[negrito211]

cause like where i live in Arizona every year we have to go to emissions and if the car doesn't pass inspection we can register the car/motorcycle etc. how is michigan in that regard?


thanks

[Bydand]

It you have the chones to drive it, you can register it. That being said though, a cop can pull you over and issue a repair ticket for faulty equipment. No formal inspection here.

[teachbeach]

No formal inspection and several of the autos I've seen on the road (missing headlights, tail lights, non working windshield wipers and emissions, held together with tape) should be ticketed or labeled for some type of repair.

[Jwo85]

Originally Posted by teachbeach

No formal inspection and several of the autos I've seen on the road (missing headlights, tail lights, non working windshield wipers and emissions, held together with tape) should be ticketed or labeled for some type of repair.

I love seeing all that stuff. I have also seen bumpers help up by those stretch cords, holes the size of cannon balls in the fenders.

[mofromcheboygankalamazoo]

I once asked a mechanic when I lived in Maryland why that was...he says because to be a mechanic in MI it is much more strict...whereas in MD only the ones who do the inspections go through special training, any joe schmo can be a mechanic in MD.......so i guess when cars go to the shop here they get a better look over (i guess) ha

[YAZ]

Originally Posted by mofromcheboygankalamazoo

I once asked a mechanic when I lived in Maryland why that was...he says because to be a mechanic in MI it is much more strict...whereas in MD only the ones who do the inspections go through special training, any joe schmo can be a mechanic in MD.......so i guess when cars go to the shop here they get a better look over (i guess) ha

MD is a funny place.

When you register your vehicle you have to pass the inspection first.

And there's always something wrong.


Basically they charge you $80 for re-aiming your headlights.



I see many vehicles out here in AZ that would be pulled over immediately in MI. I seriously doubt that the police would let 'em drive it home.

[dori36]

Originally Posted by Bydand

It you have the chones to drive it, you can register it. That being said though, a cop can pull you over and issue a repair ticket for faulty equipment. No formal inspection here.

"Chones"??? Do you mean "cojones"?

[Bydand]

Originally Posted by dori36

"Chones"??? Do you mean "cojones"?

Yes I do . Didn't notice the mistake until it was too late to change it. One of those cases of thinking one thing, typing another and still not having what comes out make a damn bit of sense.

[us66]

Originally Posted by YAZ

I see many vehicles out here in AZ that would be pulled over immediately in MI. I seriously doubt that the police would let 'em drive it home.

I doubt it...here in MI I see cars with deployed airbags (completely not street legal), cars with one working wiper, wheel toe-ins probably close to 45 degrees (most common on 80s fwd Fords) 2x4 rear bumpers (most commonly seen on 70s GMs), donut spares on the interstate, oil burning like a diesel bus, no muffler, major problems... I even drove one with a broken brake rotor once.

[jib88fer]

Yea? My 1970 Torino had a piece of locust jammed between the axle and the body when the frame rail rusted through and the rear leaf spring hanger pinged my trunk lid. Drove kinda funny over 80.....
And then there was the time my buddy had a 1961 Falcon. We were coming home from school and ran over something in the road. We looked back and it was the radiator. Only thing holding it in was the hoses, and they gave way.
Welcome to the rust belt.