THANK YOU FOR ADVICE. ANOTHER PART OF THE ISSUE
IS THE SMOG/EMISSION ONE. THE CAR MUST PASS THE
STATE TEST, OR NO REGISTRATION IS PERMITTED & THE
CAR CANNOT BE DRIVEN. SOMEWHERE, SOON IS A MOMENT
OF DECISION.
WHAT I NEED, I THINK, IS A CLEAR DIAGNOSIS.
ARMED WITH THAT, I CAN ESTIMATE THE COSTS.
THEN, DECIDE WHETHER TO KEEP OR TOSS....
"REPAIRS-BY-ERRORS" IS ALIVE AND WELL IN TOO
MANY SHOPS........
