STAR-certified since 2004, Smog Check San Diego in Point Loma runs a Bureau of Automotive Repair test-only station at 3112 Midway Drive in the Midway District, handling regular, gross-polluter, and change-of-ownership inspections. The test-only designation prohibits the station from selling repair work on vehicles it fails, creating a regulatory firewall that channels emissions-repair referrals to Pacific Highway Auto Repair and other full-service bays along the Pacific Highway corridor. Out-of-state registrations and military-base vehicle transfers require a California-specific BAR inspection sequence that the station processes alongside standard biennial checks for Point Loma, San Diego drivers. Diesel testing follows CARB's separate opacity-and-NOx protocol on a dedicated analyzer, a lane that pairs with the catalytic-converter and EGR diagnostics at German Auto Center Inc for European diesels needing pre-retest repairs. The heaviest throughput days involve back-to-back gross-polluter directed inspections—state-mandated retests on vehicles that received Consumer Assistance Program repair vouchers and must clear a tighter emissions threshold to remain registered.