What did you do for your ZHP/ BMW / MINI today? #2

[Vas]

Chp is California highway patrol. They do inspections for vehicles that are salvage and go over the car checking everything to make sure it passes and is deemed safe. They also check receipts so the parts are not stolen.

You should have expected to fail it with the airbag light.

[das boots]

I had to do a salvage inspection prior to registration. But it has to be done on a shop approved by DMV. And turn back in to DMV with results for proper registration. There was never any CHP invovled.

[danewilson77]

like the title change

Hehe....I had to go there. I think it's appropriate...now.

[Avetiso]

Chp is California highway patrol. They do inspections for vehicles that are salvage and go over the car checking everything to make sure it passes and is deemed safe. They also check receipts so the parts are not stolen.

You should have expected to fail it with the airbag light.

I know it was a noob thing to do, but none of my cars have ever been referred. Oh well, it's free. I'll just fix it and retest. I didn't really know they checked it.

As far as safety goes, they don't dig into it too much. I could have easily removed the fuse for the airbag light and passed had I known they would care about it. I've seen some pretty unsafe cars get through CHP.

Mostly, it is for stolen parts. Not trying to sound racist, but there are a lot of Mexicans and Asians in California that are infatuated with Honda's and other JDM marques. This leads to a very high theft rate of parts and cars. Often what people will do it buy a car off auction, steal a bunch of parts, and then register the car. You'll never find the parts after that, so they do CHP inspections where they go through every single receipt and check for parts. They can get very brutal in their investigations, but they are usually easy on Euro brands because theft of parts isn't an issue with them like it is with JDM. The only reason they sent my car is because it is out of state (New Mexico).

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[Hermes]

I had to do a salvage inspection prior to registration. But it has to be done on a shop approved by DMV. And turn back in to DMV with results for proper registration. There was never any CHP invovled.

on which car? not the ///M...

[mLuMaN83]

Gave her a wash and a quick interior cleanup. Nuthin special.

[JupiterBMW]

I got the leather manual case, I bought from Jon, in the mail yesterday. I was able to get the sticky stuff off with goo-gone. Holds my manual nicely and tidies up the glove compartment. I'm a happy OCD camper.

Awesome! I was thinking Goo Gone might do the trick, but I didn't have any. Glad you're happy with it! Enjoy!

[das boots]

on which car? not the ///M...

Nope.....it's a Toyota. Long story. Ask Ian next time the whole story. He was the one that caused the situation. LOL.

[Hermes]

Nope.....it's a Toyota. Long story. Ask Ian next time the whole story. He was the one that caused the situation. LOL.

really? I'll send him a message later...

[JupiterBMW]

Just ordered the last set of stealth bulbs for my sidemarkers, as well as OEM locking lug nuts.. And thanks to TMS for the free 2013 calendar!