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Originally Posted by StephenVA
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 .... 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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200 miles last year? I thought I was being frugal with mine adding only 2000 miles.
These thing appear to be ticking up in value finally. Clean 4.8's and manual M54 examples anyway. And yours is one of the cleanest for sure.
I agree on the cleaning a car before bringing it in for anything. Guaranteed way to piss off a tech having to reach into an engine bay that hasn't been clean since it was sold at the dealership.
Also agree on being courteous to inspectors. They're doing their jobs. I don't tip them, as they are being paid a wage, but I treat them with the respect anyone deserves who is working for a living.