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On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:59:15 -0400,
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On Thu, 15 Oct 2015 11:35:13 -0400, wrote:

They still have not figured out how to deal with all of the
non-conforming cars in the US that suddenly became scrap metal (you
can't legally drive them here)

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It should be easy enough to reprogram the computer to make them
conform. They won't have the same power and economy however. There
will no doubt be black market mods to reset them back after the dealer
"de-powers" them. I suspect many will just continue to drive them as
is.

The question is whether they can actually make them perform at all
over the operating range of the vehicle with the mods.
The test is a pretty narrow band of what a car does. The EPA will be
looking a lot closer than a state test.
"Hacking" them would also be a thing that you had to do every year
both ways, when you get your test.

If EPA black lists the car, the state will take the tags and the feds
might actually come looking for the car. I know a guy who had a "gray
market" BMW, he got caught and it cost him almost as much as the car
was worth to get it US certified. The VIN rang a bell when he tried to
buy tags.