[Vwdiesel] Fw: diesel inspection in NJ for any diesel guys with cars olde...

[Tad]

Apologies for the old reply, just getting back from vacation...

I'm also in Oregon (hi Erik!), and my 91 Suburban diesel is exempt from
DEQ... or at least that's what the guy I bought it from told me. :) However,
the 2nd/most recent time I went into DMV to renew the registration, I
noticed that the DMV paperwork says the truck has to be *over* 8500 GVWR,
while the truck's paperwork states that the GVWR is *exactly* 8500... but
nobody else seemed to notice. :)

In fact there didn't seem to be a lot of knowledge at the DMV about the
exemption in general.  The first clerk I went to didn't know it was possible
and almost turned me away before calling her supervisor, who basically told
her to take my word for it!  I just had to sign a form stating that I met
the requirements for exemption, and off I went.

On Mon, Sep 20, 2010 at 11:04 AM, Erik Lane <eriklane at gmail.com> wrote:

> Interesting. Here in Oregon the DEQ exempts personal trucks over
> something like 8500 or 8600 lbs if they're diesel. So of course just
> about any diesel pickup/suv/van will have a GVWR of 8550 or whatever
> is just a hair over the limit. I assumed that it was that way in most
> if not all states - why else would the limit be almost exactly the
> same as the rating of the vehicle? But I never actually looked into
> it.
>
> Erik
>
> On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 2:04 PM,  <LBaird119 at aol.com> wrote:
> > In a message dated 9/17/2010 10:12:20 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> > eriklane at gmail.com writes:
> >
> >> I bet I know what weight range all the diesel SUV/pickups fall in.....
> :)
> >>
> >> No doubt their influence is the reason for the narrow exemption.
> >>
> >
> >  I had that thought as well but in WA, the only time you pay attention to
> > tonnage is when you're buying it, IE trucks.  Passenger vehicles just get
> a
> >
> > plate but trucks (and my Quattro somehow had truck plates when I got it,
> > the only advantage they could think of for that was it would allow
> parking
> > in
> > loading zones) pay for tonnage and you can buy what tonnage you want to
> > pay for, need to be legal, or figure you can get lucky and not get caught
> > going
> > over!
> >    Loren
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