stevenjchang
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my car needs an inspection and i'm dreading it
first question, does anyone live in dutches county or ulster country and have a mechanic i can trust not to rip me off.
this is the first time i'll be getting this car inspected, i bought it from a dealer on ebay
its a 94 accord, 120,000 miles. everything is fine... for the most part. i did get the muffler and the whole pipe replaced, but i went to a really cheap place, so, i was pissed but they ended up putting on a really cheap piece of crap metal pipe that they bent themselves (which i knew), but it doesnt fit at all and they chopped off the original metal bracket that held the muffler pipe (which i didnt know). but its not lose or anything. i have a trusted mechanic (friend of a friend of a friend) in a different county... i usually go there with my previous cars, but i'm afraid my car won't pass emissions this time with the cheap muffler.
hence the problem, i usually goto another country (westchester) because i trust them, but this inspection has to be done in dutchess (if i do it in dutchess i dont have to take the emissions - but the rest of the tests will be done by a shop i dont know) or do it in westchester and have to take an additional emissions tests which i might fail (and once i am given emission and fail, i have to pass it, i cant go up to dutchess and ignore it) i'm 80% sure my car will pass an honest inspection without emissions, different internet forums have different opinion on what's the likelyhood that shops are honest.
thoughts anyone? recommendations anyone? any nation-wide chains with good reputation perhaps?
first question, does anyone live in dutches county or ulster country and have a mechanic i can trust not to rip me off.
this is the first time i'll be getting this car inspected, i bought it from a dealer on ebay
its a 94 accord, 120,000 miles. everything is fine... for the most part. i did get the muffler and the whole pipe replaced, but i went to a really cheap place, so, i was pissed but they ended up putting on a really cheap piece of crap metal pipe that they bent themselves (which i knew), but it doesnt fit at all and they chopped off the original metal bracket that held the muffler pipe (which i didnt know). but its not lose or anything. i have a trusted mechanic (friend of a friend of a friend) in a different county... i usually go there with my previous cars, but i'm afraid my car won't pass emissions this time with the cheap muffler.
hence the problem, i usually goto another country (westchester) because i trust them, but this inspection has to be done in dutchess (if i do it in dutchess i dont have to take the emissions - but the rest of the tests will be done by a shop i dont know) or do it in westchester and have to take an additional emissions tests which i might fail (and once i am given emission and fail, i have to pass it, i cant go up to dutchess and ignore it) i'm 80% sure my car will pass an honest inspection without emissions, different internet forums have different opinion on what's the likelyhood that shops are honest.
thoughts anyone? recommendations anyone? any nation-wide chains with good reputation perhaps?