I dunno, you read the same posts I do. Obviously people aren't necessarily
going to post about their great inspection experiences but there have been
many posts about incompetent or just plain corrupt inspectors, and people
having to fix obscure stuff under a deadline so they can still drive.
Maybe you keep your gear in better shape than most?
I'm just glad I don't have to deal with it.

Cya,
Robert

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
David Beierl
Sent: Wednesday, July 22, 2009 8:02 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Smog test failed - here is my plan

At 10:46 PM 7/22/2009, Robert Fisher wrote:
>I'm just glad that we don't have to go through those safety inspections
that
>the list members from back east are always posting about. Every two years
>with a properly maintained vehicle is a cakewalk compared to that.

Eh?  I've been an Easterner all my life, and I've never found the
safety inspections onerous.  I've had cars in Maryland, Florida,
Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.  They've all wanted to make
sure that the wheels were likely to stay on and the brakes and
handbrake and lights and wipers worked; that there wasn't more than
an inch and a half play in the steering (!) and suchlike.  Some of
them have frowned upon holes in the body, some not.  Seems perfectly
reasonable to me.

In Kittery, ME back in the '70s we went to Pierce's gas station if
the car actually worked right; or to the Plymouth dealer if we just
wanted a sticker any old way...they eventually closed after some
other shenannigans were discovered.  Pierce's is still open.  Dunno
if they still do inspections.

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David Beierl - Providence RI USA -- http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'89 Po' White Star "Scamp"