Except I can’t cross-country ski in summer. Hafta ride my bikes!
And what does that have to do with your earlier statement . . . ?!
You’re only serving to confuse me further . . . 
It’s the same reason the pre-purchase inspection takes longer for a car that has no problems.
You never cease to be confusing . . .
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That makes no sense at all . I think a good condition vehicle would take less time .
If you think your lost wrench is either in drawer 1 or drawer 2, and you start looking with drawer 1, will it take longer to find if the wrench is in drawer 1, or drawer 2, or if the wrench isn’t in either of those drawers?
You know darn well I’m talking about your idea that an inspection on a creampuff is going to take longer, versus an inspection on a car that clearly has a lot of problems
Like I said . . . you never cease to be confusing
And I’m beginning to think you actually pride yourself on that 
That’s my position is all. An inspection on a creampuff, if done correctly, should usually take longer. A pre-purchase on a car with a lot of problem, it will be easy and therefore fast to find one problem that eliminates it from the running.
You live in Duluth? I lived there until 4th grade, like in 62 or so. We drove from Minocqua WI to Brainerd, MN going through Duluth. First time there in what 50 years, but a definite dejavu moment up the curvy hilly highway heading out of town. I knew that road, pretty sure it was only 2 lane when I was a kid, that was this last June, It was spooky, surreal and fun! People going up or down hill get right of way in the winter still? was at 2811 East Superior St.
I’m seeing (using google earth) a sort of a red & green house hidden behind trees, and to the right of that one a white colored house. To the left of the red/green house is 2805, but can’t see the addresses of the other two houses. In my area the addresses are both on the house and painted on the curb, but it appears the curb painted address hasn’t taken hold in Duluth. Nice looking area in any event. And very few printers in view … lol …
Thanks for the interest, Probably the house.
I use the street view feature of google earth all the time. For example I wanted to see where Sanford and Son antique shop was located. I discovered it isn’t actually at the address they used on the show, but in another neighborhood. It’s changed quite a bit since the show was filmed in the 70’s, but is still recognizable by the street features, poles, driveways, etc.
You’d think so but I had the exact scenario George mentioned happen to me. Around here the garages doing inspections can also do the repairs. This creates conflict of interest. I had one inspection take forever, they were scouring the car looking for something, anything they could find. I even heard the guy complaining to another guy there how he couldn’t find anything and “it has 275,000 miles!”. But no, too bad so sad found nada. 
I never went back there again.
Sorry, I see now the discussion was for pre-purchase inspection not annual safety. In that case I think it’s even more likely that a car with a significant or multiple issues would take less time. Once you spot a potentially big repair bill why would you keep looking? Trans is shot do you keep inspecting or stop and advise the prospective buyer to move on?
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Two blocks up hill is my house: 2828 E. 2nd St.
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Want to see something strange? Street view to your house, then tilt the viewer so to look straight up above into the sky. There’s sort of a floating cloud up there that says (faintly, hard to see) Google 2013 
seriously not making this up. Looking more, there’s a bunch of 'em floating up there.
Sounds like your Yaris is behaving rather nicely for you. Good for you, good for Toyota, and good for your wallet. Some folks complain a little about the Yaris’s driver position, some say it is a little awkward, have you ever noticed that to be a problem? Automatic or manual?
What country do you live in . . . ?!
here in the US, there was no 1979 model year Tercel
But there was a 1979 “Corolla-Tercel”
Is that in fact what you’re referring to . . . ?
So if you find something that is disappointing you discontinue the inspection and collect your fee?
There is a long check list of things to inspect and measure with our inspections. On a vehicle with less than 50,000 miles a tech can go through the inspection in an hour. With an older vehicle the tech needs to stop and document each problem, then afterwards write an estimate for the repairs. It can take 20 to 30 minutes to write the estimate.
The customer wants everything written down so they can ask the selling dealer to make the corrections.
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What if it’s a deal killer? Do you as a buyer want the inspection to continue so you know if it has a bunch of other niggling problems? I’d certainly appreciate if the mechanic called me and said we have a potential deal killer here, want me to continue? If no, then charge me an appropriate fee for the inspection up to that point.
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What if that potential deal killer is some kind of am ominous noise . . . ?
Could be something cheap and easy to fix
Could be something expensive and labor-intensive
On a car I was inspecting for my mother, there WAS a noise . . . I think the seller heard it and thought he was pulling one over on me . . . but we agreed on a price, with no mention of the noise.
It turned out to be a water pump, which was easily replaced
I guess much depends just what constitutes “a potential deal killer” . . .