That would be a feat,  maybe the engine but not the trans

1400?  Can't believe I am having so much trouble getting rid of this car,  I drive it every day I am going to blame Hamilton county emission testing and my reluctance to shell out half the cars value for a new cat converter

Thats probably the problem. I wouldn't mind having a nice little car for a great price like this one, but I don't want to get in a pickle with emissions.

You must have been reading this:

http://www.chattanoogan.com/2012/9/17/234503/Burden-Of-Emissions-Needs-To-Be-On.aspx

Exactly! Plus it doesn't seem fair that me being from Catoosa county can drive around in Chattanooga polluting all I want. Most everyone I know in Hamilton county that has to go through it usually gets around the tests one way or another if their cars won't pass. And they are failing a lot of cars that would otherwise pass just for having their check engine light on, regardless of whether it's actually polluting any more or not.

Seems like a lot of money and a lot of bureaucracy for nothing really. If I lived in Hamilton county I'd want to see some numbers on air quality before and after emissions testing became mandatory to see if it's made any noticeable difference whatsoever. I doubt it has.

Nick, can't you get antique plates for the '75 Land Cruiser? I have heard that makes it exempt from emissions testing.

My brother has a '92 Camaro with the catalytic converter removed. The outside part is still there so it passes the visual check, but there's no 'guts' inside. In order to pass the emissions test he has to take it right after he's driven it a while, so the engine is hot and burns cleaner. Which means right before he takes it to the inspection station he has to drive it around hard for no reason just to get the engine temp up and then hope he's not waiting in line for it to cool down by the time they test it. So he's got to burn way more fuel than necessary just to 'prove' it's not polluting too much.

A wheel tax makes a little more sense when you consider big trucks like semis and duallies tear up the road faster than little cars. Makes more sense than the ad valorem we pay in Catoosa County which is just arbitrarily based on the car's blue book value. One reason I'd never want a new car, you get screwed on taxes year after year just because it's 'new'.

Regardless I wouldn't vote for a wheel tax or any other tax either. They take enough of our money and aren't very good at managing what they have already.

The jeep passed the second time around with the tail pipe test tune up and o2 sensor and def get it hot,  I have sat on line for 30 minutes before with 20 other cars making unnecessary pollution