I need to know of a good HASSLE-FREE inspection station today!

Near NCSU.

The Garage takes to long to respond!

3/9/2013 11:49:07 AM

Jiffie Lube on Western

3/9/2013 11:49:44 AM

AAA on gormens

I need to do that today but I think I'm just gonna not do it.

I'm Krallum and I approved this message.

3/9/2013 11:50:31 AM

^^ Man they are the most annoying place to go. I will never go there again.

I use to go to Peace Street Inspections, and they are just as bad as Jiffy Lube with the hassles. Never again tho.

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 11:52 AM. Reason : /]

3/9/2013 11:50:43 AM

I have never had any ”hassles” when getting any vehicle inspected, ever.

What do these people do that gets you panties in a bunch?

3/9/2013 12:27:56 PM

When a tear of an 1/8 of inch (or less) of a wiper blade causes you to fail an inspection, or you fail because of your serpentine belt is not up to 'their' standards; 'their' being essentially drunks that work at these places. Or something is wrong with a BACK tire that you somehow can not see, but they have some sort of x-ray vision or thermal sensing or some shit like that.

3/9/2013 1:23:53 PM

only thing i ever failed an inspection for at jiffy lube was when my parking break wouldn't hold...got it tightened and it passed

sounds like you whip a beater

3/9/2013 1:28:31 PM

One of my whips is a 99, and ain't shit wrong with it. Its never anything with car. It always shit ON the car, and I know they are bullshitting me around.

3/9/2013 1:33:59 PM

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"Jiffie Lube on Western"

No.

3/9/2013 1:34:50 PM

I love that there are no inspections in FL

3/9/2013 2:51:08 PM

Pit stop on Maynard.

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 3:11 PM. Reason : Or whatever, if they changed names]

3/9/2013 3:10:01 PM

the place near the applebee's on hillsborough st used to be good. haven't been there in years so it may not even exist anymore. they got my beater through inspection many times.

3/9/2013 4:44:10 PM

Some garage in the hood

[Edited on March 9, 2013 at 4:47 PM. Reason : Just buy some oils or an iPhone cover]

3/9/2013 4:46:24 PM

do not go to any chains for an inspection

go to some shithole repair shop that is only open m-f

3/9/2013 5:05:47 PM

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"or you fail because of your serpentine belt is not up to 'their' standards"

That is not part of the safety inspection last time I checked.

3/9/2013 5:52:45 PM

^ Hey dumbass, what I saying is that I KNOW what the belt should look like in a safe condition but some asshole failed my car so I pretty much had to go back to them after I put the belt on the car. Is this really hard to follow how you can be MADE to spend more if you get them to install it or just wasting gas driving away to repair it yourself and driving back? Or do you not generally know anything about a car?

3/9/2013 11:21:40 PM

If you know the laws and you know you're shit is right there is no need for hassling

3/9/2013 11:23:12 PM

Haha, OK.

3/9/2013 11:24:59 PM

And.. A serpentine belt (most) drives the power steering pulley on a car so if it dry rotted or cracked or squeaking. 9/10 it's gonna fail.

3/9/2013 11:27:48 PM

I guess you can't read. Let me sorta spell it out for you - I have been working on my own cars every since I was 17 years old, I know when the belt needs changing, and I know when it does not. You don't have to take my work for it, but inspection stations are rip people off all the time for unnecessary part replacements and such.

In the case of a dry rotted or squeaking one, sure I can break, but there is not a 90% chance - I have seen belts last for VERY long time despite any obvious serious wear on it. In my case they was NOTHING wrong with the belt at all. They just want to charge me 90 bucks to replace it. I went and got the belt myself and put it up there, not because it needed but I had to.

[Edited on March 10, 2013 at 12:34 AM. Reason : /]

3/10/2013 12:30:34 AM

Pit Stop in Cary has always been good.

3/10/2013 8:10:21 AM

8 different cars over a number of years including one that was 20 years old and I've never failed an inspection

maybe you should start maintaining your fucking car instead of blaming the inspection station

3/10/2013 8:41:13 AM

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" Hey dumbass, what I saying is that I KNOW what the belt should look like in a safe condition but some asshole failed my car so I pretty much had to go back to them after I put the belt on the car. Is this really hard to follow how you can be MADE to spend more if you get them to install it or just wasting gas driving away to repair it yourself and driving back? Or do you not generally know anything about a car?"

What I was telling you is that they are committing fraud. A serpentine belt and its condition ARE NOT part of the safety inspection therefore a safety inspection station cannot fail you for that item.

3/10/2013 12:12:29 PM

^ That's how I read it.

Also, avoid the Firestone downtown. I worked next to them for 3 years and they would ALWAYS fail tires, then offer to replace them for you at an inflated price. The time they did it to me I went down to the used tired shop next to the Harley dealer. While I was in the waiting room they had 3 more customers come in and ask for inspection ready tires. The guy at the counter flat out asked if they had gone to Fireestone and failed on tires. Apparently they get a lot of business from customers who refused to buy parts/services from the company that ran the inspections. He said most tires they pull off should have passed inspection.

3/10/2013 12:27:19 PM

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"Yea I went all dressed up after work the other day to get my truck re-inspected, and the guys at Chapel Hill Tire tried to fuck me over. Said my serpentine belt was "cracked" and wanted $120 to replace it. It was fine, no cracks across it, just the usual little cracks on the ribbed side of it. So I went outside, got my spare serpentine belt out of the toolbox and changed the bitch myself in the damn parking lot. They never even popped the hood, but just signed off on it. Trying to get over on people with stupid shit like that is why I am fine with them ending the inspections. Only 18 states have them. It's not like driving into the other 32 have these absolute shit heaps riding around any more than you see in NC."

-Nighthawk
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Who would you report this type of activity to if it is indeed fraudulent? Attorney general? DOT?


To answer the OP's question...I go to Quality Inspection on Chatham St. in Cary (the road that Hillsborough/Western turns into). They are thorough and they do check things like catalytic converters that other places might gloss over, but they have never failed me or tried to sell me on anything (belts, wipers, ...etc). Seems legit to me after taking 2-3 cars per year there for the past 5 years or so. It's not the place I'd go if I were concerned about passing though.

[Edited on March 10, 2013 at 12:42 PM. Reason : l]

3/10/2013 12:34:37 PM

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"Who would you report this type of activity to if it is indeed fraudulent? Attorney general? DOT?"

DMV License and Theft

3/10/2013 1:27:42 PM

has seedless always been this incoherent?

or... is this a clever troll?

3/10/2013 1:32:22 PM