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Capital-Giraffe-4122 t1_ixa8fep wrote

Reply to comment by --Cr1imsoN-- in New car failed inspection. Was pressured to pay about $1k in repairs to pass. I took my car to the dealership instead and it passed inspection by mandyaffogato

I grew up in NJ and there were State Inspection stations. They were big drive thru buildings and you just drove through and the inspectors would check out your car. If you failed something they'd give you a window sticker good for 30 days so you could make the repair. You'd have to go back again and get retested. If you passed you got a sticker and went on your way. This didn't cost anything outside of the normal fees and taxes you pay to drive a car. It was a decent system although the lines were always long.

I think they stopped this a few years ago though.

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mbz321 t1_ixasole wrote

I think they still do testing but you only need it every couple years and it is still 'free'.

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kenziethemom t1_ixbf7zr wrote

This is how it was in AZ. However, i only discovered it, after driving a vehicle for like 3 years without getting any of the "proper" stickers, and then purchasing a SUV that needed us to actually get new stickers. However, that SUV was right at the "classic car" stage, and that was one of the drive through parts.

Texas and PA are (as of this post) NOT like that, but once I experienced it in AZ, I felt like that was such a productive way to do it. Especially because if you need some type of work, they tell you exactly what it is, why it's important and time to fix it and go back.

Again, not perfect but it was definitely the best out of other places I've lived lol

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