Originally Posted by homelessdave

At an inspection I was quoted $300 to fix a parking light on my MIL's Jeep something or other since the "bumper had to come off". I peeled the rejection sticker off the window (basically the red flag that tries to hold you hostage at the shop that did the inspection), bought a bulb on the way home, spent 15 minutes groping around behind the wheel liner, and went to a different shop the next day to get it reinspected.

We're definitely subsidizing shops a bit and maybe improving safety some here in VA. I'm pretty sure there's a lot more human error or hubris than equipment failures behind traffic accidents around here.