I always wondered what it felt like to do a Scotty Kilmer clickbait title 😂 Now I know. All joking aside, shops like this need to be shut down because letting people go with no brakes or steering and passing the car for inspection really is dangerous. Just remember, even if you car is safe, the guy coming at you in the other lane may have gotten his sticker from this shop. -Enjoy!
What's it take to pass a NYS inspection? Get it right here from the horse's mouth: https://dmv.ny.gov/forms/cr79.pdf
Hochul got her $21, and that's all that matters to the government.
You're missing the point. New York gets their money. That's the point of vehicle inspections. I knew someone who ran a car wash in Cook County, IL. An inspector from the COOK COUNTY EPA stopped by one day and demanded $75 (in 1980 dollars) per fuel burning appliance to ensure they were in proper working order. If not, they would've shut his business down. They "inspected" the bay heaters, hanging from the ceilings. without ever leaving the ground.
Oh wow! ck,wisc.
Effing disgraceful !!!
GOOD OLE NY STATE. glad I left there 48 years ago and moved South, no rusted cars, NO SNOW, NO state inspections, LOWER HEAT BILLS, SUNSHINE and no NY CITY to support
South main auto should see how comphehensive inspection is in Finland (it's the most stringent in the world!)
I'm looking for the video where it's mentioned that as long as it's not metal on metal the brakes pass. I just had an inspection on my beater car (03 Odyssey) and they were going to fail it for rear brakes. I'll do the brakes but I need the inspection done yesterday (expired end of October) and every station I tried on the Island near me. But NY came out with new inspections using a printer. And many weren't working, typical government efficiency ar its finest. Well they showed me the pad, I said it' still has material on the backing plate, metal on metal is a fail. Then said there's a lip on the rotor. Told them it's irrelevant as long as the service area is over minimum thickness. They said well the mechanic is going to fail it. I asked (for grunts & giggles) how much is a rear brake job? They said $350! To which I replied I can get the parts for under $100 & do it myself. They said well the mechanic is going to fail it anyway. I told them that'll be great. I'll let my attorney who's my next door neighbor know. They'll be sued for failing a car to get a brake job & well find out how many other customers were failed to get shop work. The manager then went and talked with their mechanic, few minutes later the service manager came back & said they'd pass the car but please do the brakes in the near future. I said see, you just admitted I was right, you wouldn't pass my car if you had right on your side. This is what's wrong that shops do inspections, they're biased & look for work. If NY was like Jersey and the state actually did it, they don't make money for failing cars. If they fail it then you need to fix it yourself or have someone else do it. Another shop charged someone I know just over $25 to replace 1 of 6 bulbs in a 3rd brake light. Gouging? No, that's highway robbery.
So please, anyone have the link where metal on metal is failing?
I admire your dedication that then leads you to be frustrated that the inspection system is flawed. Rest assured, in other states the situation is likely similar. The government is not perfect, far from it. Just like GM! I am sure, however, that we are all better off with an imperfect system of inspections than no system at all! Most inspectors probably do a pretty good job, ensuring that most cars are fairly safe.
What makes things worse, that you as the "last" auto shop to have their vehicle in, now makes you the liable party for not fixing it correctly and letting an unsafe vehicle leave. Thank you New York State.
This situation kind of reminds me of the Starfish Story that I heard long ago.
Following an ocean storm, starfish had washed up on the beach shoreline by the thousands. Off in the distance, an old man notices a little boy bending down and throwing something in the ocean. When he gets closer to the little boy, the old man asks him, "What are you doing?" The little boy replies, "The starfish will die if they don't make it back out into the ocean." The old man said, "How can you possibly make a difference with all these starfish scattered on the beach?" The little boy throws another starfish back in the ocean and replies, "I made a difference for that one."
I'm thankful Eric O. is making a difference one vehicle at a time because we're safer for it. We need mechanics with that kind of integrity and work ethic out there that are looking out for our safety. As customers, we also have a responsibility to think about what it would "feel like" for our family or for another family when their loved one never returns home again to dinner because we decided to use a vehicle that had completely unsafe brakes on it. A grinding noise when brakes are applied tells no lies and leads to our ultimate responsibility to keep our vehicles reasonably safe. To do that, we need a trusted mechanic. We also need to know that that sticker on our vehicle is there because it meets defined standards for safety. As luck would have it, I can help you out on both. If you're looking for a great mechanic and a repair shop where that sticker means something, Eric O. and SMA are what you're looking for.
Love you Eric O!
Stay as you are Eric. There are many honest people like you who very much appreciate your show and expertise.
I like the "approved brake tester…"
These so-called "inspection stations" that knowingly pass these death traps obviously don't even care about their own families who can be killed by one of these vehicles just to make a few dollars. Shameful
amazing what you can get for a few hundred bucks 'under the table'. 1. Drivers license 2. Roadworthy sticker
You want some cheese with your wine? Cheese hies well with wine you know.
Nice to know the great state of New York has your safety foremost on their priority list! 😵
NY just want money. I'd never go there
cant you write up all the isuues on the ticket
It Would Be Nice If South Main Auto, Pine Hollow Diagnostic Could Get Together And Organize A Directory Of Mechanics That Are As Good As These 2 Are. I'm Sure There's Many More. And If I Knew Them I Probably Wouldn't Put My Phone Down..😊😊😊😊
Scary, Id love to be able to say that here over the pond our MOT inspection is a shining light against the darkness of this type of work but everyone knows the shops that will get you an MOT to drive that death-trap. I hate the MOT as it can mean cost and time spent under the car; I have an older Land Rover Freelander 2 (LR2 to you guys) so it's part of life, as the old saying goes, Land Rovers, making mechanics out of owners since 1948, but I'd much rather be safe than sorry. When we bought the car it had an MOT but 6 months later I replaced the discs and pads as the inside was almost rusted away so how did it pass the brake test?
It's obviously had its "Stevie wonder state inspection" 😮😮😮
Inspection corruption was so bad in Texas that they finally passed a law to get rid of them. I personally borrowed tires to pass and then put the bad tires back on. It is a scam to make the state money.
That why they did away with Georgia State inspections over 40 years ago because it was a joke…
I guess there is also the question that if you've seen the faults and not reported them, then you're probably liable for not saying anything.
Turn them away if its a partial sticker.
Cant help thinking that you should turn these cars away if they have a partially passed sticker.
Is is possible to refuse the work?
Heck. I drove Complete junk jalopys $500 cars through the 80's. As a carpenter. I did 90% of my driving (work) on Staten Island NY… and yeah I've had to buy Highly Questionable inspection stickers at a slightly higher rate. Because it was cheaper than a ticket…. Yes. I was young. Dumb. And full of…… Well You know the story….
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I thought I'd comment for the Algorithm .. I really like Your channel.
Don't worry, Virginia has the same money racket going on…
It absolutely amazes me that anyone would actually drive that car in the condition it is in. It is simply an unsafe piece of iron oxide junk.
"…they made it illegal to turn in another inspection station…" That right there tell you it's a money grab and nothing more.