Very misleading hours for State Inspections, they state everywhere they close at 6pm (that they might close earlier depending on volume, understandable) so I got there at 5pm, and there were two cars but I was told they already closed two hours ago, so at 3pm 😂. It's impossible to work around a business that may have a 3 hours difference between posted hours and "the hour they decide to close for that day", also the person that got there at 3pm was the one still waiting at 5pm? Crazy if true. My personal advice is avoid going to this place during the whole afternoon so you don't risk losing your time, they may be open but apparently take them 3 hours to get an inspection? Or they may be closed and ask you to go the next day at 8am. No, thanks. Response to the response: Never in my life an inspection for my car has taken more than 10-15 mins, if your average is that high something is off either here or the other many places, I've waited lines of up to 10 cars in ~2 hours on a busy Saturday morning in other places. In any case, maybe just post a more realistic closing time like everyone else does (usually 4pm), a 3-hours margin of error is simply nonsense and you're just playing with people's time.
We are sorry we were not able to accommodate you for your inspection. However we do operate for Inspections for the hours we post. Each vehicle takes 30-40 mins therefore the line is shut down accordingly during the day. If we didn’t do this our employees would never get home. Obviously, towards the end of the month volume is heavier. Furthermore out of convenience to our customers we do not require a person to wait with their vehicle
- Shirlington Shell Service Center