4. Do a tune-up two weeks before the smog test. Have any required maintenance performed well before the smog test, Mazor says. Most mechanics disconnect the battery while doing a tune-up and this resets the car's onboard computer.
Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: 1  Barnes(ProperNoun) An English topographic surname for someone who owned, lived in, or worked in a barn. 2  Barnes(ProperNoun) An English habitational surname for someone from the place of the same name in Surrey.
In 2003, Barnes was awarded the Profile in Courage Award by the John F. Kennedy Library for his success while Governor of minimizing the Confederate battle emblem on the Georgia state flag despite the political fallout.pon completing his service at Atlanta Legal Aid Society, Barnes founded the Barnes Law Group with his daughter, Allison Barnes Salter; son-in-law, John Salter; and long-time law partner, Charles Tanksley. The Barnes Law Group continues Barnes' private law practice which began in 1975 when he formed his first law firm.