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Not combinable with other offers.",null,"oil-change",{"id":15,"title":16,"seoTitle":17,"description":18,"seoDescription":19,"offer":20,"terms":21,"expiresAt":12},"30-off-repairs-over-300","$30 Off Any Repair Service Over $300","$30 Off Any Repair Over $300 | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Take $30 off any repair service with a total over $300 — brakes, suspension, cooling system, electrical, whatever the finding was.","Save $30 on any repair service over $300 at Fogg’s Automotive Fleet & Service Center in Scotia, NY, serving Schenectady and the Capital Region. One per visit.","$30 OFF","Repair services only; excludes tires, batteries and NYS inspection fees. One per vehicle per visit. Not combinable with other offers.",{"id":23,"title":24,"seoTitle":25,"description":26,"seoDescription":27,"offer":28,"terms":29,"expiresAt":12},"wiper-blades-2-off","Wiper Blades — $2 Off Per Blade + Free Installation","Wiper Blades $2 Off + Free Install | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Winter is hard on wipers. Get $2 off each blade and free installation when you buy a pair — done in the lane while you wait.","Wiper blades $2 off per blade with free installation on a pair at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, near Schenectady. Replace streaking blades before the first ice storm.","$2 OFF","Free installation with purchase of a pair. Rear blades priced separately. Not combinable with other offers.",{"id":31,"title":32,"seoTitle":33,"description":34,"seoDescription":35,"offer":36,"terms":37,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":38},"free-multi-point-inspection","Free Multi-Point Inspection","Free Multi-Point Inspection | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","A technician checks brakes, tires, fluids, belts, hoses, battery, lights and the underbody, and you get a written report sorted into now, soon and fine — no purchase required.","Free multi-point inspection at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady: brakes, tires, fluids, battery, lights and underbody with a written report.","FREE","No purchase necessary. By appointment or as bay availability allows. Visual inspection; measured diagnostics quoted separately.","engine-diagnostics",{"id":40,"title":41,"seoTitle":42,"description":43,"seoDescription":44,"offer":45,"terms":46,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":47},"20-off-wheel-alignment","$20 Off Wheel Alignment","$20 Off Wheel Alignment | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Pothole season is alignment season. Save $20 on a four-wheel alignment on our Hunter rack, with the before-and-after printout.","Save $20 on a wheel alignment at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, serving Schenectady and Saratoga County. Hunter rack, before-and-after printout, most vehicles.","$20 OFF","Most vehicles. Lifted trucks and dual-rear-wheel vehicles quoted separately. Not combinable with other offers.","wheel-alignment",{"id":49,"title":50,"seoTitle":51,"description":52,"seoDescription":53,"offer":36,"terms":54,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":55},"free-fleet-consultation","Fleet Account Consultation","Free Fleet Account Consultation | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","A 5-minute quote walkthrough of your vehicles, their service intervals and how billing would work — one monthly invoice, per-vehicle history, FMC or national-account billing if you use one. Two work vehicles is enough.","Free 5-minute fleet quote at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady: intervals, priority repair and billing setup for 2+ vehicles.","No obligation. Bring registrations and recent repair history if you have it. By appointment with the fleet desk, Monday–Friday 7:30 AM–6:00 PM.","fleet-maintenance-program",{"id":57,"title":58,"seoTitle":59,"description":60,"seoDescription":61,"offer":62,"terms":63,"expiresAt":12,"serviceSlug":64},"fleet-nys-inspections","NYS Inspections Batched for Fleets","Fleet NYS Inspections Batched — $21 Each | Fogg’s, Scotia NY","Schedule three or more fleet units together and we run the New York State safety and emissions inspections in one morning at the state fee, with every bulb and line checked before the paperwork starts.","Batched New York State inspections for fleets at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY, near Schenectady: schedule 3+ units together, $21 state fee each, early drop-off.","$21 EA.","State-regulated fee for most passenger vehicles and light trucks in Schenectady County; heavy vehicles differ. Three or more units scheduled together. Repairs for failed items quoted separately.","nys-inspection",{"city":66,"service":94,"pair":147,"enServiceSlug":91,"enSvc":91,"esSvc":158,"siblings":159},{"slug":67,"name":68,"county":69,"driveMinutes":70,"distanceMiles":71,"directions":72,"localNote":73,"zips":74,"faqs":76,"commonWork":83,"featuredServices":88},"saratoga-springs","Saratoga Springs","Saratoga County",25,18,"Route 50 south from the bottom of Broadway — through Ballston Spa, Burnt Hills and Glenville, past the Glenridge Rd light — and the Fogg’s Automotive campus is about a mile farther on Route 50. Eighteen miles, 25 minutes, one road. When Route 50 backs up through Ballston Spa on a track-season Friday, the Northway south to Exit 9, Route 146 west and Glenridge Rd is the alternate.","Saratoga Springs is the far end of our Route 50 corridor, and the drive is worth it for the big decisions: a transmission that is slipping, a diesel that is derating, a used truck you are about to buy. The city’s hospitality fleet — hotel shuttles, catering and linen vans, downtown distributors — runs hardest from Memorial Day through Travers weekend, and a van down in August is lost revenue; our priority-repair lane and 27 bays exist for that. Year-round, Skidmore and Saratoga Hospital commuters and the heavy-duty pickups from the horse farms out Nelson Ave and Route 29 come down Route 50 for the straight diagnosis they could not get closer to home.",[75],"12866",[77,80],{"q":78,"a":79},"Is 25 minutes from Saratoga Springs really worth it for a transmission?","For a transmission, yes — it is the repair where the diagnosis matters more than the shop around the corner. We road-test on live data and inspect the fluid before any number is quoted; many slips and shudders are a $189–$349 fluid service or a solenoid, not a $3,200–$6,500 replacement. One trip down Route 50 usually gets you a same-day written answer.",{"q":81,"a":82},"We run hotel shuttles and catering vans in Saratoga — can you get a unit back before the weekend crowd during track season?","If it reaches us by mid-morning, most common failures — alternator, battery, starter, brakes, hoses — are back on Route 50 that afternoon, because fleet units are dispatched first. We are open Mon–Fri 7:30 AM–6 PM, so a Friday problem should come Friday morning. In the off-season we batch your preventive work so August has fewer surprises.",[84,85,86,87],"Hospitality shuttles and vans on priority repair during the summer meet, with preventive work batched in the off-season when the city empties out","Transmission diagnosis worth the drive: live-data road test and fluid inspection before anyone says “replace”","Pre-purchase inspections ($129) on used cars and horse-farm trucks bought around Saratoga County","Light- and medium-duty diesel pickups from the farms and Route 29 trades — fuel systems, emissions components and towing-grade brakes",[89,90,91,92,93,38],"fleet-repair","transmission-repair","pre-purchase-inspection","diesel-repair","brake-repair",{"slug":91,"title":95,"shortTitle":96,"category":97,"icon":98,"excerpt":99,"answerCapsule":100,"description":101,"symptoms":105,"includes":112,"price":119,"turnaround":124,"fleetNote":125,"faqs":126,"relatedServices":139,"relatedSymptoms":141,"seo":144},"Pre-Purchase Vehicle Inspection","Pre-Purchase Inspections","maintenance","lucide:search-check","Buying a used vehicle? Our pre-purchase inspection finds hidden mechanical, safety, rust, and inspection-sticker problems before you buy.","A pre-purchase inspection at Fogg’s Automotive Fleet & Service Center in Scotia, NY, minutes from Schenectady, costs $95–$199 and takes about 90 minutes. An ASE-certified technician checks the engine, transmission, brakes, suspension, frame, and computer systems, then delivers a photo report — before you hand over a dime for a used car or work van.",[102,103,104],"A used vehicle is the only major purchase people routinely make on a 10-minute test drive and a seller’s word. A pre-purchase inspection flips the information advantage back to you: our technicians put the vehicle on a lift and find what a driveway walk-around never will — frame rust, flood residue, masked leaks, worn brakes painted to look fresh, and computer codes cleared an hour before you arrived.","You get a written report with photos, a now\u002Fsoon\u002Flater list of what the vehicle needs, and rough costs for each item — including whether it would pass a New York State inspection today, which matters because a privately bought car has to be inspected within 10 days of registration. Sometimes that kills the deal; more often it becomes your negotiating leverage. Customers routinely knock more off the price than the inspection cost twenty times over.","We’re part of the Fogg’s Automotive family, which has sold used vehicles on this Route 50 campus since 1955, so we look at used cars, trucks, and vans all day, every day. We know exactly where upstate New York road salt hides on a frame, and which model years carry problems the seller may not even know about. We inspect work vans and pickups for small fleets the same way — a $20,000 used Transit deserves 90 minutes on a lift.",[106,107,108,109,110,111],"You’re buying from a private seller with no warranty","The listing says “minor surface rust” (in upstate New York, verify)","The Carfax is clean but something feels off","You’re buying for a new driver and want it safe, period","The seller “just cleared a code” or the check engine light is on","You’re adding a used van or pickup to a small fleet",[113,114,115,116,117,118],"Full lift inspection — frame, rust, leaks, suspension","Computer scan of all modules, including cleared-code history and readiness monitors","Brake, tire, and steering measurement with remaining-life estimates","Fluid condition checks — oil, transmission, coolant, brake","Road test by an ASE-certified technician","Written photo report with now\u002Fsoon\u002Flater cost estimates and NYS inspection readiness",{"low":120,"high":121,"unit":122,"note":123},95,199,"per vehicle","Standard inspection $95; extended inspection with compression\u002Fleak-down testing for high-mileage, diesel, or performance vehicles $199.","About 90 minutes — schedule ahead and we can work around the seller.","Fleets adding used units get the same lift inspection with a fleet-focused report — remaining brake and tire life, frame and brake-line corrosion, emissions readiness — so you know the first-year maintenance cost before the vehicle joins the account.",[127,130,133,136],{"q":128,"a":129},"Is a pre-purchase inspection worth it?","A $95 inspection routinely uncovers $2,000–$5,000 in problems — or gives you certainty the vehicle is solid. Either outcome pays for itself. The only bad result is the one you find out about after you’ve bought the car.",{"q":131,"a":132},"Does a used car in New York have to pass inspection before I buy it?","A licensed dealer has to deliver the vehicle with a valid NYS inspection. A private seller does not — you get 10 days after registering to have it inspected, and if it fails, the repairs are yours. Our report tells you up front whether you’re buying a sticker problem, from rust-perforated brake lines to a check engine light that fails the OBD-II test.",{"q":134,"a":135},"What if the seller won’t allow an inspection?","That is your answer. A seller with nothing to hide has nothing to lose from 90 minutes at a licensed shop in Scotia. Walk away.",{"q":137,"a":138},"Can you inspect a car I’m buying from a dealership?","Yes — any dealer should allow an independent inspection, including vehicles sold at Fogg’s Automotive next door. We inspect them all to the same standard and put it in writing either way.",[38,93,140,64],"suspension-steering",[142,143],"check-engine-light-on","car-shakes-highway",{"title":145,"description":146},"Pre-Purchase Car Inspection in Schenectady, NY | $95–$199","Buying a used car near Schenectady? Pre-purchase inspection at Fogg’s in Scotia, NY from $95: lift check, computer scan, photo report, NYS inspection readiness.",{"citySlug":67,"serviceSlug":91,"capsule":148,"bridge":149,"faq":152,"seo":155},"Pre-purchase inspection for Saratoga Springs buyers at Fogg’s in Scotia, 25 minutes down Route 50: $129 for a lift inspection of frame and brake-line rust, fluids, brakes, tires, suspension and stored codes, photographed and written up. Used horse-farm trucks and summer-rental castoffs get the same scrutiny.",[150,151],"Saratoga Springs has a lively used market with its own quirks: the farm and track trucks that have towed hard and been parked in wet fields, the ex-rental and ex-fleet vehicles that cycle out after the summer season, the Skidmore student car being sold in May. Each hides something different — a frame rusted by manure and brine, a transmission overheated behind a horse trailer, a rental with every service interval skipped — and none of it shows on the test drive down Broadway.","Our pre-purchase inspection is $129 and takes about 90 minutes. We put the vehicle on a lift and photograph the frame, floor pans, brake and fuel lines, exhaust, suspension and tires; check fluid condition, which tells us about the transmission and cooling system; scan for stored and pending codes and emissions-monitor readiness; and test the battery and charging system. You get a written report sorted into walk-away, negotiate and fine, with the photos to back it up. Have the seller meet you here, or drop the car for the afternoon.",{"q":153,"a":154},"I am buying a used truck from a Saratoga horse farm — what should Fogg’s look at hardest?","The frame, the transmission and the brakes. Farm trucks live in wet manure and brine, so we photograph the frame and lines for rot; towing overheats transmissions, so we check fluid condition and scan for stored slip codes; and trailer weight eats brakes and wheel bearings. The $129 inspection covers all of it, with a written report before you hand over money.",{"title":156,"description":157},"Pre-Purchase Inspection Near Saratoga Springs, NY | Fogg’s","Pre-purchase inspection for Saratoga Springs buyers, 25 minutes down Route 50: $129 lift inspection with photos of frame rust, brake lines, fluids and codes.","inspeccion-antes-de-comprar",[160,164,168],{"serviceSlug":89,"svc":161},{"slug":89,"icon":162,"shortTitle":163},"lucide:siren","Fleet Priority Repair",{"serviceSlug":90,"svc":165},{"slug":90,"icon":166,"shortTitle":167},"lucide:settings-2","Transmission",{"serviceSlug":92,"svc":169},{"slug":92,"icon":170,"shortTitle":171},"lucide:fuel","Diesel",1793328581584]