>>>ha, after whittnessing the inspections here in the USA i thought it couldn't get any better any more. having gone through some vehicle inspections in germany - everything else is a joke.
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>>>but you sure topped that one <s>
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>>The controls are quite strict in Germany, right?
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>Oh ja. just to give you (and others) an idea:
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>the inspectores are 'equiped' with a screwdriver and a hammer. one of the many (!) things they do on the inspection is going below the car and poking (hard) on the under side of the vehicle in order to find any rost.
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>in my opinion this is the correct way. if german standarts were to be adopted here in el paso, half (if not more) of the cars on the roads here would not be driving any more and road safty would have been improved greatly.

I assume that makes the technical inspection much more expensive, too. But I agree, the very idea of the technical inspection is to take bad cars off the road (or force them to do required repairs).

Here the inspections are twice a year. How is the frequency in Germany, and in the U.S.?

BTW, if I go to the inspection when I am supposed to, SOME (very basic) inspection is done. But of course, it is easier to postpone the inspection, and perhaps pay Bs. 5 more if you get caught...

The REAL inspection is the one I do myself, and with the mechanic.