# 'Texas man opens fire after vehicle fails inspection' **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [March 6, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925 "2019-03-06T16:53:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 4:53pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925/1 "2019-03-06T16:53:59Z")
> **[Police: Texas man opens fire after vehicle fails inspection](https://www.abqjournal.com/1288755/police-texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection.html)** > > EL PASO, Texas (Associated Press) -- A 60-year-old West Texas man is in the county jail after police say he became angry when his vehicle failed a state inspection and he shot the owner of the auto… ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 5:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925/2 "2019-03-06T17:31:50Z")
Backfire. Timing problem. ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925/3 "2019-03-06T21:34:39Z")
Texans crack me up. ![texans](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/original/2X/3/3a0628c16c5342b345d343ce0a26126fdfd34b1c.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925/4 "2019-03-06T22:06:58Z")
His hair cracks me up! Don’t shoot the messenger, did not fix anything. Shoot him in the gut and then he will pass me? Not a good plan! ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 2:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925/5 "2019-03-07T02:13:28Z")
I hope the inspector recovers ok. I can see why the customer might be upset, but shooting the inspector? I can’t imagine what that car owner was thinking. I wonder why the car didn’t pass the inspection? ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 3:44am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925/6 "2019-03-07T03:44:53Z")
what the heck . . . ?! I tried to read the article, but I’m supposed to answer a question about Schick razors first Not gonna happen, Troll ---
**Author:** ![RandomTroll](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/randomtroll/32/12184_2.png) [@RandomTroll](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RandomTroll)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 4:00pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925/7 "2019-03-07T16:00:37Z")
> [@db4690](#): > > I’m supposed to answer a question about Schick razors first > > Not gonna happen, Troll Then how am I supposed to pay my way through college? 😢 ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [March 7, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/texas-man-opens-fire-after-vehicle-fails-inspection/135925/8 "2019-03-07T21:19:12Z")
How many decades have you been in college?😉