Ontario Emission DriveClean Test
#61
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Re: Ontario Emission DriveClean Test
>From the drive clean web site..
"If your car is a 1987 or earlier model, it leaves the program
permanently when it is 20 years old."
"2006 testing year.
vehicles required to be tested: 2001 1999 1997 1995 1993 1991 1989 1987
"
Take your car in this year and your done with the cash grab forever....
Snow...
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Re: Ontario Emission DriveClean Test
> > If the vehicle is 1987 and older it will be exempt since its last
> > required testing was 2 yrs ago.
>
>
>
> No, its last required testing is this year. The OP will discover this
> when he goes to get his annual sticker.
whoops.. yes it needs its final test this year, after which it is
excempt..
>
> > If the vehicle is 1988 and newer it
> > will have to be tested until it reaches the federally reconized age to
> > classify as "antique" which is 30 years old.
>
>
>
> Wrong. There is no such DriveClean definition as "antique". Read the
> DriveClean website's description. The ONLY allowance for emissions
> exemption for a post-'87 car is "historic vehicle". And with the advent
> of Premier McSquinty, THEY tell YOU what constitutes a "historic
> vehicle. Simply achieving 30 years old does *NOT* make a car ipso facto
> exempt from smog checks.
Antique status.. historic status ... close enough.. the end result is
the same and there is a provision under the "highway traffic act" to
allow for such a status..
>From the same drive clean website :
" An exemption will be recommended for vehicles of the 1988 and newer
model years from all test requirements when they reach 30 years of age,
if they receive designation as historic vehicles under the Highway
Traffic Act."
"A historic vehicle is defined in Regulation 628 under the Highway
Traffic Act. It is a specially-plated motor vehicle "at least 30
years old" that is "operated on a highway only in parades, for
purposes of exhibition, tours or similar functions organized by a
properly constituted automobile club, or for purposes of repair,
testing or demonstration for sale" and is "substantially unchanged
or unmodified from the original manufacturer's product".
Owners of a vehicle at least 30 years old can also apply to the
Ministry of Transportation to attach Year of Manufacture plates to the
vehicle. The Year of Manufacture plates are Ontario number plates that
were issued during the year of manufacture of the motor vehicle.
Vehicles with a Year of Manufacture licence plate are not restricted in
their operation and have the same privileges as a standard passenger
licence plate.
More information on Year of Manufacture Plates can be obtained from the
Ministry of Transportation."
Snow...
#66
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Re: Ontario Emission DriveClean Test
> > If the vehicle is 1987 and older it will be exempt since its last
> > required testing was 2 yrs ago.
>
>
>
> No, its last required testing is this year. The OP will discover this
> when he goes to get his annual sticker.
whoops.. yes it needs its final test this year, after which it is
excempt..
>
> > If the vehicle is 1988 and newer it
> > will have to be tested until it reaches the federally reconized age to
> > classify as "antique" which is 30 years old.
>
>
>
> Wrong. There is no such DriveClean definition as "antique". Read the
> DriveClean website's description. The ONLY allowance for emissions
> exemption for a post-'87 car is "historic vehicle". And with the advent
> of Premier McSquinty, THEY tell YOU what constitutes a "historic
> vehicle. Simply achieving 30 years old does *NOT* make a car ipso facto
> exempt from smog checks.
Antique status.. historic status ... close enough.. the end result is
the same and there is a provision under the "highway traffic act" to
allow for such a status..
>From the same drive clean website :
" An exemption will be recommended for vehicles of the 1988 and newer
model years from all test requirements when they reach 30 years of age,
if they receive designation as historic vehicles under the Highway
Traffic Act."
"A historic vehicle is defined in Regulation 628 under the Highway
Traffic Act. It is a specially-plated motor vehicle "at least 30
years old" that is "operated on a highway only in parades, for
purposes of exhibition, tours or similar functions organized by a
properly constituted automobile club, or for purposes of repair,
testing or demonstration for sale" and is "substantially unchanged
or unmodified from the original manufacturer's product".
Owners of a vehicle at least 30 years old can also apply to the
Ministry of Transportation to attach Year of Manufacture plates to the
vehicle. The Year of Manufacture plates are Ontario number plates that
were issued during the year of manufacture of the motor vehicle.
Vehicles with a Year of Manufacture licence plate are not restricted in
their operation and have the same privileges as a standard passenger
licence plate.
More information on Year of Manufacture Plates can be obtained from the
Ministry of Transportation."
Snow...
#67
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Re: Ontario Emission DriveClean Test
> > If the vehicle is 1987 and older it will be exempt since its last
> > required testing was 2 yrs ago.
>
>
>
> No, its last required testing is this year. The OP will discover this
> when he goes to get his annual sticker.
whoops.. yes it needs its final test this year, after which it is
excempt..
>
> > If the vehicle is 1988 and newer it
> > will have to be tested until it reaches the federally reconized age to
> > classify as "antique" which is 30 years old.
>
>
>
> Wrong. There is no such DriveClean definition as "antique". Read the
> DriveClean website's description. The ONLY allowance for emissions
> exemption for a post-'87 car is "historic vehicle". And with the advent
> of Premier McSquinty, THEY tell YOU what constitutes a "historic
> vehicle. Simply achieving 30 years old does *NOT* make a car ipso facto
> exempt from smog checks.
Antique status.. historic status ... close enough.. the end result is
the same and there is a provision under the "highway traffic act" to
allow for such a status..
>From the same drive clean website :
" An exemption will be recommended for vehicles of the 1988 and newer
model years from all test requirements when they reach 30 years of age,
if they receive designation as historic vehicles under the Highway
Traffic Act."
"A historic vehicle is defined in Regulation 628 under the Highway
Traffic Act. It is a specially-plated motor vehicle "at least 30
years old" that is "operated on a highway only in parades, for
purposes of exhibition, tours or similar functions organized by a
properly constituted automobile club, or for purposes of repair,
testing or demonstration for sale" and is "substantially unchanged
or unmodified from the original manufacturer's product".
Owners of a vehicle at least 30 years old can also apply to the
Ministry of Transportation to attach Year of Manufacture plates to the
vehicle. The Year of Manufacture plates are Ontario number plates that
were issued during the year of manufacture of the motor vehicle.
Vehicles with a Year of Manufacture licence plate are not restricted in
their operation and have the same privileges as a standard passenger
licence plate.
More information on Year of Manufacture Plates can be obtained from the
Ministry of Transportation."
Snow...
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