That’s a little out of the way, better off going 93 south to Anderson / Woburn train stop and take the commuter rail the rest of the way.

Not entirely sure that’s true but I’ve only experienced a fail once so it could have been a different story but I failed for worn brakes I paid for the inspection $45 at a dealership and received the state documents stating I failed, I repaired and replaced my brake’s & rotors myself, brought it back for re inspection a week later to the same dealership, passed inspection, new sticker & documents stating I had passed. Walked to the counter, all set no charge due to the inspection was paid the first time I came in. Now I know that we are talking about NH but I’m a mechanic that works in MA and I know 100% sure that you only pay for one pass or fail as long as you return to the shop that failed you and I think you can only bring it to the shop that failed you do to the state not wanting you to shop around for a pass.

Edit: I also agree with you that yes I find it very suspicious to find problems the second time around when you fixed the problems outlined by the inspecting mechanic unless somehow one mechanic did the first and did not catch what the second found as an issue.