Ha. Here in the land of the free and the home of cheap (on the world scale)
gasoline, there is no vehicle inspection at all, unless you have just
imported the vehicle from another state or country, and then all they do is
verify the VIN. So you can imagine that each of the 40 million or so
vehicles on the road in California is in tip-top condition, based solely on
its owner's sense of responsibility. Can't you?
on 8/21/01 12:40 AM, ????? ??????? at Rmartin@yedtech.co.il wrote:
> I have days when I wish we HAD an equivalent of the MOT.
>
> Inspection here basically amounts to :
> Brakes? Yep.
> Lights? Yep.
> OK, you pass.
> Of course, being that my B is more than 25 years old, I need this ridiculous
> excuse for an inspection twice a year, rather than just once. As though it
> matters.
>
> I trust my regular maintenance, and I trust my mechanic for bigger stuff,
> but I'm sure that if some scary 'government official' was giving my car a
> strict and through checkup every year I would be much more conscientious
> about keeping things as they should be. Not so much for the piddly legalese
> (like US vs. GB lighting standards) but rather for the supposedly
> professional checks of suspension, fuel system, brakes, body, etc . . .
>
> It would probably make me feel a bit more secure about some of the other
> junkers on the road too (you know, the ones that look like they use the
> bodywork as brakes whenever necessary . . .)
>
> RMartin
> Tel Aviv
>
--
Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the red one with the silver bootlid.
///
/// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list
/// (If they are dupes, this trailer may also catch them.)
|