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the mandatory periodic inspections here.

My 25 y.o. micro van was due and with minor prep got óne defect noted:
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The front license plate was deemed a defect to be listed.
The perspective being that two´leves´(light defect) can equal fail.


Repaired with a blob of white nail polish.
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Dang, here in Michigan I've seen vehicles with bent frames, duct tape for windows and belching blue smoke still on the road.

Sometimes I'd welcome vehicle inspections here.
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76 Sprint V, 63 GL, 62 VBB, 05 Stella, 66 Smallstate, 66 Lammy S3
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Yeah. In Tennessee, so long as it can pass an emissions test every two years, it can be a rolling deathtrap.
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'15 GTS300, '86 PX125EFL, '66 VBB, '01 ET4
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in california - no inspections or rules whatsoever. we suck for title transfers and back fees, but once it's yours, do whatcha like.
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2005 Vespa PX 150 Serie America #107 of 500
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sdjohn wrote:
in california - no inspections or rules whatsoever. we suck for title transfers and back fees, but once it's yours, do whatcha like.
On January 1st 2025 the vehicle inspections in Texas will be no more!
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it is here to stay.
Once sold as a safety tool to get dangerous vehicles up to scratch or off the road, it is now a political tool to eliminated older ICE. The end game is phasing out autonomous vehicles.
The only vehicles ´safe´ from it are those predating emission laws demanding catalytic converters. Thus thóse are submitted to sillyness in order to discourage their use.

For motorbikes/scooters;


Euro emission standards for two- and three-wheelers
Standard Date CO (g/km) NOx (g/km) HC (g/km) PM (g/km) NMHC (g/km)
Euro I 1999 13.0 0.3 3.0
Euro II 2003 5.5 0.3 1.0
Euro III 2006 2.0 0.15 0.3
Euro IV 2016 1.14 0.09 0.17
Euro V 2020 1.00 0.06 0.10 0.0045 0.068
Euro V+ 2024 1.00 0.06 0.10 0.0045 0.068

Ergo; for NSM you ideally want a pre ´99 one and at the very latest a pre-cat PX.
For MV pre Euro 4 is better and Euro 5 imo getting into programmed obsolescence.
The periodic inspections are to enforce the obsolescence.
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I find I post this more and more every year. Enjoy.

Quote:
My uncle has a country place
That no one knows about
He says it used to be a farm
Before the Motor Law
And on Sundays I elude the eyes
And hop the Turbine Freight
To far outside the Wire
Where my white-haired uncle waits
Jump to the ground
As the Turbo slows to cross the borderline
Run like the wind
As excitement shivers up and down my spine
Down in his barn
My uncle preserved for me an old machine
For fifty odd years
To keep it as new has been his dearest dream
I strip away the old debris
That hides a shining car
A brilliant red Barchetta
From a better vanished time
I fire up the willing engine
Responding with a roar
Tires spitting gravel
I commit my weekly crime
Wind
In my hair
Shifting and drifting
Mechanical music
Adrenaline surge
Well-weathered leather
Hot metal and oil
The scented country air
Sunlight on chrome
The blur of the landscape
Every nerve aware
Suddenly ahead of me
Across the mountainside
A gleaming alloy air car
Shoots towards me, two lanes wide
I spin around with shrieking tires
To run the deadly race
Go screaming through the valley
As another joins the chase
Drive like the wind
Straining the limits of machine and man
Laughing out loud with fear and hope
I've got a desperate plan
At the one-lane bridge
I leave the giants stranded at the riverside
Race back to the farm
To dream with my uncle at the fireside
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