I'll chime in with the second opinion suggestions. We ran up against this when we first moved here, and that was at the end of the horse and buggy days. Just mention you're not getting the work done at the inspection station. Cannot recommend a good mechanic as I don't drive any more.

I can vouch for House of Tropicals. We bought a number of tropical fish from them as we were setting up a large (55 gallon) community tank. I recall them as being very caring about the outcome for the various fishes they sold--in terms of habits, getting along, food requirements, and so on. Very compassionate. Good for you for wanting to re-home the turtle.