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Title: getting screwed at the automobile inspection Post by: nicolas on March 15, 2007, 08:30:58 am ok, in hindsight it was not the smartest thing to do, but yesterday i went to the automobile inspection and got a deepred card.
the car hasn't been running for two years and i wanted to go so i could see what needed to be done. i also have a original engine back in the car that i never ran before, so i was sure i wouldn't pass the CO-test. but i passed that, but failed everything else... i knew there was going to be a red card but they went way far inspecting the car. they even said i had to put locking bolts on the covers of the springplates. all i know is that they have spring washers and not bolts going through. it was a nightmare before i knew it. i can almost redo all the work that has been done by all the garages i went to. evry bolt needs to be replaced and checked. i spend hundreds of euros on garages to have a better job than i could do myself, but all i got was a jog badly done. the guys at the inspection did have a point to say that bolts should screw all the way into the taps and not halfway like some were. just wanted to hear if you had some inspection-issues. ps the guys do have a point. if safety is concerned ther is no excuse, i will get everything fixed in the next couple of weeks, and hopefullly pass and drive all summer troublefree have fun driving your inspected cars this year Title: Re: getting screwed at the automobile inspection Post by: Roman on March 16, 2007, 19:32:19 pm At my last inspection I replaced my stroker engine with a stock one, just in case they were a bit picky. The inspection man (about 60 years old) laughed at all the go fast parts and a stock engine.
-"Whow cool, a line lock!" -"Oh, so you just plugged those dual AN-8 fuel lines and went with the stock line?" -"Does a stock engine REALLY need a MDS ignition and a 3" muffler :D :D". The comments were constantly with a smile on his face. I only got one remark, it was for one of the link pins that wasn't 100% adjusted. He asked how much the REAL egine had. -"200+" I responded quickly with a big grin on my face. -"Cool! If you have 200+ hp you want that link pin to be perfect so I'll scratch the remark, he responded." -"And next time, don't change the engine, I want a test ride" he shouted through the roar of the 1600 through a 3" pipe when I left the station. |