Originally Posted By: bdcardinal
Depending on the year of the vehicle, they only do the OBDII test now.
I agree, it has something to do with certain year a car will have snip test, other year just connect a reader to OBDII
Originally Posted By: zzyzzx
Originally Posted By: Nate1979
Did you ask the person doing the test why the values are not listed any more?
They probably won't know. They just work there. You would probably have to contact your state's Motor Vehicle Department.
Originally Posted By: dparm
Agreed, they don't know/care about those kinds of things in most cases. They are trained in how to use the equipment and keep people happy, not to explain the technical details of it.
It's the same as how a lot of quick-lube places don't know the first things about API certification, HTHS, or the oil chemistry.
I asked them once 5-6 years ago, the answer I got was "that's the way it is". They didn't try to make "customer happy", they know that drivers need them and nothing we could do to them. There aren't many smog test stations in Orange County, anywhere I went I had to wait more than 1 hour.
Smog test is one of the "maintenance" we hate the most in California. But we need it to get renew tag.