Ontario Emission DriveClean Test

"If your car is a 1987 or earlier model, it leaves the program
permanently when it is 20 years old."

"2006 testing year.
vehicles required to be tested: 2001 1999 1997 1995 1993 1991 1989 1987
"

Take your car in this year and your done with the cash grab forever....



Snow...

 

re-read the site... everything 1987 and older is excempt after the
2006 year..

Like I said... 1988 and newer have to go and betested until they reach
historic staus.

Snow...

 

whoops.. yes it needs its final test this year, after which it is
excempt..

Antique status.. historic status ... close enough.. the end result is
the same and there is a provision under the "highway traffic act" to
allow for such a status..

" An exemption will be recommended for vehicles of the 1988 and newer
model years from all test requirements when they reach 30 years of age,
if they receive designation as historic vehicles under the Highway
Traffic Act."

"A historic vehicle is defined in Regulation 628 under the Highway
Traffic Act. It is a specially-plated motor vehicle "at least 30
years old" that is "operated on a highway only in parades, for
purposes of exhibition, tours or similar functions organized by a
properly constituted automobile club, or for purposes of repair,
testing or demonstration for sale" and is "substantially unchanged
or unmodified from the original manufacturer's product".

Owners of a vehicle at least 30 years old can also apply to the
Ministry of Transportation to attach Year of Manufacture plates to the
vehicle. The Year of Manufacture plates are Ontario number plates that
were issued during the year of manufacture of the motor vehicle.
Vehicles with a Year of Manufacture licence plate are not restricted in
their operation and have the same privileges as a standard passenger
licence plate.

More information on Year of Manufacture Plates can be obtained from the
Ministry of Transportation."

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