Date:         Tue, 6 Oct 2009 11:22:22 -0400
Reply-To:     Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM>
Subject:      Re: Cleaning up your Vanagon
Comments: To: Karl Mullendore <tdiguru@westyventures.com>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2009100601321152@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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I wish you were right Karl.  No the CARB won't even look at an
application(which we sent in 3 years ago) for an OBDII vehicle. They
defer immediately to the BAR, which means there is no possible way to
obtain blanket exemption for our customers. It was completely
different for Kennedy as the 2.2 is OBDI, which you can still get an
executive order for as of my last interaction with them. Things have
changed for the significantly worse. That's what's stopping Bostig
from doing the same.

Jim Akiba

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Karl Mullendore
<tdiguru@westyventures.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering...if Kennedy went to all the trouble to get the 2.2 'legal' in
> CA, what's stopping Bostig from doing the same? Work with CARB and get it
> done already. Seems like it should be no more trouble than Kennedy went to,
> and you have a lot more to gain, right?
>
> Karl
>
> On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:20:55 -0400, Jim Akiba <syncrolist@BOSTIG.COM> wrote:
>
>>As a couple of you mentioned, the CA issues has nothing to do with how
>>clean the conversion is, zetec or otherwise. The conversion with the
>>close-coupled metallic core cat we use has tested cleaner than the
>>stock close coupled cat, which is really odd since most OEM cats
>>perform better than aftermarket.. but I won't argue.   The problem
>>with CA is scale. They're after mainstream changes, and don't have the
>>ability to look to the small crowds unless they gain enough clout to
>>provide opposition(something the vanagon crowd alone simply cannot
>>do). It's about legislating fleet overturn, and there is nothing
>>inherently wrong with that, it is the most cost effective way to
>>tackle their size of problem... unless you get pinched in the process
>>like we do. In any case, enjoy driving your vanagons while you can, as
>>eventually it will reach a point where it won't make much sense to
>>continue ownership in CA, which is what they are trying to achieve.
>>Hopefully someone will have had the chance to offer a newer
>>alternative that can offer the same versatility before that day.
>>
>>Jim Akiba
>