Oh Wtf???
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
Oh Wtf???
So the state of MO is telling me that my car failed EMISSIONS because I have a DIC light burnt out??? You have got to be kidding me!!! Stupid friggin **** ***** 
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
Originally Posted by RonVette2
Darn Chris, what will they think of next? Don't you have a friend at a garage that could....let you slide? That really bites. 
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Yeah that really sucks 
I'm glad that I live in a state and city where there are no vehicle inspections, although it does make for the occassional site of some vehicles driving around while you see them and think WTF is that thing doing driving on the road. But then there are people like you and I and most here on the Forum that are die-hard car enthusiasts and know that our vehicles are safer then lots out on the road, and that is basically what I thought the majority of the inspections were for, yeah somwhat for emissions factor too, but we all want our rides to perform best, and in my opinion when they do perform correctly they are not giving out such bad emissions, so...?
I'm glad that I live in a state and city where there are no vehicle inspections, although it does make for the occassional site of some vehicles driving around while you see them and think WTF is that thing doing driving on the road. But then there are people like you and I and most here on the Forum that are die-hard car enthusiasts and know that our vehicles are safer then lots out on the road, and that is basically what I thought the majority of the inspections were for, yeah somwhat for emissions factor too, but we all want our rides to perform best, and in my opinion when they do perform correctly they are not giving out such bad emissions, so...?
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From: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Sorry to hear that, dude. Is it any easy fix? I just had my Vette inspected and being a '95, it's still subject to a visual but not the state computer. I told the guy (garage owner) that the car was modified and he stated everything still had to be there. I said nothing and opened the hood and hoped for the best. No AIR, no EGR but it does have cats. I don't think he had a clue as to what he was looking at. After a while, he just shut the hood and gave me my sticker! 
The good thing is, is that the headers are AIR delete so there's nothing blocked off. And since the AIR pump on these cars wasn't wasn't mounted on the engine to begin with, it really doesn't look like anything's gone. Also, the AFPR and the #4 hose to the fuel pressure gauge tend to hide the EGR block-off plate. 
The good thing is, is that the headers are AIR delete so there's nothing blocked off. And since the AIR pump on these cars wasn't wasn't mounted on the engine to begin with, it really doesn't look like anything's gone. Also, the AFPR and the #4 hose to the fuel pressure gauge tend to hide the EGR block-off plate.
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From: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by Cozmo
Sorry to hear that Chris.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Old habits die hard, I guess. 
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
Originally Posted by Corvette Kid
Whatcha up to, wildman? Slummin' over here in C4, huh? Old habits die hard, I guess.
Old habits die hard, I guess. 
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From: Good health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die
St. Jude Donor '04-'05-'06-'07
Originally Posted by kwik_ta
He misses hangin wit da cooooo kids
And he's probably bored with discussing floor mats and custom exhaust plates!
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From: Stafford, Virginia Kittah, Kittah, Kittah...
It wasn't the SES light was it??? I think all states get bent out of shape when that one doesn't work... What other indicator light would they even look at???
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Originally Posted by trulytex
DIC = Driver's Information Center, which in the South is called a Dashboard Light.
Paradise by the Dashboard light.
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From: St. Peters MO Sometimes you have to prove yourself by doing alot of killing or alot of dying...
Originally Posted by RollaMo-LT4
I live in Missouri too, and no emissions check here. Is it only in St. Louis county they do that?
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Originally Posted by trulytex
DIC = Driver's Information Center, which in the South is called a Dashboard Light.