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nightmare69 wrote:I know how costly it can be when they check engine light comes on.

About $13 on Amazon for a Bluetooth reader and $5 for the app that tells you what the most likely cause is.

Reset it as you pull in for the inspection, and hope they get done before the light comes back on.

Abraham wrote:Walk, lardo...or get a junky bike or a better job or an education loser.

Maybe you should stop being dependent on "losers," then. You think someone with a good education is going to unclog your toilet, mow your lawn or stock the shelves at the grocery store?

steveincowtown wrote:Same was true when I lived in Maryland. I had a car that I blew the engine on so I stopped paying the insurance. Sheriff showed up on a Saturday morning to collect the plates. I was young and a bit foolish and the time, so I was just happy he wasn't their to collect me!

Last beater I had blew the engine and coasted into a sloped parking lot. Kept liability insurance on it for a couple extra months until I found a buyer just in case the parking brake failed. (no compression on the engine, so being in first gear wouldn't have slowed it down much) Insurance company tried to talk me out of dropping the U/UMC on it, but I wasn't too worried as I was just looking for somebody to haul it to the scrap yard.

As it turned out my cousin had a 15 year old he wanted to learn about cars a bit before he got his license, so they paid $100, hauled it home with a tow bar, stripped it down explaining each part of the engine and transmission, sold the wheels for more than the original $100, and put the starter, coil pack, alternator and a few other parts on Craigslist to help fund the flatbed they'll need to get the carcass to a scrapyard.

IIRC, some eastern state has optional inspections; if you're current, any equipment failure is an automatic no-cost fix-it ticket. Shows you make a reasonable effort to keep the car roadworthy. Illegal equipment, or failures without a current inspection are officer's discretion.

IME, most of the cars I see with safety issues have a current sticker. Considering that even if you crack down on too-easy stations, a problem can go for as much as 364 days before the next inspection, pretending it's really improving safety is silly.