Originally Posted by
bigchez
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The place I go are VERY hot on safety such as brakes, but couldn't care about emissons.

Same here, as long as my car is safe, they may be willing to bend on small things like a bulb gone, as long as i pop by and show him its fixed etc, garage i know has known me all my life (Dads best mate) and he's still quite strict, but its his business.