# Inspection issue (delta Sonic) **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 22, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700 "2012-10-22T10:10:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:10am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/1 "2012-10-22T10:10:31Z")
So, I am going to lead with my mistakes: 1. I sent my wife in for the inspection 2. We went to delta sonic (it is convenient to my office) 3. I sent my wife in for the inspection Here is the message that I just sent to paulo: > [@tpgsr](#): > > Hey, > Not sure if you are still with the state, but I just had my wife drop her car off of for an inspection at Delta Sonic, and for the second time there are issues… Last time I brought my truck there I had put new wipers on and low and behold they tell me one is torn and I need to replace, Just replaced them a week prior and they were not cheap. > > Fast forward to today, I knew better and took pictures of all the lights and wipers etc… so that they couldn’t pull that. I get a call telling me the wipers are each torn one inch. I let the guy know that I have pictures from 10 minutes before dropping it off with them in tact and he said “we have the cars on camera, and it is at my inspectors discretion”. I just went ahead and paid for it, but as far as I am concerned that is a huge issue. If they are hitting customers left and right for the only service that they can provide I have a big problem with it. Is there anything that I can do as a consumer aside from running to you? My number is 716-xxx-xxxx if you have any suggestions on recourse in this situation. And yes, I am whining about a $20 charge :picard: > > Thank you, > Mike Gleeson Anybody out in the population here have any tips aside from crossing off the things that I posted above? Here is one of the pictures: ---
**Author:** ![TradersBASE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tradersbase/32/5321_2.png) [@TradersBASE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/TradersBASE)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/2 "2012-10-22T10:17:07Z")
In for results. That’s pretty ballsy of them. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/3 "2012-10-22T10:18:04Z")
You should forward a story with pictures to the news 2/4/7 ---
**Author:** ![nitroinsane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@nitroinsane](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/nitroinsane)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/4 "2012-10-22T10:22:16Z")
Pauly works for the state. Which location was this? I love how concerned with bullshit the quick lube shops are. Are you sure the edges weren’t torn? ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/5 "2012-10-22T10:26:15Z")
So it is no longer Delta-scratch-it, it is Delta-scam-it? ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:31am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/6 "2012-10-22T10:31:28Z")
Depends on the inspector really. People that were total strangers to me I always treated well, and if I knew the car would fail, I’d let them know and they could take their cars away and make the repairs before coming back. For instance if a wiper blade was barely torn, I wouldn’t fail them. An inch is nothing. Now if there’s no blade they will replace them and I will collect some commission, but I tried to do this as least as possible. Remember with Delta\*\*\* - If your shop sells the most that week - EACH employee gets an extra 5$ an hour. 2nd place - 4.50, 3rd - 4$, and so on I’ve witnessed people using razor blades to cut wipers and tell customers they’re torn. Me I’d feel like a pile of shit, but when some of these guys are making 200$ a week and spending 150$ on cigs, they don’t give a fuck. ---------- Post added at 01:31 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:30 PM ---------- > [@LZ](#): > > You should forward a story with pictures to the news 2/4/7 He should write a letter to Delta HR, I would bet dinner that he will get at least a 50$ gift card. ---
**Author:** ![lamboceligts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@lamboceligts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lamboceligts)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/7 "2012-10-22T10:35:08Z")
Your first mistake was taking it to Delta Sonic. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/8 "2012-10-22T10:35:37Z")
[http://www.wgrz.com/company/contact/accountable/default.aspx](http://www.wgrz.com/company/contact/accountable/default.aspx) [http://www.wivb.com/generic/news/call\_4\_action/call\_4\_action\_email](http://www.wivb.com/generic/news/call_4_action/call_4_action_email) ^ Send it to both of them. With the evidence you have I’m sure one of them will follow up because it’s a good news story. Too bad you have shitty cell phone pics that really don’t show anything. ---
**Author:** ![tpgsr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tpgsr/32/7374_2.png) [@tpgsr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tpgsr)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/9 "2012-10-22T10:40:57Z")
I looked at the torn wipers and compared to my pics… Unfortunately my pics are not that good, but I do have high resolution that you can see clearer where there was rubber there is now not rubber. I will get some pictures later that show this. Too busy at the moment. ---
**Author:** ![Freek](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/freek/32/7357_2.png) [@Freek](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Freek)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/10 "2012-10-22T10:45:21Z")
Get Al Vaughters on their ass! ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 10:45am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/11 "2012-10-22T10:45:37Z")
Pauly - Worked/works for the state, somehow involved with shop licensing. Paulo - Engineer at Moog ---
**Author:** ![jrod0187](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac91a4/32.png) [@jrod0187](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jrod0187)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/12 "2012-10-22T11:03:14Z")
Just a heads up when reporting shit like this to the news… be aware of which station advertises for Delta Sonic because you may just be wasting your time. When Transitowne put the wrong oil in my transfer case and then wouldn’t warranty the work I contacted WGRZ… I thought for sure they would cover my story until I saw them advertising for trasitowne. I’ve also heard the woman who does their (transitowne) commercials is related to Kevin O’Neill. I’ve also dealt with Delta Sonic a few years back but it was a car wash issue…if you’re not satisfied with free car washes report them to the BBB and don’t waste your time ---
**Author:** ![drewster99](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/drewster99/32/5468_2.png) [@drewster99](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/drewster99)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/13 "2012-10-22T11:26:47Z")
> [@lamboceligts](#): > > Your first mistake was taking it to Delta Sonic. +1 I’ve never had good luck there. ---
**Author:** ![ProgRocker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/progrocker/32/5434_2.png) [@ProgRocker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ProgRocker)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/14 "2012-10-22T11:26:53Z")
My cousin’s husband works for either Delta Sonic or Benderson…I think it’s benderson. Anyway, the amount of cameras they have in that place is absurd. If anything shady happened it’s most likely on camera. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/15 "2012-10-22T11:28:30Z")
> [@lamboceligts](#): > > Your first mistake was taking it to Delta Sonic. No you’re retarded. If every inspector at delta sonic was a POS they wouldn’t be doing inspections. I’d say 80% of inspections at delta are in and out in less than 7 minutes (my old benchmark two years ago). These techs also get a bonus based on how fast they perform a service. Most of the time (all of the time for me) they do everything as quickly as possible to meet the minimum requirements mandated by law. Check lights, wipers, cat, pop hood to look for emissions devices (most have no idea what they’re checking), pull a tire, torque tire, and hook up OBDII if applicable. Out the door, and an extra couple bucks in the tech’s pocket, everyone’s happy. TPGSR just got fucked by a bad apple. ---------- Post added at 02:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:28 PM ---------- > [@drewster99](#): > > +1 > > I’ve never had good luck there. You guys must be related ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/16 "2012-10-22T11:35:43Z")
I would have asked for the video from said time truck/car showed up, to the time you left. You didnt use the wipers before getting the inspection right? no reason they should have a rip or slice in them if they were never used from when you took the photo. ---
**Author:** ![lamboceligts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b2d939/32.png) [@lamboceligts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/lamboceligts)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/17 "2012-10-22T11:39:03Z")
> [@ubengineering](#): > > No you’re retarded. If every inspector at delta sonic was a POS they wouldn’t be doing inspections. > > I’d say 80% of inspections at delta are in and out in less than 7 minutes (my old benchmark two years ago). These techs also get a bonus based on how fast they perform a service. > > Most of the time (all of the time for me) they do everything as quickly as possible to meet the minimum requirements mandated by law. Check lights, wipers, cat, pop hood to look for emissions devices (most have no idea what they’re checking), pull a tire, torque tire, and hook up OBDII if applicable. Out the door, and an extra couple bucks in the tech’s pocket, everyone’s happy. > > TPGSR just got fucked by a bad apple. > > ---------- Post added at 02:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:28 PM ---------- > > You guys must be related I would never bring anything to Delta Sonic. They can’t even wash cars correctly. Why would I have them change my oil or inspect my vehicle? Have you ever actually seen who changes the oil, they hire fuck tards or people in high school. Glad you fit the bill and worked there. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/18 "2012-10-22T11:40:24Z")
You’re right they’re a terrible establishment that makes no money, Benderson must have billions in loans to stay afloat ---
**Author:** ![Quattro\_Krant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/ac91a4/32.png) [@Quattro\_Krant](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Quattro_Krant)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/19 "2012-10-22T11:43:20Z")
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice… I’d DEMAND that the owner of the shop call me back to stroke my fucking ego. I’d also wonder why the shop no longer gives NYCheap discounts. Fucking christ, so for $41 your wife has an inspected car. Oh the fucking horror!!! Put on your big boy nickers and pay and don’t go back there for a 3rd time you dumb fuck. See everyone in 3 days as TPSGR is a whiney bitch fart and will most likely whine like a little cunt to Onyx. ---
**Author:** ![ubengineering](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ubengineering/32/5171_2.png) [@ubengineering](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ubengineering)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700/20 "2012-10-22T11:44:26Z")
Lol ---------- Post added at 02:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:44 PM ---------- Hey TPGSR, rip your wipers before the start of winter, they’ll have to give you free ones [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/inspection-issue-delta-sonic/226700.md?page=2)