safety

diymirage said

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that's the way it is in the Netherlands, every vehicle over 36 months old needs to be checked by a licensed shop
if you pass, your plates can be renewed, and if you fail, you can NOT renew the plates on that vehicle until after whatever was wrong got fixed
I once had a car fail because of worn out bushings in the front end

the "only" things that could fail would be things they deem dangerous (bald tires for instance) or emissions issues

im not a big fan of more government, and more rules, but if we cant trust people to keep their vehicle in safe conditions, maybe its needed

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I was a professional mechanic most of my life, and I can guaranty you that people won't keep their vehicle in safe condition.:D

I had a pickup come in with what the customer called transmission issue's and when I looked under the truck I found both pivot points for his drivers side lower A arm snapped completely off (gone) and about 30 coat hangers worth of wire strapping the A arm to the frame.
They declined fixing it before they drove it the 80 miles to where they wanted to go.
Don't know what the transmission complaint was as I had it impounded without driving it.

A young guy came in with a Cadillac and when the lift took it off the ground about 20 pieces of 2x4 (wood) fell out from under it onto the floor.
I told the guys to put it down and tell him to come get it.
It was sitting on the frame after it came down, so we had to use a service jack on both ends to get it out of the building.
He had lowered it by taking all the springs out and using the 2x4 pieces stacked to set his ride height.
Actually that guy threatened to sue because we wouldn'y put all the wood back.:D

Yea, people won't make sure their vehicles are safe.