She passed!

"nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul" (nfamouscj) 05/03/2018 at 18:26 • Filed to: None

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Look, it’s a 12 year old Chrysler so that’s a big deal ok?

Also inspection day really is a nerve wracking one. Sure you’ve checked everything before hand but you’re still waiting for that phone call of “yeah Mr Famous we’ve found XYZ wrong so it’ll be $x,xxx.xx to fix and we’ll have her back to you tomorrow... Oh yeah and you need new tires to pass... and brakes... And your sister is ugly.”

arl > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 18:38

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Ah the fine state of “we’ll get your money, one way or another” Virginia. I’m not a fan of the new sticker location either. It’s been the center of the windshield for as long as I can remember (30 years of driving).

Oh yea, congrats on passing!

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 18:39

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Reasons it’s good to live in places with no such regulations.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 05/03/2018 at 18:41

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They gouge us for money here by other means.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 05/03/2018 at 18:43

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Agreed. However there is a point where it seems like it may be keeping the truly unsafe off the roads, not just the “your tires are 1/32 under spec you fail”. Nah, these are the “ma’am you’re missing a rear brake caliper, are driving on the belts of your tires and the windshield has no less than 45 cracks in it”

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > arl 05/03/2018 at 18:44

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It really confused me when I saw it. I had to look around for others like it. Funny thing is I have no idea how long they’ve been doing the new location and have never noticed.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/03/2018 at 18:44

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True. But it’s just money, it’s not excessive amounts of time and hassle. I mean, we’ll all be taxed out of the state in about 5 years, but for the time being we don’t have to deal with safety inspectors that have to keep up their rejection quota so they can pass their stancebro buddy’s ride that is held together with zip ties and plastidip.

interstate366, now In The Industry > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 18:45

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It just started this year.

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 18:49

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This is why we have police. I’m pretty sure there are laws against a number of these.

Most of us keep our cars in at least half-decent operating condition.

interstate366, now In The Industry > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 18:49

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At least we* don’t have emissions. Yet.

*NoVA does, but that’s like an entirely different state

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 18:50

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I am four years away from having *none* of my three current running cars under 35 years old, and thus all exempt. Ha. (NC)

ttyymmnn > arl 05/03/2018 at 18:50

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(30 years of driving)

I remember when there used to be two stickers, one for registration and one for inspection (started driving in VA 35 years ago). TX, where I live now, had two different stickers up until about two years ago.

interstate366, now In The Industry > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/03/2018 at 18:54

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Up here it’s only 25 to be exempt. *sticks out tongue*

interstate366, now In The Industry > ttyymmnn 05/03/2018 at 18:55

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There’s still the registration sticker on the license plate.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > interstate366, now In The Industry 05/03/2018 at 18:56

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Shhhhhh. Don’t even mention the possibility of it. Someone could be listening.

interstate366, now In The Industry > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 18:59

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You’re right, but I have to break up the “Virginia is terrible” circlejerk somehow.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 05/03/2018 at 19:00

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Them’s fightin’ words

[stalls]

facw > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 05/03/2018 at 19:02

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I’m happy to do inspections to help keep dangerous vehicles off the road. There are certainly flaws with the system, but I’d rather live some place that has them than not.

facw > ttyymmnn 05/03/2018 at 19:05

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That inspection sticker was a massive pain to scrape off once it became obsolete. The registration peels off pretty easily, but the inspection sticker used strong glue and was designed to break into a zillion pieces when scraped off, and was in a hard to reach location. I assume shops had a good scraper tool, but it took me forever using what I had on hand.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > interstate366, now In The Industry 05/03/2018 at 19:05

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Down here it’s much fewer years for emission exempt, and the safety inspection isn’t really strict, but *yes*, it does have to be 35 to be off the books/antique. Of the five cars in my stable, only the Benz with some half million miles is younger than 35...

interstate366, now In The Industry > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/03/2018 at 19:06

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Where in NC has emissions? The only Virginia counties/cities that have emissions are the DC suburbs.

facw > interstate366, now In The Industry 05/03/2018 at 19:06

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TX just uses a single registration sticker on the windshield these days (they formerly had plate stickers). Here in MA, they have a plate sticker for registration, and a window sticker for inspection.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > interstate366, now In The Industry 05/03/2018 at 19:13

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As of last year, 22/100 counties including Buncombe.

interstate366, now In The Industry > facw 05/03/2018 at 19:15

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So MA and VA are the same that way. The one sticker for both sounds more efficient, but I don’t know how Texas handles state inspections.

facw > interstate366, now In The Industry 05/03/2018 at 19:19

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Basically in TX shops have to report the results of the inspection to the state (which seems pretty common), so basically they just don’t let you register/re-register the car if you don’t have a current inspection on file. In the age of computers and the internet, that’s a pretty easy thing to manage.

ToyotaFamily > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 05/03/2018 at 19:22

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I’m actually happy they have state inspections in Virginia. Let’s be honest, most people don’t care for their cars like it should.

I can take a short drive into Maryland and the piles of crap people drive up there are downright scary.

interstate366, now In The Industry > facw 05/03/2018 at 19:25

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Oh, that’s not bad.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 19:29

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They only moved in January, source the Mrs. daily has a December sticker and it is in the middle.

Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > interstate366, now In The Industry 05/03/2018 at 19:31

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Yeah yeah, I live one county away from not having emissions and its boggles my mind at the logic given how far out people will commute in from.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 05/03/2018 at 19:34

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Yeah, I know people who commute from Fredericksburg to Maryland every day. Just mind-boggling.

interstate366, now In The Industry > Eric @ opposite-lock.com 05/03/2018 at 19:34

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Most of us enthusiasts, yes. The general public, not so much.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 05/03/2018 at 19:38

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Matt Nichelson > nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul 05/03/2018 at 19:45

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And that, my friend, is why my state (Mississippi) probably did away with inspections. We would only have maybe 10 cars on the road.

Honestly though, our inspections were a joke when they were required. They would literally just make sure all your exterior lights work, the horn works, make sure your tint wasn’t too dark, and that’s it. Five minutes tops and you were set for another year.

nFamousCJ - Keeper of Stringbean, Gengars and a Deezul > Matt Nichelson 05/03/2018 at 19:50

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I remember going with my father some 20+ years ago to get his vehicle inspected (VA). We’d pull into a gas station bay, they’d have him hit all the lights, turn signals, etc, new sticker boom. Sure has come a long way

Eric @ opposite-lock.com > interstate366, now In The Industry 05/03/2018 at 20:09

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You should be asking yourself: How often do accidents caused by equipment failures happen in states with no inspections vs ones with them?

The stats actually show that states with these inspections have more accidents due to equipment failures than states without them.

Tristan > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 05/03/2018 at 21:34

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We here in the Peoples’ Democratic Socialist Republic of Portland cannot exempt a car newer than 1976, just as the Lord our God California has laid out for us. Long live bureaucracy!

arl > Phyrxes once again has a wagon! 05/04/2018 at 16:54

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Yea, I had my window replaced a little while back and Safelite put the sticker back in the new location.