My Car Passed Inspection!

Okay this may not be a big deal, but for a mellow person like me, it is a nerve racking experience, I clinched muscles I haven’t used in months! Days prior, I got my oil changed, my windshield wipers replaced, I washed my car, put air in the tires, got new mats and I shined the inside vinyl to like new status.

My appointment was for 12:30 and then I remembered to check the light bulbs in the back of the car. I had someone step on the brake pedal for me while I checked the lights. Nothing. I think he was stepping on my clutch, he saw too many pedals, panicked and picked the wrong one. Scrap him. Plan B. My office building has mirrored windows, I backed my car up to the building and checked the lights in the reflection myself. All lights flashed red except for the small light inside, back window. At this point, it’s 12:10, so I raced to my favorite gas station and they looked at my face and knew I was in a hurry. Someone attended to my car immediately and I was out of there in less than 10 minutes.

I arrived within the grace period of late. I watched and waited while they “inspected” my vehicle, poking her with long, hard objects, inserting things into her gas tank, looking underneath her frame and I’m nervous as crap. I’m tight, rigid and holding my breath with anticipation.

Failing inspection is embarrassing and I take it personal.

Finally a man pulled my car to where we were joined again and my heart is pounding. By now, I’m breathing heavily as the man further attends to my car and scrapes off the old sticker. I’m waiting to see what sticker he is going to bestow on my car. My eyes are fixated on that empty space and I’m waiting to exhale or either hit him over the head with my hand bag, depending on the results. Finally he returns and pressed a passed sticker on the inside windshield of my car and asked, “Is this your car?”

I can’t speak, I’m admiring my sticker.

“Ma’am is this your car, yes or no?”

“Oh yes, yes, it’s my car!”

I feel like hugging him, but I have to stop showing my appreciation that way, after all, it’s only a car inspection. Besides, he didn’t line up the new sticker with the old sticker glue.

Have you failed inspection before and if so for what. I did one time because my windshield wiper blade was ripped.