Thread: It is about that time of year again... hate bringing the car in!
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Old Aug 13, 2010 | 06:01 PM
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Default Re: It is about that time of year again... hate bringing the car in!
Originally Posted by blackcrossfire07

Not to mention 99% of the people inspecting the car are not looking under the vehicle or around the vehicle. They pull the car in, slam on the brakes and hit the horn. The inspection is over! That is all they do where I live. So what good does that do?
Well, then they way they do them in your area sucks.
Can't really help you with that one.

I have lived in places where they put the car up on a lift, and with a checklist on a clip board, go from each section of the car, and check off one of two columns on that checklist, and then hand you the results, letting you know what passes, and what fails.

They would check for brake pad lining thickness, excessive play in the steering system, excessive wear or play in the ball joints, signs of leaking shocks/struts, rusted brake lines, rusted gas tanks, rusted floor boards, rusted frame rails, rusted bumper mounting points, and quite a few other things.

An actual inspection is so much more beneficial than a brake stomp check, as I am sure that you can imagine.

There are way too many people on the roads who are completely clueless about how their car should actually feel, and won't know that something is falling apart underneath them until:

a- it breaks, and sends their car crashing into the guardrail at 85 mph.
b- someone points it out to them, and lets them know they need to get that fixed.

If they never have b happen, then a is most likely going to be the outcome.

I also don't like the idea of a 19 year old poking around my car, but if he's better at doing the job than I am (hahahhahaha), then who am I to care? So long as the car comes back to me in one piece, that's all I care about.

BC.
 
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