I stopped going to the Mecanique years ago after hearing the horror stories of waiting for 4+ hours in line added to the fact that there’s wasta everywhere. More importantly, cars are not inspected properly and we can clearly see that from all these half-wrecked vehicles with barely any lights and a missing door that shouldn’t be allowed on the road.
This year, my friend went to have his car checked but it failed because one of the tires, so he bribed one of the guys there and his car passed. I told him he should have filmed the whole thing. Luckily enough, MTV went there and filmed how the bribes happen.
By the way, don’t ever try to fix your car in the garages outside the Mecanique in Hadath because most of them will rip you off or ruin your car. Some might even charge u ridiculous amounts for changing ur brakes and threaten you if you don’t pay.
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It’s always been a joke. I have a car with a big 5.2L engine. They would not believe that the CO test would be zero. They did the test about 5 times and then finally they resorted to not doing it well and failed the car. During another year, they reported 3 failures. I just came back the next day without doing anything and it passed them. I am the type of person who takes care of the car for me. I don’t let any point that does not pass remain unfixed. One year it had transmission fluid leak and they reported engine oil leak. Every time I go there there are people outside and inside ask me if I wish to bribe them to let it pass but I never do it.
The way I see it, this whole car inspection thing is a money-making scheme for a politician. Nothing more nothing less. If they truly care about our safety, then why don’t they fix the roads, lights and add proper signs?!!!! How come there are a whole lot of cars that are obviously unfit to be on the road?!!!
Lebanon has unfortunately become The Banana Republic of Trashistan, thanks to the trash buried 6 feet under in Solidere.
What do you mean you stopped going to the mecanique years ago? What do you do instead?
i take cars on my free time(mainly Saturdays) for my friends (and i have some customers) to the mecanique , they only pay the amount there and for the time spent there, if it didn’t pass they have to fix it and i take it again. i have been doing it for more than 6 years, and things have never changed ! everytime i go there is 2 or 3 guys who tell me to save time and they will pass it (bala ma tdayi3 wa2tak w makfoule)
been there done that