Re: Dyno test inspection

[Paul Wilson <pwilson@pop.ma.ultranet.com>]

At 08:20 PM 4/27/98 -0400, Mr. Daniel P. Grady wrote:
>I live in Connecticut and had the emission test done on my 5Kq last august.
>There is a different line for 4-wheel and all-wheel and the two guys in
>charge of testing asked "This is rear drive right?" When I explained that it
>was all-wheel they walked to the back of the car and seemed to point at the
>quattro written in the defrost and told me to hold on. After a quick
>discussion with who appeared to be in charge, they came back and perfomed
>the old idle with the sniffer in the pipe. I don't know if they were not
>equipped to do the test or just didn't know how. Noting that there is a line
>for all-wheel and the TWO sets of dyno wheels looked to be adjustable, I
>assume they just didn't know what they were doing. It was the Bloomfield
>sniffer station for anyone familiar with the area. Anyone in CT had the
>privilage of the full rev'em up test? I'll be seeing them again in '99.

This is the scenario I see taking place some day:

Young, male, IROC driving attendent: "This things FWD right?"
Old, female, Camry All-Trac(or other obscure AWD car) driver: "I think so.
I only drive to the supermarket and church."
Young, male, IROC driving attendent: "All right.  Drive it in."

Young, mal,e IROC driving attendent gets in, sticks it in D and learns what
unintended acceleration is all about.

Paul Wilson
http://www.ultranet.com/~pwilson