rick10

I was under the impression that it was every 2 years. However i bought my car in 2006 , i dint have to do it in 2007 , now 2008 i get the renewel notice of my license and it seems like i dont have to do it this year either. It says 2009 ... I m happy about that , but i am just a little curious if it changed ? .. my car is year 2000 .

k_r_a_c_k_e_r

iTrader: (3)

you have to do it every 2 years.. I think.

ForSale

i think as a rule its supposed to be done every year, but i usually buy two year plate tags so i don't have to do the emmisions, but i think everytime you go to get your tag renewed if your prevoius emmisions is still valid i.e out of 12 months 2 are left and you got to get a renewal for two year you basically won't have to do emmision till the next renewal.

so lets say you bought your car in 2006 Aug had the tags till jan 2008 2 year tags, and you did your emmission Aug 2006. then in 2008 you got the renewal anyway because your emissions was still valid till Aug. as you said the emmisions would last the 2 year, but i have always had emission covered only for 1 year, so im guessing you got lucky or have a newer car or that the government allows maximum 2 years stretch for emmisons to be done, and your timing was just perfect to get 3 years out.lol

rick10

no no , i bought the car in march 2006 , when i bought it they had to do the emission test, which was done . Then I bought the sticket for one year (until 2007). So i thought i had to the emission test in 2007 again but when i received the renewel letter in 2007 it said i didnt have to do it . Now, 2008 i received the renewel for my plate and it says i dont have to do emission test again to get the sticker. So technically this will be my third year without doing emission test to my car. I read the whole letter to make sure and it clearly says that i dont have to do it this year , however i can only renew my license for year. So i m guessing i have to do my emission test in 2009 which will be three years.

I m not complaining because i been driving my car for two years with the engine light on so i was getting worry on how i was going to pass the emission test this year, but i was just curious to know if they change the years for emission test

rick10

i just read your post again , Yes i m guessing my time was right or something or they made a mistake. But just to be safe i ll do my renewel online. I wouldnt want to go to the office to be told they made a mistake

zeeman

iTrader: (1)

i always thought that it was odd year even car, even year odd car, meaning, since its 2008 all cars with the model year ending with an odd number need emissions.
My car is a 1995 civic coupe, i need an emission test this year before the end of august, (the month of your birthday, mine's august) to renew my stickers. The wifes car also needs an etest this year (1995 civic hatch).
So, your car need an etest every 2 years, OR if you are transferring the ownership.

zeeman

iTrader: (1)

I think how you got away with going so long is b/c you bought your car in 2006, so it needed an etest to go into your name. Etests are however valid for a year, so when it came time for your renewal (your birthday month) in 2007 it must NOT have been a full 12 months since you bought your car, so your etest was still valid.
I could be wrong though.

rick10

what you said makes more sense. I m not complaining but i guess i got away with three years without emission test.

For the post before yours. I think you are right , i was so sure i was supposed to do my emission test last year but it never happened.

xray

Here's how I know when I have to do emission test or when it's around the corner. If your car is even year (i.e, 1994, 2002) you do the test on odd years (i.e, 2001, 2007) and vice-versa.

rick10

funny thing is that i think my sister may get away with it too . She bought the car last year in june 2007 (her car is a 2001 civic) and now she got the renewel letter and it says she can do it for 2 years, so basicly until the end of 2009.

szuberi

just call the ministry office or go to an MTO to find out

rjngo

lots of info's here...http://www.driveclean.com/

Polkaroo Killa

It's once every 2 years, unless of course the year of your car is both an even and odd number at the same time.

Roll_outz

ill always do mine every two years.

jdesouz

http://www.driveclean.com/help/faq_main.html

jdesouz

http://www.driveclean.com/

goto find out when my vechicle will be tested

szuberi

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electronblue

iTrader: (1)

Drive Clean is based on the year of your car, but is not required for the first 5 years (used to be 3). And then once your car is 5 years old (and beyond) you have to be tested every 2 years. A car does however need to be tested as part of transferring title no matter how old the car is.

The e-test is good for 1 full year. so if you transfer title 4 months before the time your car needed an e-test it would not require another one and you will need to have it tested 2 years from then.