Considering trading my mustang in and I was just wondering what all I would need to do to get emissions legal again? Install cats I k ow but would I need a retune or could I just go to the exhaust shop and have "any" cat welded in? I sold mine after I installed my cat delete pipes, didn't think I would ever trade at the time
This is why I've stored OEM mufflers, CAI, etc., vice selling/trading them. It's also a reason why I'd be skeptical about buying a used Mustang, unless it was safety/emissions inspected prior to making the deal. Too many modders out there that illegally alter emissions systems with o/r exhaust, tunes, etc..
If you are going to sell a car it legally needs catalytic converters, even if you sell "as is" and it doesn't have cats they can come back and demand you put cats in or you can be hit with a huge fine.
+1 if they can't get it to smog they can come back to you and fine you, either make you pay for it to pass smog or you give them their money back plus a fine
A 2013 dodge 1500 sport. I really like trucks and have missed mine ever sense I traded for this mustang so it was fun but if I can make a deal I think I'm going to go ahead and trade
Nope, it is the sellers responsibility to either smog it or make sure it will pass smog. If you sell a car without cats to someone "as is" they can still come back and either force you to buy the car back or put cats back in it, if you don't then you will be hit with a huge fine.
I went to the dealer yesterday before I had a chance to buy some cats just to see what they would do and the damn dodge dealer tried to say it would cost 3k to put cats back in my and get it emission legal..... Needless to say this pissed me off, I can't stand when somebody try's to screw me over, so after 5-10 min of arguing I just left. On to the next deal or just finish paying this car off
Dude I told that dealer... "Hey step a little closer" !!SMACK!! Right upside his head !!! For being a jack-ass. I can't that either I actually lose so much respect for businesses when I know they're price hawking. For the money you've invested already you better off just keeping her.
I was quoted $3k to put new cats on my Mach 1 when I had an engine light come on. I laughed at the guy over the phone but it is pricey to replace factory cats with factory cats.
In Indiana, "as is " means as is. Sure if you get a lawyer involved, the seller could end up on the hook for the cats, since lawyers write loopholes into every law. When I traded cars, the dealer told me he couldn't sell the car without cats. I told him yes he could if sold as is. He said I was right, but inorder for them to warranty the car, it had to comply with emissions.
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