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Easily Passes Smog - 2007 Dodge Charger SRT8 Long-Term Road Test

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edited July 2016 in Dodge
imageEasily Passes Smog - 2007 Dodge Charger SRT8 Long-Term Road Test

Before we could sell our 2007 Dodge Charger SRT8 to a private party, it needed a smog check.

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  • agentorangeagentorange Member Posts: 893
    You paid $50 for a smog check? Bwahahaha! Is that how nuts things have got in California? It's that kind of BS that had me telling my boss not to bother sending me a move notice to CA as he would just receive my resignation as a reply.
  • schen72schen72 Member Posts: 433
    edited July 2016
    Yes, it's a mandatory $50-80 smog check every two years in CA. It's a pain in the rear. Everything is more expensive in CA, especially housing (if you live in a metro area).
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    Easily Passes Smog. Well, doesn't everything easily pass smog in California? :p
  • misterfusionmisterfusion Member Posts: 471
    Huh. Fifty bucks every two years (and only if your car is more than 4 years old) doesn't even register as "expensive" to me. But then I really do hate air pollution.
  • reminderreminder Member Posts: 383
    I know one thing that should qualify as expensive out there & that's the cost for registration.
    Criminally high.
  • banhughbanhugh Member Posts: 315
    Don't the VW diesels also pass California's smog tests before they get fixed?
  • tom_in_mntom_in_mn Member Posts: 61
    banhugh said:

    Don't the VW diesels also pass California's smog tests before they get fixed?

    Diesel test appears to not involve tail pipe emissions: http://m.smogtips.com/diesel-smog-test.cfm
  • steverstever Guest Posts: 52,454
    The OBDII test is supposedly better than a tailpipe test would be. Expect when a manufacturer cheats.
  • darthbimmerdarthbimmer Member Posts: 606
    $50 for a smog check every 2 years after the first 5 is hardly overtaxation, which I what I presume you meant by "nuts". (To me, nuts is expecting cleaner air to happen for free.)
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 0
    $75-$100 per year in PA for safety and emissions inspections. The CA fees are nothing,
  • daryleasondaryleason Member Posts: 501
    So did Edmunds find a buyer for the SRT Charger? Is it still sitting in your garage, waiting on someone to buy it?
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