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From: chris@umcp-cs.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.auto
Subject: Re: Buying a Car in Japan
Message-ID: <6052@umcp-cs.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 21-Mar-84 00:03:45 EST
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Posted: Wed Mar 21 00:03:45 1984
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Organization: Univ. of Maryland, Computer Science Dept.
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It figures:

	From: joey@felix.UUCP

	...  Since Japanese emmissions are stricter, the simple
	addition of a catalytic converter in the exhaust system
	might [make the car meet US specs], together with minor
	adjustments in the fuel injection or carburation.

Does this mean it's the case that the US specs *require* a catalytic
converter, regardless of whether the car meets emissions specs without
one?  I could believe that ....
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