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GM wants my Aero Posted by MI-Roger [Email] (#882) [Profile/Gallery] (more from MI-Roger) on Sun, 9 Sep 2012 10:38:48 Members do not see ads below this line. - Help Keep This Site Online - Signup |
I received a letter from GM yesterday requesting use of my '08 Aero for ten days to do emissions verification testing. I remember getting a similar request from the EPA a couple decades ago when the US Government did such testing at their emissions lab in Ann Arbor but I wasn't aware auto manufacturers did follow up testing on vehicles.
In exchange for allowing them use of my car for 10 days I get a GM loaner vehicle and $150. My car will be returned with 80 additional miles of testing plus the mileage to GM's emissions testing facility in Milford MI.
The letter and the enclosed information sheet had a glaring difference. The letter stated all testing would be performed on a chassis dynamometer. The information sheet strongly implied the testing would be performed on local roads. Or maybe there is a local road component in addition to the chassis dynamometer piece which wasn't mentioned in the GM letter.
The reply card has a box to check if the owner agrees to submit their vehicle for testing. There is also a box to check if the owner rejects to participate as well as a short answer line to indicate why they are answering "No".
I did not see a box for "No frickin' way". I must have missed that one.
_______________________________________ Saabs owned: 2008 9-5 Aero Sedan, sold at 227K miles 2006 9-3SC 2.0T - Wife's daily driver 2000 Viggen Convertible - Sold May, 2022 1964 Quantum IV Formula Car - Retirement project 2000 9-5lpt Sedan, sold at 318K miles
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