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.
** Exclusive CBC Author Interview with Fred Barnes **. Fred Barnes is the executive editor of The Weekly Standard. Previously, he was co-host of The Beltway Boys with Mort Kondracke. He has been a contributor to Fox News Channel since 1996.