[starbugs]

> My 25 year old car aces the test all the time

You wouldn't do a regular service right before the TÜV appointment, would you?

Also, this doesn't sound environmentally friendly to me.

[bayindirh]

Nope, I don't. I only do its normal interval services. I don't like the cheat the system.

> Also, this doesn't sound environmentally friendly to me.

I'm planning to buy a new hybrid. On the other hand, it has a cat, is our family car since the beginning, so it's in a very good shape emissions-wise (it's tested regularly). Newer cars are better, of course, but it's not an oil burning, smoking, smelling smoke-stack. Its exhaust isn't covered in carbon even.