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Free ConsultationSMOG, you may or may not know, comes from two words: “Smoke” and “Fog.” It was coned in the early 20th century, and over time it came to be associated with the city of Los Angeles, the world capital of SMOG as it were, especially in the 1960s. With Los Angeles situated as it is […]
We’re experts at everything to do with the Bureau of Automotive Repair. Most of our incoming calls are from SMOG stations, SMOG techs, or STAR Program stations who have received a letter, a citation, and/or an accusation from the BAR. They’re confounded, often angry – a) what have the done wrong, if anything, b) how […]
Many people look forward to the mail. Your grandparents or great grandparents, for example, probably lived a lot of their lives before this age of email, iPhones and SnapChat. They might have eagerly awaited the daily mail, for letters from loved ones, the Saturday Evening Post, postcards from people on fun trips, and other items […]
Often times, a SMOG check station or STAR program participant will get a citation from the Bureau of Automotive Repair.
The average person is not an attorney, and certainly the average SMOG Check technician or STAR program station is far from the world of law and regulations.
Updated: February 16, 2016 (We’re hearing reports of citations for using the old machine (using BAR 97 instead of the OIS new system), which are now being used to invalidate STAR even though the BAR originally said they would not use it to invalidate STAR).