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[8overgixxer]

Looking for your thoughts, prolly the old timers know more on this subject.

In the original paperwork, 19-134-15, provisions were made for private Recon inspection stations, not sure if it is still current as i do not have access to the most up to date revisions from my house. Attorney's have that, i guess next time I'm there I'll copy the most recent stuff, but in the mean time...

Did this ever occur? Who did them? (I imagine someone like chucks corvette who does the salvage title inspections would be the type of guy to have had it at one time.)

What ever became of this part of the paperwork, can a shop still apply as a recon inspector? If so, has anyone done it recently? I'm sure it would be a hell of a license to maintain and one slip up would be hell, but it raises an interesting way of freeing up the inspectors at "the office"

[idiosyncratic]

this is the first that I've heard of it. I'd like to hear more about it as well. Anyone knowledgeable about this?

[8overgixxer]

Sadly I gleamed this from the 1986 paperwork, so I'm not sure if it's still in effect. it may have been omitted by other legislation in the last 20 years. i will continue to look into it when I have time early next week and access to more up to date revisions..

if anyone else can add something official to this, it would be great.

[Rob]

It's pretty easy to be able to certify salvage vehicles now... (another of my pet peeves)

So I dont think you'd want that kind of "one stop shop"...

I would think a automotive specialty shop (Rons comes to mind) would be better suited to that type of work, as they keep abreast of what is and what is not legal.

[abusive]

Still allowed, just no one wants the responsibility. $15 for such an exhaustive inspection? Not worth it.

[Rob]

Still allowed, just no one wants the responsibility. $15 for such an exhaustive inspection? Not worth it.

Dont know about that... its a good upsell if done correctly... but the shop would need an alignement rack to make it a "one stop shop"

Lowered, rims, alignment, etc... all at one place could work if it was incorporated into the whole upsell process...

[abusive]

Dont know about that... its a good upsell if done correctly... but the shop would need an alignement rack to make it a "one stop shop"

Lowered, rims, alignment, etc... all at one place could work if it was incorporated into the whole upsell process...

Believe it or not, I once penciled it out (i.e. opening a garage, providing s/c and recon) and there's no way to make money.

Think about s/c's, even when the quick fix, high-dollar items are focused on (i.e. tire tread, cv boots etc) shops still can't make money off it. Even if they took the time to perform the safety check AS REQUIRED the subsequent issues they may uncover are things that they can't address at their shop anyway.

The easiest way to make it work would be to regulate the sale of aftermarket parts, restrict the allowable use of aftermarket parts to only those sold by a certified dealer, tailor the dealer certification process to your desire and then be the first one to get the certification - then you'd bank. Kind of like what T&T tinting did for tint...

[Rob]

Believe it or not, I once penciled it out (i.e. opening a garage, providing s/c and recon) and there's no way to make money.

Think about s/c's, even when the quick fix, high-dollar items are focused on (i.e. tire tread, cv boots etc) shops still can't make money off it. Even if they took the time to perform the safety check AS REQUIRED the subsequent issues they may uncover are things that they can't address at their shop anyway.

The easiest way to make it work would be to regulate the sale of aftermarket parts, restrict the allowable use of aftermarket parts to only those sold by a certified dealer, tailor the dealer certification process to your desire and then be the first one to get the certification - then you'd bank. Kind of like what T&T tinting did for tint...

Youre missing the point... the SPECIALTY shops would be the ideal niche market for this, and the topic actually came up in marketing meetings for several of the shops.