well the good news is that a friend of mine has a truck repair business near me and he’s on the list. He’s honest and reasonable so I won’t have to worry about all the ways “credentialed testers” can try to rob their customers. And he’s only 30 miles from me. I’m still irritated but at least I wont be at the mercy of some unscrupulous or incompetent shop.
I was wrong about only pre-2011 rigs being affected though. Those are the ones that will have to retro-fit a DEF system or not register it in Ca, but it appears we will all be subject to the testing process while they hold our paid-for registration hostage.
I’ll report back on how the testing process goes, what’s involved, the cost, how long it takes, etc. Probably do a forced regen before testing too. I’ll ask the shop owner about that.