[tijlover]

So sorry to hear this EA, first you get the speeding ticket, and now this, after another accident earlier.

I only use my car to drive to work from DI/Pecos to work, I-15 & Cheyenne, 3 nights a week, I do my grocery shopping, or any other shopping (Wal-Mart/Home Depot opens at 6am) after work, on the way home, and on my 4 days off, I may just go over to Chinatown for a late dinner, or drive to the Strip to walk my ferret. That's the extent of my Las Vegas driving.

Supplementing that, is my late night bike rides between 3am-5am, in residential areas where there's little or no traffic.

My most stressful day of the year just passed this morning, as I took my 1985 Toyota Supra for a smog test at Jiffy Lube! In preparation, I drove up to Glendale and back, to get the car really hot, and an oil change last week, and I did as I was told to prepare for it. Passed with flying colors! My 31YO car!

And a $50 tip to the Smog tester! I do that everytime it passes!

[Katie the heartbreaker]

Originally Posted by tijlover

So sorry to hear this EA, first you get the speeding ticket, and now this, after another accident earlier.

I only use my car to drive to work from DI/Pecos to work, I-15 & Cheyenne, 3 nights a week, I do my grocery shopping, or any other shopping (Wal-Mart/Home Depot opens at 6am) after work, on the way home, and on my 4 days off, I may just go over to Chinatown for a late dinner, or drive to the Strip to walk my ferret. That's the extent of my Las Vegas driving.

Supplementing that, is my late night bike rides between 3am-5am, in residential areas where there's little or no traffic.

My most stressful day of the year just passed this morning, as I took my 1985 Toyota Supra for a smog test at Jiffy Lube! In preparation, I drove up to Glendale and back, to get the car really hot, and an oil change last week, and I did as I was told to prepare for it. Passed with flying colors! My 31YO car!

And a $50 tip to the Smog tester! I do that everytime it passes!

It sounds like you drive your car well under 5,000 miles a year. Why not get classic plates? You pay an extra $10 a year for the plates and you will be exempt from the smog test. Not only will the classic plates save you money, you will not have to go through the yearly headache of dealing with the smog test.

[tijlover]

What I really need to do is get the car appraised and get better insurance coverage, for as it stands right now, it's off blue book, if it's stolen, there'll be no compensation! Right now I only carry liability!

[EA]

I would love to have an mkii. But yeah, make sure you have plenty of insurance on yourself, because no one else will.
I have the most coverage I could afford, which in this state, is not much.

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by tijlover

So sorry to hear this EA, first you get the speeding ticket, and now this, after another accident earlier.

I only use my car to drive to work from DI/Pecos to work, I-15 & Cheyenne, 3 nights a week, I do my grocery shopping, or any other shopping (Wal-Mart/Home Depot opens at 6am) after work, on the way home, and on my 4 days off, I may just go over to Chinatown for a late dinner, or drive to the Strip to walk my ferret. That's the extent of my Las Vegas driving.

Supplementing that, is my late night bike rides between 3am-5am, in residential areas where there's little or no traffic.

My most stressful day of the year just passed this morning, as I took my 1985 Toyota Supra for a smog test at Jiffy Lube! In preparation, I drove up to Glendale and back, to get the car really hot, and an oil change last week, and I did as I was told to prepare for it. Passed with flying colors! My 31YO car!

And a $50 tip to the Smog tester! I do that everytime it passes!

I hope you are joking about that tip. LOL

[tijlover]

Originally Posted by ElleTea

I hope you are joking about that tip. LOL

Old Indian saying: Give $10 away and $30 will come back to you, in some form or another! So I'm expecting $150 to return to me, in some form or another.

I always tip good after a smog test if it passes.

One time, I had to have some work done to get it passed, $300 worth, and given the hassle involved, getting it re-smogged, $50 is a bargain tip, in comparison.

[EA]

I only "tip" when it doesn't pass to change it to a pass.

[ElleTea]

Originally Posted by EA

I only "tip" when it doesn't pass to change it to a pass.

LOL My car just passed, and it was a hold your breath and fingers crossed moment!


Yeah, someone doing emissions testing...they don't "make" the car pass unless they are doing so illegally, and even then it would be quite difficult if not impossible. The car is going to pass or fail, what the person administering it does has nothing to do with that!


If anyone deserved a tip, it was my mechanic who actually diagnosed and fixed the issue that would have caused it to fail

[EA]

I have friends that do this testing. Super easy to make cars pass that shouldn't.

My i35 has a bad o2 sensor. 1 of 2. They don't really do anything anyway so 1 is plenty.
Anyway, I went to 2 places and the second one passed it for me.

[tijlover]

Well, perhaps, my car didn't pass the smog test! I told the smog tester, I always tip $50 if the car passes, so will I ever know if she rigged it to pass? Although, last year, I didn't tell the smog tester that and it did pass!

I do know these tests can be rigged to pass!

When I bought this car, back in 2002, from a dealer in Pahrump, I followed him back to Las Vegas, and I could tell this car needed a valve job, as the car was blowing smoke all the way over there. But he assured me, the car would pass the smog test. So, en route, he pulled into a smog place on Blue Diamond, and it passed! With all the smoke blowing out of the tail pipe?

Being a dealer, he probably has a deal going with this smog testing place, no?

I have a Mexican roommate, and about 5 years ago, me worried about it passing, he suggested a site in NLV, where for $60 they'd pass any vehicle.

You know all too well, the poor are unable to make those repairs on their cars to get it passed, and they have to go somewhere!

I'm sure it's no different in AZ or CA!