Track_ShovelAssumptions
andrewta
Oh yep, in Australia we colloquially call it “the pits” as in “Gotta take the car to the pits” but I’d say the more universal term would be checking the vehicle’s roadworthiness, or taking it for a roadworthy.
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undefinedWe call it getting it “smogged” in Los Angeles as the concern is cutting emissions to reduce smog; though many of the requirements are naturally related to road worthiness too.
I own a skoolie (used school bus converted to a motorhome) and it’s hilarious how much of the community likes to rant about Cali’s strict emissions policies being the result of liberal woke culture. No, you dumbfucks, it’s because they’re sandwiched between prevailing westerly winds and a fucking mountain range. You either restrict vehicle emissions or you live in a cloud of smog.
Here in PA, the roadworthiness inspection is separate from the emissions inspection (although both are usually done at the same time).
Fun fact, California doesn’t mandate safety or roadworthiness inspections for personal vehicles at all - only emissions.
This was a bit of a surprise to me when I moved here, given CAs reputation.
I guess vehicles don’t have to be all that safe when they’re just sitting in traffic.
Bangs42
DasusIf it’s generally about emissions, remember to always go to a highway and drive the car in high revs (idk about automats but some of them at least have selectors or “at most first two/three gears”) for a few miles. Burns off a bit of excess that would show up when then inspector revs it.
Dad used to do it always and never got flagged for emissions. Other faults may have been there though.
Although this was on diesel idk how much it’d help on gasoline cars
This sounds more like your car is end-of-life and gets thrown into a big hole in the ground filled with lava.
“We got to make a sacrifice to please the car god!”
No. Car god gets tiny mangled bodies. It’s very well fed.
thanksforallthefishPink slip in NSW
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RhaedasSeen this before, but I really hope they tried to upsell all sorts of crap. And then got educated on cars.
I don’t think you can really upsell anything at an MOT place, they just have to tell you what you need to fix and you do it on your own time. At least that’s how it is with TÜV in my country, which is the equivalent
I think in the UK the mechanic usually does the testing and the fixing.
Ah, seems you’re right, turns out in the UK most garages do MOTs. Where I come from, that would mean every car could be passed without being roadworthy, as no garage would voluntarily declare a car they’ve been maintaining as unroadworthy, plus you could just throw your mate a 50 euro note. So instead, we have certifications and licenses for TÜV inspectors and they get taken away if you get caught. There have to be cameras for investigators to see what was checked on any particular car and what was not. They can catch you if you pass a car with something like a malfunctioning light bulb. There’s spot checks (rare tbh) and of course if a particular garage or inspector is being suspected, they’ll be under extra surveillance. Plus you need equipment like the suspension and brake testers, so it doesn’t make sense for every single garage to join the org (paid membership), invest thousands if not tens of thousands in equipment plus all the mechanics to get tested, as there just wouldn’t be enough demand.
potoooooooo ✅️Jesus. Yeah, here, I’d just throw a guy $50.
This was a huge problem here, to the point that people have died from cars simply not having any brakes and nobody giving a fuck because you could just give the inspection guy some money, so why bother fixing.
I used to live in Albuquerque NM which was one of the first places to impose emissions restrictions on cars. I took my '76 VW Rabbit in to be emissions-tested, and the mechanic spent half an hour trying to get the thing to pass. Finally he just stuck the sensor up the tailpipe of his own car and issued me my sticker. Lest any Albuquerquians get angry at me, I moved to Denver a week later.
This was common here in Estonia till they mandated the cameras. I’ve heard a story of one guy lighting matches to get some CO2 reading out of a completely perforated exhaust - though not sure if it’s true. My coursemate said that in his family, for about a decade, only the car’s registration papers visited the inspector, they didn’t bother driving there.
Where I come from, that would mean every car could be passed without being roadworthy, as no garage would voluntarily declare a car they’ve been maintaining as unroadworthy, plus you could just throw your mate a 50 euro note
Here in the Netherlands you can get your car MOT’d (APK in Dutch) at most garages. The person doing the inspection has to be licensed though and they can lose their license if found to be passing cars they shouldn’t.
After they enter a car into the system as passed they can get a random inspection by someone from the RDW (government service for road traffic) who will double-check their work.
LumpyPancakesI believe in Australia they have to meet a certain fail quota or the government gets suss.
Northern Ireland being the exception in the UK, we have government run test centres with dedicated inspectors. You the car there, you get it inspected and if it fails you take it to your mechanic. Honestly a much better system IMO, mechanics were always finding something that needed fixed when I was in England and that disappeared miraculously in NI.
That’s often the case, or for a smaller garage they will do (if you ask for it) a pre-inspection/service & then take it somewhere else to be tested.
AFAIK It’s allowed to be driven on the road without a valid MOT if it’s on the way to or from an appointment at a testing centre, and a retest is free.
Any former chief mechanic of a formula one racing team want to try this with me? Sounds fun. Must be female-presenting.
I recently swapped out the starter solenoid on an old Ford truck (and it eventually worked)! And I feel I’d probably rock a dress if I tried. We can give it a shot, but no promises it goes like you imagine.
I’ve restored a few classics and like to think I know what I’m doing. I’ll put on a dress for you, but I’m not shaving my beard
Likewise, the beard is non-negotiable.
I’ve replaced a headlight bulb once and otherwise always take the car to the shop for literally everything else. But I will put on a dress for you and shave my beard!
Serious question: why do a lot of people lose their shit when someone uses the word “female” and sometimes it’s okay?
Adjective ✅
Noun ❌
Verb?
Let’s female this.
SneezycatImma female all over their face!
Usually you gotta add an ing to verbify it, but I think it works just fine on its own.
Femaling, amirite? 🙄
Stop Englishing me!
Mooooooom they’re turning the word “verb” into a verb
HossenfefferYou possibilised verbing!
What are you, some kind of female lover?
Ever since that meme I’m stuck reading Female pronounced like Tamale and it’s the best thing ever
Oh no, the shop guy made an assumption based on the prevailing and mostly accurate generalization that men like cars. THE HORROR!
Nah. Y’all are annoying everyone into fascism.
It’s not accurate though?*
So it sojnds REALLY stupid and super mean-spirited.
- At least not since some decades afrer women could have credit without a certifiedpenishaver to cosign, iow, the legalization of women’s free access to cars.
Wow, people see that things happen a certain way 99 times out of 100 and adjust behavior accordingly. How terrible