Charlie,
I'll tell him that.
But what better explanation for a 1972 and a 1979 MGB consistently
failing emissions tests a few years ago, then passing them easily in the
last couple of years? The '72 didn't have a cat; the '79 did come with
one, but now it passes w/o it.
As for the Prius having a cat, even its modern engine needs one to
meet 2005 emissions standards.
Connecticut's governor announced that she was seeking to temporarily
relax clean-burn standards for gasoline because of current instability in
the gasoline market.
Bob
On Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:40:06 -0500 Charles & Peggy Robinson
<ccrobins@ktc.com> writes:
> Tell your friend that the below simply isn't true. For example,
> the Toyota Prius hybrids are the lowest-emission cars around and they
> have cats.
>
> Cheers,
>
> CR
>
> Bob Howard wrote:
>
> SNIP
>
> > It is his understanding that today's formulation burns cleaner
> than
> > the 1980s fuel, hence a working cat is no longer needed to pass
> > emmissions.
>
> SNIP
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