05-26-2015, 02:19 AM
I still think this is a good system. Back in Canada we only have to get a safety inspection ONCE when you register the car and usually only if it is 5 years or older. But the inspection are very thorough, down to checking tie rod ends and if your muffler has the correct hangers on it etc and they cost 120 or so.
If you buy a car from the US its even stricter and cost 200 or so and an heavy truck or RV is 350. But the silly part is as long as you keep that car you never have to get another inspection. You can be driving a 40 year old farm truck out in the country with no muffler, no turn signals, no horn, hell no brakes if youre nuts and youre all legal as far as inspection requirements go.
Now if you happen to pull into one of the portable inspection enforcement stations the cops put up random places youre likely getting towed and and a few hundred in fines. Id rather have a yearly inspection.
If you buy a car from the US its even stricter and cost 200 or so and an heavy truck or RV is 350. But the silly part is as long as you keep that car you never have to get another inspection. You can be driving a 40 year old farm truck out in the country with no muffler, no turn signals, no horn, hell no brakes if youre nuts and youre all legal as far as inspection requirements go.
Now if you happen to pull into one of the portable inspection enforcement stations the cops put up random places youre likely getting towed and and a few hundred in fines. Id rather have a yearly inspection.