I've heard stories about weird folks in one or more of the emission stations in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area who do not take kindly to a V8 in a Miata and have red-flagged such a vehicle. Seeing I'm about to go for the check - I'd like to avoid those in favor of the ones which are thrilled to see such beasts. My OBD connector works fine - it's just that it's a GM computer and not a Mazda one, and it's a 2012 crate engine in a 2000 Miata. The Motor Vehicles folks just shrugged ... no big deal to them obviously.

Anyone know of the station(s) to avoid that have the less accommodating managers?

 

I registered mine up in pine az,to get around emissions.

 

Thanks tneyman ... I don't have any other addresses to use and I need to get it done before my 30-day permit expires so I think I'll bite the bullet and go to the Evans Rd station close to work. I'll let y'all know how it turns out! I know the car is fine ... hope they like it as much as I do.

 

I just used a rv park address,we stay up there,during the summer.

 

I passed with flying colors! I suppose I was just hyped by urban legend! Took a couple minutes and it was all over. No comments from the tester, but he did ask at the end how many miles I had on it and I mentioned I had a new engine with about a thousand but the car has 130K. He gave me the thumbs up and I left ... happy day.