CRAZY FRIDAY
We often run into an issue of a customer bringing in a vehicle late Friday
morning or early afternoon for an inspection and needing the vehicle for the
weekend. What a lot of people forget is that most shops can not stop an employee
that is currently on a job to do a inspection. By the time your vehicle gets in
the shop, the vehicle is inspected and then if you are called and told you need
repairs to pass inspection, there may not be enough time to get your vehicle
ready when you need it.
You really need your vehicle so what do you do?
Do you get a rejection sticker and tell the shop you will bring it back when you
get back and risk the chance of getting a ticket on the road? You could call
around trying to make other arrangements for a vehicle. To avoid this try to
not wait until a Friday when you need the vehicle for the weekend. Pink
rejection stickers on windshields stick out like sore-thumbs to the surrounding
area police departments. That is part of their job, making sure the roads are
safe. They are not concerned if your vehicle failed because a license plate
light was out or because your brake are bad, most of the time they will write
the ticket.
END OF THE MONTH
Ok, You have avoided the Friday thing – great! However, if you wait until
the last day or two before the end of the month you have a different problem.
You and another twenty or so people are competing for spots to get a vehicle
inspected. State Inspection rules that it is “first come first serve” when it
comes to vehicles to be inspected. A proper inspection takes 30-40 minutes which
delays how soon your vehicle comes in the door, that turns into a lot of time
not including if the shop finds something wrong with the other vehicles ahead of
you and begin repairing those vehicles. The inspection station poster from the
Virginia State Police even states at the bottom “Inspect Early – Avoid
Delays.” The earlier you get your vehicle to a shop for inspection, the less
chance of you getting delayed. The middle of the month is historically the best
time.Be sure to call your shop and schedule with them a day you plan to bring it
in. Again, AVOID the following: Fridays when you are in a bind to get it
back and the days closer to the end of the month.
To schedule your vehicle with Duffy’s Repair Service, call us today at 804-798-5922 or visit www.duffysrepair.com to make an appointment.
VA State Inspection Station Poster
