Mike, do you guys have to get emissions tests done just in the Denver area? I haven't done any kind of emissions test, or any other test for that matter, since I moved to Colorado eight years ago. Am I missing something?
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Mike, do you guys have to get emissions tests done just in the Denver area? I haven't done any kind of emissions test, or any other test for that matter, since I moved to Colorado eight years ago. Am I missing something?
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I don't think you're missing anything. You'd get a message on your license plate renewal card if you needed an emissions test.
I think there are three levels in Colorado. In the metro area, you need the rollers test. In other parts of the front range, I think you need a 2-speed idle test (PBKid and Moncha can probably answer that). In the boonies, you don't need any tests.
EDIT: The basic test is no longer in effect. The only testing left in Colorado is in the Denver/Boulder metro area.
When my cars were registered in Leadville, I didn't need any tests. When I was going to school in Fort Collins, they threatened us with tickets for not having an AIR sticker because we 'lived and worked' in the area. They never made good on the threats, though.
When I moved to the metro area was the first time I had to concern myself with emissions tests. I suspect that you're still lucky enough to be 'in the boonies', which is why you've never heard anything.
If you do end up coming down off the mountain, your VX probably won't be a problem, at least.
Last edited by mdwyer : 06/04/2009 at 12:48 PM Reason: I was wroooong.
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no emissions testing in weld county...you can drive a freakin tractor around here lol...
in castle rock, where i went to high school however, you did have to have emissions testing every 2 years...(learned that when i first removed my cat-converter on my integra)
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I'm all confused. I went to the site and found the actual text: The "enhanced program" consists of the counties of Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Douglas and Jefferson as the area west of Kiowa Creek in Adams and Arapahoe counties. The "basic program" area consists of parts of the counties of Larimer, Weld and El Paso.Originally Posted by pbkid
But on the other hand, Weld County says, As of January 1st 2007, all gas vehicles in Weld County do not need an emission test.
Larimer and El Paso Counties say the same thing. Apparently, testing in the 'basic' areas has ended. So that leaves only the core metro areas of Denver and Boulder, it appears. It doesn't even extend down into Colorado Springs.
One of my college roommates had a brisk business manufacturing fake EGR gaskets that would allow people to visually pass inspection without actually having a functioning EGR valve. That, and a whole BUNCH of people were all registered to one house in Windsor, so they could do the easy test.
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ya, ive lived in weld county for 5 years and never had to do emissions on any of my vehicles...
i built a 'fake cat' for my teg to pass emissions in douglas county
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