Well my car has driven over 179,000 miles and for this it has rewarded me with a failed emissions test. Great. I guess that’s what the check engine light was trying to tell me a few months ago. I figured out that its something called an EGR valve, it re-circulates hot exhaust back into the cylinders so it will burn the un-spent fuel. I looked into getting a new one but it costs $170! Ouch! I’m going to give cleaning it a shot. Worse thing I can do is break it and I’ll have to buy a new one. So, if I’m lucky I will be able to get that part back on line and I can register my car and put the pretty tags on it so I don’t have to actively avoid the police whenever I go out and about. Whee! Another project.