Shakedown ride

did about 30 miles today, roughly half of it uphill.

one of the outer tie rod ends is completely shot, and the other one has a busted boot. at higher speeds it gets a little shaky

that said, it handled the twisty hill roads just fine at low (30-ish mph) speed.

the AT is still a little funny with the shifting, but its drivable and close enough to spec that i can chalk it up to a misadjusted TV cable for now. i really do not want to contemplate a tranny replacement for something this minor, because i dont have the tools to swap it properly myself, i don't think.

so my question is:

my tie rod ends come tomorrow morning, should i wait until i install them to smog it (because i will hopefully be able to get up to higher/highway speeds...) or should i just drive it a lot at 30-40 before going to the sniffer?