Basically inheriting a car from a relative that received regular service and told it would pass a safety check ... only to find a couple of estimates for the work required to get it a Safety for ownership transfer ... $3,500 & $5,200 ... one of which was the mechanic who regularly serviced the car and said everything was alright ...
I would hate to have to go through the threat of that every year or 2 ...
I'm sure that would be GREAT business for the garages ...