The car is running great. I feel like I really know the car and appreciate everything it's done (and been) for us. Inspection ran out in October and I figured I wouldn't have a problem getting inspected, we've only had one or two check engine lights over the course of the year--the usual P0444 and a sporadic P0133. I haven't seen these lights since last April.
Anyhow, I go to my neighborhood shop and try to get inspected. Before inspection he checks to see if my I/Ms are ready. He shows me his scanner. Nothing is ready. He tells me not a problem, just drive hard for an hour and come back. Well, I drive two, stop and go traffic, push it to 70MPH, cruise at 40MPH, etc. Well, I come back. Nothing. I drive another couple of hours and come back, nothing. I do this every Saturday in October. Nothing. (It's now November...)m
I've read the threads of trying to get the car ready and it's not working for me. (Maybe because it's a MT?)
I drove three hours last night, to Brooklyn and back and had my scanner plugged in the entire time. I rescanned the computer every half hour or so and one time, two pending codes popped up, but then they disappeared and again, I/Ms aren't ready.
I'm trying to see if my brother wants this car, in NJ they don't do emissions through the OBDII. (Again, it's all stage zero.) But will need a new cat and manifold (and various fuel hoses--it does smell a little "fuel-ey"). Do I have any other options here?
It might be time to get rid of the car, no?
