For some reason I googled DPF's and read on wikilpedia that california is considering by 2013 all diesil engines built without the particulate filters will need to be retrofitted.

I am certainly not looking forward to that day, even if I live here in the great white north I sure would be pissed right off if i had to stick some abortion on my truck.

I surly hope this does not happen.

 

I would move out of state if I lived in Komyfornia. It might happen in CA but I don't see it spreading much further at least for the next decade.

 

i cant see them forcing older private vehicles to be altered. commercial is a different story but even then its a hard case to win

 

2002 - In Japan the Prefecture of Tokyo passed a law banning trucks without filters from entering the city limits.
2003 - Mexico City started a program to retrofit trucks
2001 - Hong Kong retrofit program
2004 - New York City retrofit program (non-road)
2008 - Milan Ecopass area traffic charge, charging a hefty entrance tax on all diesel vehicles except for those with a particulate filter, either stock or retrofit
2008 - London Low Emission Zone charges charging vehicles that do not meet emission standard encourages retrofit filters

 

For us I think the inspections are only for trucks 98 and newer. I may be wrong but thats my understanding.

 

Big city in Germany did something stupid like that too not too long ago. I remember Casey ( I think) telling us about it when he was stationed there.

 

In NY they just do a safety inspection on trucks under 8000 pounds. I would be surprised if they started doing emissions and forced a retrofit on anyone. How many of you guys have to deal with a emission test?

 

Colorado mandates emissions testing in Denver and the other big cities. When I got my truck it had came out of Utah and Wyoming where they didnt and the cat was already gone. They made me put one on to pass my emissions test. I just happened to gut it first,.. Its only a visual check that it has one, cant tell if its doing anything. So now I have a cat shaped pipe.

 

Anyone have a pick of a stock Cat?