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Fired it up, wiped off the few specks of dust and drove her over for a safety and Emissions inspection. Passed. Driven a whole 200 miles last year. LOL
This shop calls me "Mr Clean" as every vehicle is always detailed BEFORE being presented for State Inspections. Inside, underhood, and exterior. No one brings in clean cars. Most are trash cans on wheels. You have to laugh out loud at some of the crap people drive while waiting in line. Bald tires, stop light broken, wiper with the rubber falling off on the rear, etc. Having been an State safety/emissions inspector in a past lifetime, you come to the conclusion real quick that people are pigs.
Want to have a different response from your local inspector? Clean the damn thing and do a complete walk around. That way you will eliminate all the surprises from light bulbs out, tires bald, etc. You think it was common sense, but 80% don't do it. Most car guys do so maybe you all are like me, clean car, owner inspected, ready for State review.
Tip: if you have obvious faults/failures, the inspector will find it and fail you as his driver's license is on the line if he passes you and you get pulled over. States are constantly running around with bogus cars seeking shady inspectors. Note: some States have centralized State run Station facilities while others, including VA, leverage decentralized inspection stations, ones where it is a local garage and local licensed techs. Inspectors are human treat them as a you would like to be treated, friendly. I personally tip them for doing their job.
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2005 X5 4.8IS
The Blue ones are always FASTER....
Current Garage:
2005 X5 4.8is
2002 M5 TiSilver
2003 525iT
1998 528i
Former Garage Stable Highlights
2004 325XiT Sport
1973 De Tomaso Pantera, L Model
1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 4 sp Alpine White
1970 Dodge Challenger T/A 4 sp GoManGo Green
1971 Dart Sport, “Dart Light” package
1969 Road Runner 383
1968 Ply Barracuda 340S FB Sea-foam Green
Last edited by StephenVA; 02-12-2023 at 10:30 AM.
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