Austin Roverworks is not going to rape u like the Austin Land Rover Dealership! Good people over there vs the Dealership.

Last time I got a company van from Bexar county it had a $39.50 state inspection sticker receipt in the glove box.

Harris county is the same way, but yeah I totally agree on the crap driving on the roads that have an up to date inspection sticker on them... Only thing I can think of is they paid off someone to just slap a sticker on it or they don't live in Bexar county.

 

Oh, they use lube there for customer satisfaction or what? J/K... A good mechanic is hard to find so if they are one of 10% of shops that do honest work then that's great.

Ah, a company van. All commercial vehicles are $40 inspection fee I believe.

And I just checked the counties that require emissions testing and Bexar is still not on that **** list, for now anyway.

 

I went and looked at the paperwork on the state inspection receipt. Van was sold in San Antonio, but inspected in Austin so they must have done a dealer trade/swap.

I actually laugh at how they do state inspections in my county. When I got my 98 D1 I went insane on making sure it was 100% with not a single fault. Went to get it inspected a short blonde girl comes out, says do the wipers work, I say yes, and get out of her way. She says oh ok I believe you, and gives me my paperwork for it passing inspection.... I was like WTH???? Never drove it, never checked a single bulb/headlight, or anything..... Of coarse I take a company van in and they're like oh you need a gas cap, wiper blades, and the license plate light is out.... Go figure!!

I trust Austin Roverworks. I basically was around 15 years old when Ken started working on my moms 89 RRC at the San Antonio LR Dealership, then he moved to the LR Austin Dealership, where I moved, and bought myself a 97 D1, and eventually a 97 RR Vitesse 4.6L HSE. Ken and his friend Billy were the only guys I ever let touch my Rover's. They both know their stuff, and aren't out to bend ya over any barrels and empty your wallets. I'm back into LR's after going with Jeeps for a few years and if I had a serious problem I couldn't fix that's where I'd take it to be fixed honestly and properly.

 

In Texas your vehicle must be inspected in the county which it is registered, and yes some counties standard of emissions is more lenient than others, but it does no good if vehicle is not titled in one of these counties. Been there, done that

 

It's amazing that a "State" inspection allows individual counties to decide what they want to check on a vehicle. You would think it would be universal across the state. I can drive my environment killing truck all day long in Austin because I don't live there. Haha, that makes sense.
I see cars and trucks from Mexico everyday here in San Antonio and I know for a fact they shouldn't be driving on the roads here. You should see these things trying to keep up with traffic on the highways . Half of the cars look like 2 or 3 cars welded into 1. I'm amazed they let them cross the border in those makeshift human transports but apparently they are okay to be on the roads here. I wish they didn't see our Disco's as such a threat.

 

great observation! I remember trying to get my truck inspected in the next county over a few years ago. The vehicle was registered in Ellis, wanted to do it a few miles away in Navarro at a friends shop because of a CEL. What is the point of a few counties having a higher standard of emissions than the others surrounding said counties?? its ridiculous!!