Vent about H.

[Deleted]

I am generally the one that takes care of the cars when it is inspection time, but I rely on him to tell me when his is due, I don't keep track. He decided to tell me on December 30th that it was due IN DECEMBER. Then, the 31, he goes "by the way, my check engine light is on." WTF!! It can't be on to pass inspection unless you put less than 5000 miles on it for the year. He is 300 over that 5000 limit. So now, I need to either find a shady repair shop to inspect it, which is hard to do, or I need to get it fixed ASAP, which can be done, but I need HIM to take it to the auto parts store and get it scanned to see what's wrong. If he told me this at the beginning of hte month, it would be taken care of by now.

[candreco]

Yeah, I'd leave him on his own with this one.

[speckledfrog]

It's NBD if your inspection is overdue unless you get pulled over.

[mishap]

Yeah, that sucks. I would definitely ask him to take care of it.

[psychmom]

Why can't it be driven more than 5k miles a year?

It sounds like this is your H's problem to rage care of, not yours.

[Deleted]

I know in TX, if you get a ticket for an expired inspection sticker, you can get the ticket dismissed after an inspection as long as the sticker was only expired for three months or less.

[ering1115]

Definitely on him to take care of it.

Just a little trick that might work for you guys- if you unhook the battery, sometimes the check engine light will go off long enough to get it inspected..... not that I drove a POS through grad school or anything.

[livinitup]

And if you fail an inspection, you can just get a 15 day extension for repairs.

[fuckyourcouch]

yeah i would leave this for him to clean up. no way.

[hisno1girl]

I'd let him deal with this and I'm glad we don't have to get our car inspected in MI.

[themysteriouswife]

Jan 2, 2013 9:39:27 GMT -5 ering1115 said:

Definitely on him to take care of it.

Just a little trick that might work for you guys- if you unhook the battery, sometimes the check engine light will go off long enough to get it inspected..... not that I drove a POS through grad school or anything.

That worked years ago. Now, the computers can tell if it has been unhooked. My car had the light pop up two days before my tags expired. We tried unhooking the battery and it didn't work.

[themysteriouswife]

Jan 2, 2013 9:50:03 GMT -5 livinitup said:

And if you fail an inspection, you can just get a 15 day extension for repairs.

I think that is a state by state or city by city thing. That doesn't work in GA

[verycontrary247]

Is the gas cap screwed on all the way? 99% of the time my check engine light comes on it's because I didn't tighten the cap enough.

[moonfrogx]

My check engine light simply means it needs an oil change .... something easily done if you go to a garage that does both oil changes and inspections.

[ering1115]

Jan 2, 2013 10:25:32 GMT -5 themysteriouswife said:

Jan 2, 2013 9:39:27 GMT -5 ering1115 said:

Definitely on him to take care of it.

Just a little trick that might work for you guys- if you unhook the battery, sometimes the check engine light will go off long enough to get it inspected..... not that I drove a POS through grad school or anything.

That worked years ago. Now, the computers can tell if it has been unhooked. My car had the light pop up two days before my tags expired. We tried unhooking the battery and it didn't work.

Reason #45027067934865 that I love driving older cars. We live in a city and don't drive much so our 10 year old car is just fine.

[Deleted]

Just had the oil changed and found out its the O2 sensor. So we'll see how much THAT is to take care of. ugh. I hate this POS. I think no vacation this year and a better car for him instead.

[poppyseed]

I am so glad we don't have to get our vehicles inspected here. It sounds like a huge pain in the ass.

[Deleted]

No, he usually drives less than 5k a year. I worded poorly. If it is driven less than 5k, then it doesn't need emissions testing done so the check engine light doesn't matter. This year, he went over, so now it needs emissions testing.

[sosaystara]

I would DEFINITELY let him take care of that one. Time for someone to put on their big boy pants.

[themysteriouswife]

Jan 2, 2013 10:46:58 GMT -5 ering1115 said:

Jan 2, 2013 10:25:32 GMT -5 themysteriouswife said:

That worked years ago. Now, the computers can tell if it has been unhooked. My car had the light pop up two days before my tags expired. We tried unhooking the battery and it didn't work.

Reason #45027067934865 that I love driving older cars. We live in a city and don't drive much so our 10 year old car is just fine.

My car is a 97. I worded it poorly. The computers I am referring to are the emission computers.

[PinkSquirrel]

Jan 2, 2013 9:35:12 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

It's NBD if your inspection is overdue unless you get pulled over.

Yes, but at least in some states (mine being one of them) it's a moving violation which means a hefty hike on your car insurance if you do get pulled over. In areas where they have a police detail on road work they can easily see if your sticker is expired and will pull you over around me.