On 6/21/2020 9:40 PM, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 6/21/2020 8:09 PM, wrote:


97.99?
Steep?
2004 xterra.
Steve Shannon tire, PA.
Nothing needed fixing.


DefineÂ*Â* " inspection "Â* ...
... check tires & fluid levels & quick visual ?
... pull 4 wheels and inspect brakes ?
... bit of a differenceÂ* yes ?
Â*Â*Â*Â* John T.


State inspection in PA.Â* Pull two wheels to check brakes, exhaust
system, ball joints, etc. Should take about 20 minutes.


Â* No road test ?
...Â*Â* there areÂ* "inspections"Â* and there are
mandated inspectionsÂ* withÂ* paperworkÂ* ...
The OP seems to only knows whatÂ* it cost himÂ* ..
Â* ...Â* with no ideaÂ* what was done.
Â*Â* John T


A road test is not required in Pa.Â* The owner drives the car.Â* He can
test it.

.
... you would knowÂ* ..Â*Â*Â*Â*Â* :-)

http://www.dot.state.pa.us/Public/DV...ons/PUB-45.pdf


but just in caseÂ*Â* -Â* read pageÂ* 42Â* ofÂ* 140.

John T.

You do have quite a sense of humor.Â* I lived in PA for 36 years and with
three cars in the family we had plenty of inspections.Â* The only road
test was pulling the car from the parking lot to the garage.

There may be a few legitimate garages but very few.Â* Many never
inspected anything but outwardly visible like lights.Â* Other inspected
very little but would tell you needed a new drag link or idler arm.
Sometimes they even replaced it.

I chose my inspection stations carefully.Â* I went to Frank.Â* If Frank
had to pull a wheel he would probably collapse and die.Â* Checking brakes
was pushing the pedal while scraping off the old sticker.Â* He did check
lights though because if he was being watched, that would be obvious to
an observer but his shop was invisible from the street.


I'm not that, Frank, you mention but living here in nearby DE many PA
residents near the border kept their registration in DE if they move
there from here.

In DE a new car goes 5 years before inspection and you can tack on two
more years without inspection at the end of that period just paying the
$40/yr fee. Then it is inspection every 2 years. They look at lights,
wipers etc and do a brake stopping test and plug in the computer to
check emissions. On a good day you can be in and out in 15 minutes.

Also just got my drivers license renewed late last year for 8 years for $40.