what kind of inspection was that? I don't know if Illinois has anything
like that...i've owned a number of vehicles and have never had to go thru
anything like that.
~Josh
00 CC V6
>
>Yesterday, I took my 98 V6 CC in for it's first inspection since I bought
>it
>in 1998. I live in New Jersey. After pulling in and getting out of the
>car, the inspector started going through his normal inspection routine.
>Standing to the side I noticed that he paid special attention to the rear
>of
>my truck. I have a Gibson split rear exhaust system. He then had another
>inspector come by to take a look at the rear. The second inspector, a
>young
>kid, then got down and took a look under the right side of my truck. The
>first inspector then proceeded to take my truck through the remainder of
>the
>inspection, emissions test, brake check, suspension check, etc. When he
>got
>to the end the inspection lane he handed me a sheet of paper stating that
>my
>truck failed for having an exhaust system that was too loud. When I asked
>him how he came to such a conclusion he told me it was based on his
>personal
>opinion and I could speak to a manager if I wanted to. I stopped
>questioning him as I felt he wouldn't change his decision and the fact that
>he didn't seem to have a good grasp of the English language. The
>inspection
>stall is a large steel shell building on a concrete floor which pretty much
>act like an echo chamber.
>
>I then pulled by truck out and parked it outside in the employees lot to
>get
>hold of a manager. Stepping in to the employee trailer, I asked one of the
>inspectors in there to explain why my truck failed. When he read that it
>was for a loud exhaust system he said come on out a let's take a listen.
>On
>the way out he mentioned he would normally fail a car with a loud exhaust
>system if that car was parked next to his house and started up everyday at
>5:30 in the morning. Next to where I parked was an early model Camaro with
>a split rear exhaust system and a rice cake with a coffee can sized exhaust
>tip. I assume these cars belong to employees of the inspection station. I
>started up my truck with the manager standing 5 feet behind it. After 5
>seconds, he said my exhaust system wasn't too loud and told me to pull my
>car over to the exit of the inspection lanes and have my new inspection
>sticker put on.
>
>What should have been a fifteen minute inspection ended up taking at least
>a
>half an hour. I wanted to say something to the first inspector but decided
>against it and headed on home.
>
>Ken
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