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In article <1dc674INNa3c@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca> arnett@unixg.ubc.ca (Bill Arnett) writes:
>
>I haven't seen these stories, but I wasn't bothered by the tests.  They
>did *nothing* during the test which wouldn't occur in day to day driving.
>I suspect that people just aren't used to *standing* beside a car while
>it "travels" at 80km/h.  The RPMs used for testing are well within the
>spec range of any vehicle. 
>

I think the stories that have been shown in the News (everything from
blown engines to destroying the AWD systems on AWD cars) to be true. As
for the AWD problem, it seems the equipment they have setted up is build
for 2WD vehicles only (whether that be front or rear) and therefore wasn't
build for AWD vehicles. But as for the rest of the stories, I have a
number of friends who have gone through the Air Care tests already at
various sites and they have all reported the people they have hired to
do the tests are first of all not mechanics (had to ask what kind of
engine you have. So I guess you can lie?? Among other parts of the cars
they didn't know a thing about), are young whipper-snippers-gum-chewing-
just-out-of-high-school not trained individuals who just want to get the
tests done as fast as they can and not really worrying about how they
are treating the car. With one fellow, his tester almost drove his car
off the roller at 60 km/hr or so. Fortunately, he pulled back just in
time while the fellow almost had a heart attack watching the whole thing
from the side. And the stories about testers revving up the engine
higher and higher if they can't get a reading is true. Several of my
friends had their cars testing gone up to the redline or past the
redline and were afraid their engine would blow just because the tester
can't get a reading. And of course we've saw/read our share of stories
from all sorts of News source saying how their cars would fail badly in
one station but past with flying colors in another. And stories about
the $200 specials around the local shops so that no matter how little
the job is, they'll charge you $200 to get your license. And stories
about drop by $200 receipts so that all you have to do is pop by a shop,
pay him $200 and he'll hand you a $200 receipt and voila, you get your
license, in no time at all. No work done but no time lost.

So, as the original poster suggested, Air Care was a good idea to begin
with, but very poorly implemented and I don't think it's working now
will it work without changes and closing up some loop holes.

Thomas.