Re: Maryland Inspection (again)
From: biggyg@hotmail.com
Date: Fri 12 Mar 2004 - 22:18:08 EST
I moved to Maryland from Virginia in September and the first attempt
at getting my Mi16 inspected turned up a few things.. like HEADLIGHT
ADJUSTERS! I just think it is rediculus that someone should ask about
an adjuster if the lights are adjusted! And it is so subjective.. the
guy told me he smells gas in the engine bay... He doesn't see a leak
of any kind.. and he is inspecting it in an area full of cars with
gas. He also told me the alternator belt is kinda old and needs to be
changed.. (they looked just fine to me). I think if the state of
Maryland is so concerned about your car, they should take it
completely apart and inspect the timing belts, the cylinder heads,
the flywheel, crankshaft, etc.. because it just might not look right.
Or tell everyone not to bring any used cars from out of state..
But once inspected, you can drive out and get hit and have a big dent
that makes your light shine in everybody's face. No one cares. No
more inspection.
Virginia is much more reasonable.. eventhough I still hate the fact
that you have to get so many little things (like the marker lights on
the bumpers) to work. And you have to do it every two years.
Sorry for the rant, but I might have to give up Peugoets or move out
of Maryland.. and I love peugeots and can't move out of Maryland for
atleast another 5 years...
Gashaw
in Maryland but missing Seattle..
1989 Mi16 160K with cylinder head problems
1989 SW8 114K with temporary Virginia PLATES
--- In peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com, "N9TE" <Fujitsu@t...> wrote:
> Man, that's pretty medieval! Here in WA, there are no inspections
> whatever. Unless you're importing the car from another state. I
only
> did that once and the state patrol only wanted to know the brake
lights,
> blinkers and horn worked.
>
> Sounds like the bi-annual Japanese inspection. The world most anal.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: atikovi [mailto:atikovi@e...]
> Sent: Friday, March 12, 2004 4:51 PM
> To: peugeot-L@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Peugeot-L] Re: Maryland Inspection (again)
>
>
> No legit inspector is going to pass a car if it has obvious
defects.
> It's the borderline items that can turn a cheap inspection into an
> expensive one and a lot of what borderline items he determines will
> pass or fail can be influenced by what side of the bed the
inspector
> got up on or if his boss got on his back earlier in the day.
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