Anonymous
Post 12/28/2019 18:12     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how many people think inspectors are a scam.


Inspectors are scam artists. I have had them put a rejection sticker on my car for something that is not a part of the safety inspection regulations which meant I had to spend another hour + $16 getting it reinspected somewhere else. Other common scams are telling you your headlights are out of alignment or you need to purchase a new gas cap from them in order to pass.


A gas cap is emissions not safety. Do you hate the Earth that much?

You get a $1 reinspection if you go back to the same station. Why are you shopping around?


I shop around because these are not real problems. If these inspections were real I would not be able to pass after simply driving to a different gas station in Arlington. It's just shady business required by the state.
Anonymous
Post 12/28/2019 06:37     Subject: Re:Car tax vs auto inspection
When our sales tax went from 5 to 6 % it was a extra tax for NOVA roads only.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 20:40     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Paying an extra dollar or two at the pump is nothing. Spending an hour every single year at the shop to get a car inspection is worth a lot of money to me. You are wrong OP. My time is worth more.


The gas tax has not been raised in year ....there is a reason. Look for more and more toll road.


Actually our sales tax was raised to pay for roads. They were never built!
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 19:05     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how many people think inspectors are a scam.


Inspectors are scam artists. I have had them put a rejection sticker on my car for something that is not a part of the safety inspection regulations which meant I had to spend another hour + $16 getting it reinspected somewhere else. Other common scams are telling you your headlights are out of alignment or you need to purchase a new gas cap from them in order to pass.


A gas cap is emissions not safety. Do you hate the Earth that much?

You get a $1 reinspection if you go back to the same station. Why are you shopping around?
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 18:19     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how many people think inspectors are a scam.


Inspectors are scam artists. I have had them put a rejection sticker on my car for something that is not a part of the safety inspection regulations which meant I had to spend another hour + $16 getting it reinspected somewhere else. Other common scams are telling you your headlights are out of alignment or you need to purchase a new gas cap from them in order to pass.


What mechanical experience do you have??


None, but when you can simply drive your car with a rejection sticker to another shop and pass with any of the above issues, it is clearly a scam. Maybe it's different out in the rural areas where people drive beaters bur around here it's just a cash cow for shady gas stations.


So, has this happened to you personally? Please, do share.


Why didn't you report them to the State Police?? The shop and Technician would lose their license ???
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 12:22     Subject: Re:Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:MD doesn't have car inspections, just emissions testing. The per-capita vehicle fatality rate is higher in VA than MD, according to IIHS statistics.


That would explain why most of the beaters around here have MD tags...
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 12:20     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how many people think inspectors are a scam.


Inspectors are scam artists. I have had them put a rejection sticker on my car for something that is not a part of the safety inspection regulations which meant I had to spend another hour + $16 getting it reinspected somewhere else. Other common scams are telling you your headlights are out of alignment or you need to purchase a new gas cap from them in order to pass.


What mechanical experience do you have??


None, but when you can simply drive your car with a rejection sticker to another shop and pass with any of the above issues, it is clearly a scam. Maybe it's different out in the rural areas where people drive beaters bur around here it's just a cash cow for shady gas stations.


So, has this happened to you personally? Please, do share.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 12:19     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Car tax revenue doesn't go to the state.

The decision to eliminate the safety inspection is just a cheap political trick to partially cover the gas tax increase, which will cost drivers more in the long-term.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 11:39     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:Why not add a additional tax to cars that cost over 20,000 dollars?


So every single car?
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 11:27     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how many people think inspectors are a scam.


Inspectors are scam artists. I have had them put a rejection sticker on my car for something that is not a part of the safety inspection regulations which meant I had to spend another hour + $16 getting it reinspected somewhere else. Other common scams are telling you your headlights are out of alignment or you need to purchase a new gas cap from them in order to pass.


What mechanical experience do you have??


None, but when you can simply drive your car with a rejection sticker to another shop and pass with any of the above issues, it is clearly a scam. Maybe it's different out in the rural areas where people drive beaters bur around here it's just a cash cow for shady gas stations.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 11:09     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
A gas cap is 10 dollars at Walmart!
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 11:09     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how many people think inspectors are a scam.


Inspectors are scam artists. I have had them put a rejection sticker on my car for something that is not a part of the safety inspection regulations which meant I had to spend another hour + $16 getting it reinspected somewhere else. Other common scams are telling you your headlights are out of alignment or you need to purchase a new gas cap from them in order to pass.


What mechanical experience do you have??
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 10:45     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how many people think inspectors are a scam.


Inspectors are scam artists. I have had them put a rejection sticker on my car for something that is not a part of the safety inspection regulations which meant I had to spend another hour + $16 getting it reinspected somewhere else. Other common scams are telling you your headlights are out of alignment or you need to purchase a new gas cap from them in order to pass.
Anonymous
Post 12/27/2019 10:16     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
How will our roads be safer from not having auto inspections??
Anonymous
Post 12/26/2019 08:22     Subject: Car tax vs auto inspection
Anonymous wrote:The amazing thing is how many people think inspectors are a scam.


Inspections?