to mean the return of the beater to the roads. Shurely not a Cuba-style automobile demographic, I’m thinking, but perhaps a few more vans like my ancient Chevy. (It’s gone now, btw.)
2 responses so far ↓
1 sthrendyle // Jan 12, 2015 at 4:07 pm
Getting that damned light to go out cost us $2400 and we still couldn’t sell it…
2 jenables // Jan 15, 2015 at 8:49 pm
I haven’t driven much the last few weeks, drove across town today.. was behind a van with the telltale blue smoke (burning oil) .. insurance said Jan 2nd, and you could tell by the decals it hadn’t been insured for a couple of years. So I’d say yes! I have more of a problem with really nasty exhaust than the inconvenience of air care and isn’t it funny how they cancel things like that while taxing carbon and telling you what environmental leaders they are. Phooey.