Express Smog

2^nd time here and so far, this place price beats the rest. Staff is very nice and accommodating. They have plenty of area to sit and it’s also a store. You can purchase some inetresting things there. I recommend this place to anyone looking for a good deal!

The ‘store’ doesn’t look exactly like a store, it has items for purchase but a lot of racks and looks like it is still being put together, so-​to-​speak. Don’t let that or the outside deter you. It was $ 40 out the door for my smog check. There were two people in front of me but I was still in and out in less than 30 minutes.
The clerk/​owner/​mgr (??) was friendly, offering coffee and/​or water. There is a small chair and couch that are very comfortable inside for waiting.
This was a re-​check as the first time it didn’t pass at another location — which took almost as much time with no-​one waiting and was $ 69. This was so much better!

I took my car here to get a smog test after I bought it in January. First time they tested it, it passed all but fuel evap. I took my car to get a hose replaced then came back and suddenly, I’m failing NOx. I didn’t understand why until I looked closer at the paperwork and saw that this time, they tested my car as an automatic and my car is a manual which is why it failed because automatics have stricter emissions standards. My car would have passed had they tested it right so I went back and demanded a new test and I got one for free. This time, my car failed again. The NOx was well over 1100! Just yesterday, I took my car out of town to a technician my brother recommended because he knows the guy does honest work and my car passed easy! The NOx was a little over 400. Huge difference. The technician said the guys probably have their machine calibrated higher to cheat people and as shady as that place is, I wouldn’t doubt it especially since I drive a BMW. Never going back. I’ll pay the extra gas to take my car to somewhere honest.

I got my car smogged here a year ago and had a great experience. I just returned and one of the guys there remembered me and my job since we had talked about it a year before. Wow! That’s customer service.