On Sat, Jun 11, 2011 at 4:57 AM, Dennis Haynes <d23haynes57@hotmail.com>wrote:

> While emissions tests suck their main purpose is to identify gross
> polluters and you are definitely there.
>

  Just for curiosity, and without a need for detailed explanation of all the
various numbers, just a general sense of what is......

  Is the total emissions, overall,  ever considered during smog testing or
do they always test for a %?  Is what actually comes out of the vehicle and
enters the atmosphere, the total amount of 'gunk' ever factored into it all?

  Does a Vanagon, even one that is unable to pass emission tests, actually
pollute very much, compared to other vehicles that may be certified
'acceptable'?   Is a 'dirty' vanagon putting more crap into the air than say
a 'clean' 6.5 liter Jeep Grand Cherokee or a Dodge Ram pickup or something?
Over all?

  When I drive my vanagon, with it's 2.0liter ABA Jetta motor in my locality
that has no emission testing requirements, am I being irresponsible more so
than some one cruising around in an Excursion that has been smogged
somewhere?  Do 20 Prius-es equal one Hummer when it comes to crap put out
for us all to breathe?

  When someone mentions Vanagons as being "old tech" and "soon likely to be
prohibited (in places like Cali...maybe) because they are such polluters"
is that really the truth?

  At the end of a year, say...if you collected all the smut that spewed out
of a Vanagon's tail pipe and did the same for a Sprinter or a Prevost motor
coach....a bag or a box for each....which box or bag would be bigger?
  Don Hanson