The Automotive Thread

[csb]

It was creepy and then I saw the mattress in the pictures. I almost wonder if it's a joke.

 

[MA_PE]

I don't think it's a joke but the mattress in the back is pretty strange. someone probably lives in it down by the river.

 

[Road Guy]

I think Rape vans have to be white.

 

[csb]

So this one is safe?

 

[Ken PE 3.1]

Interesting way to dump a suspect vehicle

 

[Supe]

Porsche is loaded on the trailer and ready to head back to the Dragon Hillclimb on Friday. New starter is in and working good so far (knock on wood). A racer friend of mine gave me some nearly new race tires for FREE (they would have cost me about $1100 mounted and balanced) which is awesome. Car is going to be slow, but I'm really looking forward to getting back up there and running! I will have to cut my runs early on Sunday, though. Have to be packed up and out of there by 11:00 or so to haul ass to a friends wedding about 2.5 hours east of there, where we will all have to shower, change, and drop the car/trailer off for the night.

 

[slickjohannes]

Anybody else deal with the racket mandated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania known as safety inspection?

Seems every year I need new calipers.... I'm just going to start replacing pads before the inspection... How I miss the (inspectionless) state of Ohio.

 

[envirotex]

Texas also has annual safety inspections. The emissions standards change after your vehicle is a certain number of years old.

 

[slickjohannes]

How do they change?

I just ordered a new cat in attempt to get my Idiot light to go off. Can't pass with the light on... Though it is rumored that they can pass you if you can prove you spent $100 or more in attemp to fix the problem (see my previous comments about a racket).

 

[Ken PE 3.1]

Anybody else deal with the racket mandated by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania known as safety inspection?

Seems every year I need new calipers.... I'm just going to start replacing pads before the inspection... How I miss the (inspectionless) state of Ohio.

Defectors are always welcomed back.

 

[snickerd3]

ugh...i have a taillight out on my car. haven't the foggiest idea how long it has been out. I don't usually use my car in the evenings so I haven't driven at night to notice. A colleague was following me to a site and noticed it on the drive over.

 

[slickjohannes]

What other states do not have inspections? I think I will base my future job search on this attribute.

 

[Ship Wreck PE]

Ga done away with inspections 20 years ago

 

[slickjohannes]

Too hot.

 

[akwooly]

AK zero. unless in Anchorage, i think they have emissions inspection.

 

[Road Guy]

I was surprised to hear that Texas did inspections usually that something reserve for the Yankees states in the Northeast

Only omissions inspection/revenue generation here in Colorado

 

[envirotex]

^^^Money grab.

 

[mudpuppy]

I was surprised to hear that Texas did inspections usually that something reserve for the Yankees states in the Northeast

Only omissions inspection/revenue generation here in Colorado

Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia all require periodic safety inspections. So it's fairly prevalent in the South as well as the Northeast.

 

[Road Guy]

I think that's cause all the Northeasterners have moved down south..... like locusts they consume all their natural resources and then move on...

 

[MA_PE]

MA has a pretty thorough inspection that is tied to state computers so it's rather difficult to get around infractinos,especially emissions. The computer taps into the ODBII port so it can see error codes and whatveer history is stored. They also prohibit any "sharp edges". So if you've got an older car that's rusting from the damn road salt and the rust goes through the boddy panel and leaves an edge, then you've got to cover it somehow. This leads to massive areas of duct tape on car covering the rust holes.