Subj : Political Vehicle Inspections
To : Aaron Thomas
From : Nicholas Boel
Date : Sun Aug 24 2025 01:21 pm
Hey Aaron!
On Sun, 24 Aug 2025 08:32:22 -0700, you wrote:
> That's always been my attitude but there are certain codes that "can be
> many things" and for my dad that has been turning into pouring money
> into "many things."
Well, that's especially when using an AutoZone OBD2 tester. Those definitely aren't for much more than giving you a ballpark guess as to what the real problem is, especially if it's something out of the ordinary or not so common. That little thing they plug in is probably a couple hundred bucks, whereas dealerships and auto body shops usually have one much more expensive, and even on some kind of payment plan to keep the software updated for when new vehicles come out. That's probably why they charge upwards of $200 or more now just to plug that thing in and tell you what's wrong.
> Something I learned about yesterday is that there's some kind of a
> waiver where if someone spends $450+ on related repairs and if the light
> is still on, they'll give you the inspection sticker. Of course the
> mechanics don't like to talk about that though ;)
First I've heard of this one.
Regards,
Nick
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