I wish that was true. But it isn't. In the lovely Commonwealth of
Virginia, the State Police make everybody get a safety inspection on a
yearly basis. I was talking with one of the inspectors last year and we
mentioned brakelines. He's rejected cars (per the regulartions)  for
having the "stylin'" braided steel brakes lines. He made comment that
these are NOT the high end (read expensive) braided steel brakelines,
but the cheapo ones used to dress up some "hot rods". The expensive
lines would be fine for the safety inspection. And yes, he could tell
the difference.

It was in interesting discussion as we covered other things that the
inspectors are required to look at.

On Oct 3, 2004, at 9:32 PM, Rob wrote:

> I've done a number of brake line replacements in a shop, not on a VW
> but a
> brake line is a brake line.