My last resort is getting a girl to take my car in for inspection.
Not that I would do this but wouldn't it be funny to do a hidden camera with my car inspection. First have me take it through with it failing, then the next day, with nothing being touched, have a girl take it through and see if it passes. 60-minutes would LOVE the story. I'd try it with a few other cars. The reason I won't do this is because it'll only come back to bite me in the ass since it's a state inspection, they get screwed, everybody gets screwed
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My Mom took our Grand Marquis through inspection with a visible LARGE crack in the windshield, no rear view mirror (sitting in back seat), head liner falling down in the back, Ford's natoriously smoked/melted headlights, and 5 trouble codes and it passed. The trouble codes were major ones at that, like MAF and oxygen sensors, yet she got it through where as I was laughed at. Can somebody... maybe Bill, explain this at THEIR level because from where I'm standing it's just gone too far. The speed tickets I'll swallow but the inspection harrasement, it's just out of control ever since the commision based fails. Some things I can understand but for heavens sake what does a cracked steering wheel, no rubber brake pedal pad, and no flexplate cover have to do with being street legal? Brakes, okay, headlights, okay, emissions, okay, but you're an ******* when it's the tape on the front bumper... last time I checked bumper stickers were legal... (********)