My experience was way different
I took my car in for a smog test and was plenty nervous. The beast is 15 years old. I have had great luck with my Toyota, but it has 150K+ miles (actually low for the age of the car), but it hadn't had a tune-up in 3 years. A tune-up just wasn't in my budget, so all I could do was hope for the best. They ran the test while I waited, fiddled around with something under the hood, and after about 40 minutes it was all done. The price was a little more than some places I've seen on Folsom blvd. (but they looked kinda skeezy) and a bit less than a couple of other spots I checked out. In and out in a short time and I didn't go broke in the process. These guys get a big thumbs-up from me and I'll be going back.
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