[quote=spdrun]bearishgurl — can you take any vehicle to a “test only” station where there’s theoretically no profit motive for them to fuck you?[/quote]
Yes. Because you don’t have to take it back to them when you want a retest and they won’t be holding your vehicle “hostage,” trying to ‘hard-sell you that you leave it with them and pay $940 (or some other wildly unrealistic amount) they will assure you that it “passes” smog.
All a “Test Only” station made is $40 – $50 off you.