Are you the owner of the white house on the NB side near MM 13?

Only thing I can think of is maybe really bad alignment. Or a foreign object in the tire? Tires don't go bad that quick otherwise!

You can't inspect a vehicle in MA unless it's registered. At least 12+ years ago. Might be different now.

In NH you can buy an inspection on an unregistered car.

Combine that with drunk, distracted, or aggressive driving and it's a recipe for disaster.

Depends on station. Some charge $20. Others charge $50. Highest I've seen is $65.

Happened to me with the Midas shop South Willow. Tiny little hole where muffler joins to the exhaust pipe. $15 inspection fee.

Failed inspection. Wanted $1500 on a car valued around $4000 to replace entire exhaust system from the cat. Didn't want to patch which would have cost maybe $50.

So there are unscrupulous inspection stations out there. State should direct their ire on them, IHMO.

Only $3.50 from each sticker goes to the state. Rest goes to the inspection station.

Are you buying bottom-of-the-barrel tires and driving them 30,000 miles a year?

You can self test by using the penny trick or getting a dread depth meter which is probably like $5 on Amazon.

No but they will pull you over if you have an expired plate/registration even from another state.

Ha. Used to do that as a kid in MA. MA inspections aren't linked to your birthday month like in NH. So you would gamble by driving into the expiration period and then get it inspected for a bonus month. Not sure if that still works.

$3.50 of each sticker is earmarked for state.

I'm not worried about the people who choose to voluntarily purchase an inspection.

Those cars are going to be on average more roadworthy than cars of drivers who shrink from their responsibility to maintain their vehicle that's driven on public roads.

I suppose if they're super desperate.

The fine (and threat of impoundment) gives them incentive to fix the problem.

Check out some of the other subreddits of car repairs in states without regular inspections like Florida. Cars with rotors so worn they're missing, ball joints that have disintegrated, CEL on because of emissions issues. Scary stuff.

Lower valley.

2% isn't much. Unless of course you're one of the 2% who experience a crash as a result of equipment failure that would have otherwise been discovered/remediated by an inspection station.

I'm conflicted. On one hand it's a money grab. On the other it keeps rusty old jalopies with bald tires and missing brake pads off the road.

Keeping it awful!

Wow. Utah is widely regarded as highest per capita religious affiliated Americans.

For big stuff then Dream Barns in Mason. Or Reeds Ferry in Hudson. Good experience with latter, the former was contractor for property I purchased and they built a 2 story, 24 x 36 barn.

People stopped doing this in 2004.

Be wary of the $15 inspection shops. They use that as bait and will fail your car under less than honest reasons.

YMMV, but the $45 - $50 shops I've used have never failed my cars. Of course I do keep mine well maintained too.

Bridge Brothers in Exeter

Peak Ray Brewer is the Sunday morning pre-taped segments with the UNH green thumb chicks.

Think you got that backwards, bud.

Based on OP's description, should be fine? Here's the RSA: https://www.dmv.nh.gov/vehicles-boats-or-titles/inspections-emissions/tinted-windows#:~:text=Pursuant%20to%20New%20Hampshire%20law,be%20less%20than%2035%20percent.