i just went to get my inspection sticker, and i was sitting there waiting for them to finish, the guy drives my car out of the garage, and i look over and c a rejection sticker, he said my exhaust was too loud. i am mad because i bought a dynomax super turbo muffler because i didnt want it to be loud. and the guy said i failed because of a wiper blade

 

For a wiper blade? Thats ****ty.

 

the con artists that almost failed me made buy new blades from them in order to pass me. i'm telling you, everyone is out to get in your pockets

 

a 5 dollar bill makes your life so much easier, even if your car is bound to pass, you save the extra 20-30 mins

 

thats as*hole sh*t. was it an independent garage or a chain store like pep boys?

 

Ya totall BS dude.

I would like to know who tried to rip you of aswel.

 

im in TN we dont have inspections, but we do have cars with tarps for doors and no hoods and truck beds made of wood

fuscking rednecks

 

What an a#$ho@#!! I had to pay extra to pass mine because of the Y.

 

I feel those inspections are just revenue raisers for government and corporations. Any state that has them smacks or socialism. Government telling people their cars pollute too much or can't have window limotint.

My property and my business is my motto. Start putting your hands in my pockets and someones going to get bit.

 

it was some low budget gas station, i didnt think they would care and that they would just want the business, i dunno whether or not to put my stock muffler back on or just go to another gas station

 

What the hell does "smacks or socialism" mean? Do you mean to say...

It smacks of socialism when state governments create laws that regulate what I can do with my property.

Because what you wrote makes absoloutely no sense.

 

Absolutely. The cars we drive do not pollute as much as one power plant. We have all these emission controls yet go to a country like Costa Rica or any other 2nd or 3rd world nation and you won't find any emission controls. Sort or reminds me of some actress that used to ask for a handout for somalians, come to find out 20 or 30 years later they have toyota trucks and AK47's.

What I am saying you can ask for a handout but don't demand it. Any law that regulates your own property is a socialistic law.

Most new cars pass emissions yet some of these states still charge for the testing.

My case in point is limotint on your car. So many people get pulled over for having too dark tint. Might as well just have inspection stations for all cars and trucks on the highway or roads and have your papers ready.

Hurray for the homeland...pffft

 

Makes perfect sense.

Big Government Control = Democrats = liberal + stupid laws to make money to pay for the drug addicts heroin needles = socialism.

Socialism by the extreme and literal definition means that everything you work for you give to the state in the form of taxes and fees and receive the same pay and money as everyone else. (Communism)

I live in Seattle and hate liberals....it's damned near ironic.

People always think of conservatives as "big brother" when really conservatives believe that people should have more individual freedom. It's the whole premise of the Republican party. Give the people the money, and they will spend it themselves. (Bush's incentives, for example)

It's also the reason there's drive-through liquor stores in Phoenix AZ, and in Seattle only the state can even sell liquor at state-run stores that are closed at 9pm and not open on Sundays. A restauraunt must sell food to sell liquor, and it cost THOUSANDS a year to get a liquor liscence.

OK - done with my rant - I know it's OT.

That sucks about the emmissions dude. Just go to another station.

IanS

 

Truthfully, I don't think theres a difference. Conservatives are for big government too. They hide behind corporations and make everyone pay to compete. Free trade agreements? Didn't notice the price of beer or Kahluha from Mexico go down did you?

 

But the theory behind a free trade agreement is letting business run itself without government intervention.

I think conservatives tend to give more freedom to the business owner, that's all.

Doesn't work all the time in reality, of course - but I am a big believer in free enterprise. It's what made us win over the Soviets, isn't it?

It's also the reason that Nissans are being made in Tenessee and Chevy's are made in Mexico.

To finish - I'm not a staunch Republican at all. I just tend to believe in their philisophies somewhat more. They pass stupid laws too. They're politicians afterall, and every politician is by nature serving his/her interests. It's been like that since the days of the Roman Senate.

I've voted bot parties for local government several times merely based on the condition of the city/state and the platforms of the individual. Not what party they are.

But I do hate rednecks and hippies.
(Just a point as to how exact philisophical opposites in the extreme often end up being similar)

 

I look at it like this..... No matter who you vote for, you are going to get screwed. Its just a matter of voting for the person you beleive will screw you the least

 

were was this what state?? Im going to be up for mine in California. dont tell me they even check that??

 

Yeah, see that NAFTA makes it easier for corporations to move their goods but your still only allowed two or four bottles of liquor. And the prices haven't went down.
Don't really think we won some sort of Cold War. Reality is the US is the biggest supporter of that oppressive state.

Make a list of all the occupations in the US that you need a license or a permit and make another with no license or permit and tell me which one is bigger. Since all these corporations are operating under a license it would suggest that these corporations are arms of the state. They collect taxes, do inspections, and intice others to submit for the benefit of the state. http://www.britannica.com/eb/article...orporatism&ct= This is not the full definition unless you subscribe. But that is the goal we have. To give up individual rights voluntarily to become corporatised by banking, buying stocks, or obtaining licenses. Hooray, capitalism!

 

So my Dad spent his life getting shot at and twice actually shot in places like Korea and Vietnam - but there was no Cold War?

We are the biggest supporter of a growing democracy that we hope one day will grow into a true democracy. We were a lot more corrupt in the early days compared to now also.

Yes- Hooray capitalism - it's the reason you can afford a Maxima and aren't stuck with a 1981 Rabbit.

Ok - this is WAY too OT - I'm unsubscribing - I know I started it, and now I feel bad.

Please continue on with your normal speak of emmissions testing.

IanS

 

Cold War a declared war? I think not. Being the worlds police man has just created a big police state. Your majority rules democracy means that everyone will vote away their rights. Yep, so much for the constitution. If the last election doesn't make you suspicious maybe the next one will. Get out the vote.

 

I didn't say it was a declared war. WHere did I say that?
It still happened nonetheless in the jungles of Vietnam, The mountains of Korea, The Savannah of Africa, the revolts in Easter Europe, the killings at the Berlin wall, etc, etc, etc.....

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=Proxy%20War

cold war
n.

often Cold War A state of political tension and military rivalry between nations that stops short of full-scale war, especially that which existed between the United States and Soviet Union following World War II.

And yes, we won it. They backed down first because their economy then government collapsed because we outspent them. It was planned that way.

And yes - vote away their rights due to constrictive laws by the Big Federal Government many politicians from both sides are trying to create.

Sorry again everyone - I shouldn't reply, but couldn't resist...I'm out...

 

Yeah, so much military rivalry that many of the military equipment we developed look very much like theirs. Political tension? Gorbochev running for governor of California next election? Sorry, just don't buy the whole idea of cold war. Maybe a good sell to the impressionable masses but not me. USSR was just a western experiment. Look at Lenin, Stalin was our ally and we sent so much agricultural equipment to USSR in 1928 that it started a world depression (find that in your dictionary).

Here's a question about socialism/communism why do they need a central bank? Aren't they against capitalism and bankers?

I think your examples of Korea and Veitnam is more of an example of what was wrong with imperialism (French and Japanese) than with some sort of political movement.

BTW only congress can declare war not some dictionary putting a face on the current propaganda circulated through a media that's too buddy buddy with govenment.

 

Dude - now you're just trying to provoke me. I can tell because you only very lighty actually responded to things I said. You just kept rambling about how the Cold War was a conspiracy or something. (Actually, I pretty much lost you....you structure your sentences like a 5 year old.)

I guess you win, you're too smart for me.

Please let this guy have his thread back - seriously. He doesn't give a fu<k about this.

IanS

 

Did you have a point somewhere? If not don't waste my time.

 

i live in mass, i just talked to another station and they will give me a sticker, its such b/s

 

Holy SH*T!! i just tried to get my inspection done and this 1 shop yesterday told me my rear tire was bad. So i ask for the price of that tire and he tells me $127 when i have bought the same continental contiTouring for $95.

So i goto another shop where i know the guy....well the guy that i knew wasnt there but i tired to get my inspection done there and this guy tells me everything is fine except i need new brakes! When the 1st shop had told me my brakes are fine!

F'in shops are out to rip you off the first chance they get!

 

Over here in Connecticut, our testing is going to start back up and going to be done at Authorized Mechanic Shops. At that point a mechanic con artist can tell you.. "This failed, you need a new one.. I happen to have one in stock for $$$.$$. You will need it fixed or fail.. would you like me to replace it" etc... even if the crap isn't broken. I am making out lucky though. My best friends brother is An Authorized Mechanic for the testing now and I will be going to him.

 

What's up with all this inspection BS. Do you actually have to get your entire car inspected or just the emissions? Inspecting your entire car seems a little over the top to me.

 

I don't know where you are in TN, but in Memphis you have to go through inspection. Well you don't have to but you'll get pulled over and be given a ticket. So unless you're in the boonies or maybe west memphis I'm thinking you're on the crack pipe.

 

they check your e brake, lights, horn, stupid crap like that

 

I see. I just have to get my emissions checked. It seems like a good scam for the place you bring your car to tell you you're in need of a part and then sell it to you (marked up of course) in order to pass. Like I said before...

 

Uhhh... Florida doesn't do Emmisions Inspections.