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I used to live in Massachusetts. I'm not sure it's a benchmark to look up to. If buy a brand new car from a dealer, your next stop must be an inspection station
by lacewing 5mo ago
I used to live in Massachusetts. I'm not sure it's a benchmark to look up to. If buy a brand new car from a dealer, your next stop must be an inspection station - a pointless waste of time and money. But if your car is older than 15 years? You're no longer required to have an annual emissions test. Pretty backwards.
- alphabeta3r56 5mo agoThat's temporary though. Or at least was supposed to be temporary to prevent immediately disqualifying existing vehicles
- embedding-shape 5mo ago> If buy a brand new car from a dealer, your next stop must be an inspection station Has the car never been inspected before, since it's new? Then it'd make sense that it'd be inspected before allowed on the road, not sure this is such a big deal?
- jt2190 5mo agoWhy would a brand new car not be road worthy? Is it common for new cars to be unsafe to drive?
- embedding-shape 5mo agoHow would you know unless you inspect them? I'd just assumed every car needs to be inspected, new cars after they're built, but never bought a new car so I don't know how it works. I guess the manufacturer then self-reports that the car is roadworthy after the construction? I'm currently sitting and thinking about importing a second-hand car from another country, neighboring country also in Schengen, EU and EEA, just like us, even if that car passed all their local inspections, I'm gonna have to make it pass through our local inspection before I can register it here. Kind of felt like it'd be similar with new cars, but also, I don't know.
- tremon 5mo ago> How would you know unless you inspect them? By making the seller lose their license if they sell cars that are not roadworthy? Why should the risk and liability be on the buyer?
- kube-system 5mo agoNew cars are certified by the manufacturer to meet safety standards when built