Vehicle Inspection.

*Didn't know where to post this, so I put it in general*

I am looking for someone that can perform a legal provincial "light vehicle inspection" that is *cough*lenient*cough*. I've had a car safetied before and it makes a WORLD of difference if you get someone that isn't out to take your money.

This isn't for my fiero but for my brother, who seems to have been scammed. He bought the car, everything seemed to be clear. But when he tried to insure it they said that it had been flagged by the police for something (e-brake cable or something) and the previous owner never officially got it fixed. Now the car needs to be inspected before it can be insured. The car is in good shape just needs a "light vehicle inspection".

If it can't be insured, does anyone want to buy a 94 Ford Probe GT? Red ext, Black int, Auto, 180km, New tires, etc etc. needs inspection.

ICBC or MVI Inspections are not a money making scam unless the shop you are using is abusing them. There is far too much junk on the road today that are serious safety risks. The more MVI notices the police gives out the better. As for checking ball joints and rotor thickness with a micrometer, the Inspection forms REQUIRE the tech to record the frt and rear rotor/drum specs....they HAVE to measure them. If you pass an inspection and then go out and crash your car. In the process kill a bus load of school children. Then ICBC Investigates and finds that someone just did an inspection and the frt end was not tight or it needed rotors, ICBC will sue the Shop and/or Tech. Personally when I do inspections I would rather you spend $200 on rotors or other safety repairs then cause injury to innocent people. It is unbelievable the vehicles that I have failed, absolute death traps, and the customer is always so suprised and pissed-off. sure ....you don't spend a dime on your vehicle for 5 years and expect it to pass inspection???? What planet are you from??

So, check around, find a good shop with a reputation for honest work, trust their inspection and understand that your car should be safe for the road if not for you then for others! Most shops will wave the re-inspect fee if you have the work done at their shop. If you need a good shop in the Okanagan Valley, try Williams Auto......250-860-2812 (kelowna) been around for 38 years, family owned, you will get a fair inspection and quality work by good Techs. Or if you don't mind $114 shop rate, email me.

Having a dime size crack on a windshield does not mean it's unfit for driving, nor does a 1/10 of a mm less tread than your supposed to. I understand that there needs to be a line but from my experience certain shops *cough*CT*cough* create excuses to over-bill you.

In my case the crack in the glass was on the passenger side, of the glass at the bottom. An ex girlfriend of mine, had her foot resting on the dash on a long drive down a mountain back road, we hit an un-expected bump and I am not sure if her foot bounced up or she tried to brace herself with her foot or a combination of the 2, but it put an half moon crack about 3 inches long in the bottom corner of the glass. As far as tires go, if I am at the wear bars, and can't afford new tires, the local tire shop usually has some "take offs" from newer cars that they will sell at 1/2 price or the local wrecking yard will sell you a set for 60 bucks assuming you are not running anything exotic. So ya replace any worn out tires.   On my V8 I have to replace the rear tires about once a year. One thing I would fail on is parking brake. I don't have one. I have Grand-Am brakes on the back of my 85GT V8.   My car stops far better with the Grand Am brakes and in panic situations, saved me more than a few times.   Ebrake on the other hand, I have never used it to actually stop ANY car I have ever driven. If you are losing fluid, in most cases, you will notice an odd feeling in the pedal long before total brake failure, and even if you completely blow a line while driving, the proportioning valve in the master will kick over and at least give you braking to 2 wheels. So you can safely pull over. However for the sheer reason of being legal, I am looking into the Cadillac Caliper conversion so I can keep my Grand Am rotors and use the Caddy calipers which would give me an E-Brake.