The Twingo just failed the technical examination.

"Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan'" (otto-the-croatian) 12/17/2018 at 11:33 • Filed to: twingo

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The reasons being:

R ot in the lower left rocker panel (doesn’t need to be completely replaced, a patch from someone with welding skills will do)

Rear right wheel is “wonky”, which I know for a fact is the wheel bearing, easily fixable.

Handbrake doesn’t hold properly, and the left rear side brakes with more force than the right. A new handbrake cable should help with that.

Failed eco-test. That’s my biggest concern. I’ll have to get the car into a shop and have a professional look at it and fine tune it. That’s way over my head. I hope a tuning will fix it and that I won’t need to buy any new parts.

I now have 15 days to get it sorted so that I can pass and be legal to drive for another year. I wonder how much this’ll cost me...

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farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/17/2018 at 12:15

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eco test?

if that is what i think it is... its probably your muffler/cat needing to be replaced

Svend > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/17/2018 at 12:19

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Good luck mate, for you and the Twingo. 

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/17/2018 at 12:32

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Failed for rocker rot? Do you mean a body panel or a structural bit?

You should see some of the rot we have on the road in Ohio, where there is no inspection besides emissions and only in one population center. 

Wacko > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/17/2018 at 12:46

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So this wouldn’t pass inspection

Sadly here in Quebec this is real 

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > Wacko 12/17/2018 at 15:53

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Nope, the taillight is hazed!

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > Svend 12/17/2018 at 15:55

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Dkuji Superb!

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > farscythe - makin da cawfee! 12/17/2018 at 15:56

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Yeah it’s the CO2 emissions testing, I think. Huh, I didn’t think of the cat. I just assumed it had to be fine tuned with an OBD port and stuff. We ’ll see what the mechanic says...

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/17/2018 at 15:58

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welp good luck :)

if it does turn out to be the cat at least thats not a hugely expensive part on a twingo

Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 12/17/2018 at 15:58

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Thankfully just a little bit is on the structural parts, most is just on the lowest part of the body panel...

And I know, I still can’t wrap my head around how little inspection there is in the States. When I was there in CA and Arizona and Nevada I saw some really dodgy stuff, pickups with their rear axles bent out of shape, or cars with seriously underinflated tires, or Camrys with a small dent on the bumper. Crazy.

duurtlang > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/17/2018 at 16:34

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Not CO2. CO2 is normal . CO, NOx or HC are the issues.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Otto-the-Croatian-'Whoops my Volvo is a sedan' 12/17/2018 at 19:29

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Oh man, that’s not even bad. One time I saw an old pickup (couldn’t tell what, all recognizable bits had rusted off) that was dog tracking about 15° and obvious structural failure in the frame between cab and bed. The whole truck was bent up, with the middle a good foot higher than the front and back. Even more worrisome, I saw this truck going 80 on the highway.