Date:         Tue, 4 Mar 2008 09:51:50 -0800
Reply-To:     Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: NVC - Safety Inspections - WAS: Re: Calif 2008 emissions fuel
Comments: To: cvmathis@COMCAST.NET
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Around here it's either wiper blades or bulbs for the
third brake light (on applicable vehicles).

Stephen

--- Chuck Mathis <cvmathis@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> When I was out there in the early '90s they
> inspectors always required a $15 headlight
> adjustment in addition to the inspection fee.  Every
> car, every time.  Every inspection station does
> headlight adjustment.  My island beater (an 80's
> Accord) was a rusted out piece of crap with all
> sorts of issues but always passed inspection after
> the headlight adjustment.  Just part of the cost of
> living in paradise.
>
> Chuck
>
> Date:    Tue, 4 Mar 2008 08:16:09 -0500
> From:    Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
> Subject: Re: NVC - Safety Inspections - WAS: Re:
> Calif 2008 emissions fuel
>
> Hawaii requires a safety inspection yearly but they
> also have what
> appears to be a "Catch 22" situation.  You can't
> register (or
> reregister) a vehicle unless it has a current safety
> check and you can't
> get a safety check unless it has a current
> registration.
>
> Well, here's the trick there.  You go to DMV and get
> a permission slip
> to drive the vehicle to an inspection station.  The
> inspection station
> goes through the vehicle and, assuming it passes
> with the exception of
> having a current registration, issues you a "Blue"
> copy of the
> inspection report.  You then take that blue copy
> back to DMV where they
> can see that the inspection sticker is "Pending" so
> they issue a current
> registration ... which you take back to the
> inspection station so they
> can give you the "Gold" copy and affix the
> inspection sticker to the
> vehicle.  Whew ... then you're good to go.
>
> Mike
> Houlton, Maine (Former resident of Hawaii for 35
> years)
>



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