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For those living in California or other states that have used the Golden State's smog laws as the basis for their own, modifying the engine of most 1976 and later gasoline-powered vehicles is nearly ...

Driving a well-maintained, regularly serviced automobile is the best method of passing an emissions check, but what are ya, some kind of square? If you don’t have a newer car, check out the tips below ...

Emissions testing has become a hot topic in the '90s and will continue to generate more interest as testing is enforced nationwide. You can count on it. For those rodders who have never experienced a ...

I heard there's some sort of gas additives that you can get that will let your old, maybe "not-quite-up-to-the-environmental-standards" car pass the smog test. Anybody know?<P>2Fast4U<P>[This message ...

Beginning July 19, 2021, Californian automotive enthusiasts have yet another item to add to an ever-expanding list of dos and don'ts (mostly don'ts) regarding their mandatory biennial visits to ...

When you buy a used truck, it’s hard to tell what you’re actually getting. Sure, you can tell a total beater from a well-maintained vehicle, and there are services that can dig up records on a truck ...

Q: My husband is the original owner of a 1998 Mazda B3000 pickup truck with a little over 100,000 miles on it. For a smog check, he takes it to Fidelity Automotive on Soquel Avenue in Santa Cruz. If ...

Gordon Prow of the state Bureau of Automotive Repairs’ inspections unit prepares to test a car Monday, Jan. 11, 2016, at a curbside smog check station on Kiernan Avenue in Salida. Garth Stapley ...

This article is reprinted by permission from NerdWallet. When my car failed California’s smog test this year, I wandered from one garage to another trying to determine how to bring it into compliance.