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Free ConsultationIt is relatively common knowledge among the SMOG check community that the Bureau of Automotive Repair conducts “sting” operations using undercover cars. Basically, a car may come into a SMOG Check or STAR participant station, and – unbeknownst to the technician and/or owner – this car isn’t really that of a consumer.
Whether a car can come to a stop is perhaps more important than whether a car can start at all. For example, as people go up the winding roads to Lake Tahoe, they are often more concerned about the ability of their cars to get through the snow then they are of the ability of […]
As part of our on-going education of the California SMOG check and STAR program community, we’re publishing some short Q&A on various topics concerning possible Bureau of Automotive Repair issues. This post touches on the controversial issue of “undercover cars” being sent out by the Bureau of Automotive Repair that then get “SMOG checks” by […]