<My Vanagons usually pass. Except for exhaust leaks (which will fail
you in either inspection.) Which is why the GoldBrick is sitting on my
lawn when it's safety inspection was due in December...

Still waiting on parts out of Tiico to fix up its exhaust leak>

If I understand correctly here, you've been waiting 3 months for parts from Tiico? And the Vanagon has been out of commission the entire time? Assuming you ordered the parts back in December and not this week, that's pretty bad!      Jeff