Pete,
Ain't bureaucracy grand...? This "theatre of the absurd" must have been
very frustrating, even armed with your "evidence". I can just hear the
indignant words of your "expert" inspector...'-)
Gerard
At 1:25 PM -0400 6/10/00, Jpp963@aol.com wrote:
>All CT listers-
>Went to get the safety inspection done on the bugeye this AM. First mistake
>was to take it to an emissions station for inspection, as they are clueless
>when it comes to older cars (they recently began inspecting pre 1968
>vehicles). Jay F. had warned me about CT DMV being anal about the screwed on
>VIN plate so I was prepared for this. After comparing the chassis ID plate
>to the body number plates on the doors they were convinced this was a
>"composite" vehicle (made up from multiple cars). The girl stated that since
>she had gone through training on this matter she knew everything. Tried to
>show her in OS&M that they never match, but she refused.
>
>To top it all off they then tried to fail me for no outside door handles!!!!
>Luckily I convinced the manager to call Wethersfield and they straightened
>her out (grey market vehicle my a**). In the end I passed but it was a very
>frustrating 2 hours. I recommend that anyone who needs to have inspection
>done to go to a DMV location. Good luck.
>
>Pete G.
>Southington, CT
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