Emissions
So the audi was supposed to be emission tested in april... but at the time, I didn't have a working transmission, so I filled out the form and said the car wasn't operational, etc. They rescheduled me to august... And I was still putting it off. In IL, if you have a 1996 or newer and have a check engine light, you automatically fail. Since the 2001 Audi A4 is a ULEV vehicle, the cat and it's efficiency are checked pretty hard. I have a high flow cat in there that throws off that reading. I am sure that the car is still well below the state limits, I usually have a CEL all the time for the cat.
About 6 weeks ago, I reset the CEL with the stalk and it hadn't come back on yet. I hadn't been driving it much, but still, it was off. Saturday morning I was supposed to pick up Dylan and some concrete to work on the house... on the way out I decided I would drive past the emissions place, fingers crossed the CEL came off. Since Russ had said that the cat is not checked at WOT (and that had been proven at track events), and the car wasn't all warm, I drove it hard to the emissions place. Pulled in, line was really short, and I was out in 10 min. with a nice sheet saying I passed. Score. Avoided for another 2 years.
The jetta is up for testing this month. And I am pretty sure it won't pass, since it has a freaking beer can on the exhaust and they actually CHECK the exhaust. Gotta fill that form out and tell them it will be ready in the spring. The new motor should pass fine.
Lewis Black…
Lewis Black will be in Waukegan on Oct. 14th at the Genesse Theatre.... Worth checking out, although I will be at an Audi Club track event. Rebecca and I saw him a few years ago, super funny. We saw him at the Brew N View, or whatever its real name is.... a great venue for him IMHO.... Go see him.
back in the saddle…
So we had an autox on saturday... while I thought the weather was going to suck, the clouds and rain kept the temps down. it was very nice. The computer timing went perfect. This was the first time this season that I have actually drove MY audi at an autox. It was kinda of nice to get back in the groove. It was also nice to get back in and kick some ass. You can see the results here. I was the fastest Audi, and only lost to the likes of a viper, miata, STI, etc. Not bad company. It was nice to prove to both myself and the rest of the group that I wasn't that rusty. Sometimes it is really nice to win.
Even though it was hot as hell today in Chicago, we moved a bunch of stuff into the new house. Thanks mom, dad, and kevin. I still need to get my stuff packed and ready to go, but nearly all of rebecca's stuff is over there. It is nice to know we have it in the place.
We also went to the place to get the hardwood. Mind you, the price is really really good, and so there is some 'too good to be true' kind of thoughts going on, but I should know more tomorrow when they call me. Hopefully I will have the flooring before the weekend. It will be really nice to get that in the house and we can finish the move.
back at work… (obligatory weekend recap)
the weekend was nice... But this is a long post so read on. Brief recap: Scott's birthday, projector, video games, prenatal appt., baby registry, fireworks...