Went to a WOF inspectors course last week. Here is something alot of people dont know. If your Vehicle fails a WOF it does not mean you have 28 days to drive your car round before the recheck. All it means is that you only have those 28 days to take your car for repairs and recheck. If you get pulled up or if you crash your car you wont get insured as it comes up in the system as failed and police can see that and will book you for driving an unsafe vehicle. 2: Anyone can have there own copy of the WOF inspectors book (called a VIRM) it can be downloaded online. 3: 92 Decibels is the limit for exhaust noise. thats alot of noise!
mugenb20b,
Nov 29, 7:40pm
What's new! It's been like that for many years.
msigg,
Nov 29, 7:47pm
hardly a revelation.
corky,
Nov 29, 7:51pm
And you had to come back to NZ to learn that.
fordcrzy,
Nov 29, 8:10pm
92db! seems everyone uses 90db.
good to know.
franc123,
Nov 29, 8:14pm
All pretty common knowledge by now.In fact in this next year the eVIRM will be the only one available, issuing all AVIC's hard copies of it is hardly necessary these days and is going to be discontinued.
antwerp87,
Nov 29, 8:30pm
*Shuts up and quietly reads*
franc123,
Nov 29, 8:39pm
Yep, an insurer has to prove that a defect with your vehicle that would have caused it to fail a WOF immediately prior to the crash was the cause of it.Likewise not displaying a current licence label is not a crash causer either!
net_oz,
Nov 30, 3:32am
What was that saying Muldoon said years ago! And you came back. Oh dear.
kazbanz,
Nov 30, 3:41am
Ahh now funny you guys should "say" that. Yassee theres a VERY big difference between the REAL world and the world you guys live in. Before ya jump down my throat heaqr me out. Yout hypothetical world-Mr muggins fails his WOF and has an unregistered car.-Woffailed because his horn doesn't work and maybee the headlights aren't working. In daylight has a crash. So insurer cuts hin a cheque for the value of his car and he goes get another car.-or is car is fixed. THE REAL WORLD--Mr muggins fails his WOF and has an unregistered car.-Woffailed because his horn doesn't work and maybee the headlights aren't working. In daylight has a crash. So insurer has the car inspected and finds no rego no wof. so therefore assessor tells claims that no payout because car is defective.Claims waits a week then sends out a letter telling Mr Muggins.Mr Muggins then often just accepts that letter (this is the real world remember) or if he's clued up quickly contacts the insurer to tell them that the WOF fail was not a cause of the accident. Insurer says Proove it -Your car is utterly munted. This puts the onus on Mr Muggins to supply the WOF check sheet and jump through a few hoops.This can stretch out for months. Meanwhile mr muggins has no car. Eventually the manager of the insurer looks over the file and cuts hin a cheque for the value of his car and he goes get another car.-or his car is fixed. Occasionally mr muggins is a bit of a crazy horse type and is onto the situation right away. But my senario is how it actually really happens.
smac,
Nov 30, 6:04am
kazbanz, to be fair to the above comments, antwerp was sharing his recently discovered 'rules', so a clarification on the actual rules seems appropriate. As with any rule, there's what's on paper, and what actually happens.I'd love to see the numbers on how many claims are initially declined, then later approved once a fight starts, broken down by company.
This is all apart from the fact most of the OP's post was wrong.Police not necessarily being able to see the fail, and the fact 92 is not some kind of golden level.keep reading antwerp!
crzyhrse,
Nov 30, 6:34am
Hence the need to make the public more aware that what an insurance company says is not the be all and end all - it's actually just a starting point. If you just accept it, bigger fool you.
mm12345,
Nov 30, 6:42am
92 dBA (weighted measurement).It's a very complex and strange test methodology.Due to "A" weighting, a loud thumping exhaust can pass while making much more noise than a car with a higher pitched exhaust note.92 dB at 1/2 meter isn't very loud. It seems to be similar to the aussie Federal test for new cars - as if it's been copied word for word, except NZ test methodology has changed it in some cases - ie so that a V8 motor is tested at 4,000rpm (3,000 in Aus) and 4 cylinder cars with variable valve timing tested at 4,800 rpm (4,000rpm in Aus - no special case for VVT).Curious now that a special case was made for cars with VVT, as that's just about everything these days.I suppose it wasn't back then - when some politician wanted to prove he was "doing something" by putting in place another punitive draconian law to satisfy the whiners on talkback radio and the overpaid host of the weekday 7pm timeslot on TV1. Of course the test doesn't measure sound pressure level during normal driving conditions, let alone under load at WOT and peak revs.
kazbanz,
Nov 30, 6:46am
Actually crzyhrse we are gonna hafta agree to disagree on this subject. NOT the legal definition which I agree with you onbut the entire mindset that goes on behind it. Basicly the thinking thatits acceptable to drive around with a vehicle with no WOF (and mechanical defects) and pay no regoor the flip side where they think ohh ok I have this little bit of paper on my window so the vehicle is 100% safe.
smac,
Nov 30, 7:02am
But the flip side is, if you let the insurance companies push their view, we'll have people believing it is unsafe to drive after they have failed their WoF due to blown number plate light or low tread and it's not raining.
antwerp87,
Nov 30, 10:17am
I never said it was a rule. I said its what I learnt, by an MTA course inspector who forwarded that information to us. Please read post heading. "Tips learnt last week"
smac,
Nov 30, 10:27am
Well ok then. The tips you learned last week, that aren't rules, are still wrong.
intrade,
Nov 30, 6:26pm
lol i tell that my clients all the time and the women usually say oh no you should not have told me this then i could have said i did not know
mm12345,
Nov 30, 6:42am
92 dBA (weighted measurement).It's a very complex and strange test methodology.Due to "A" weighting, a loud thumping exhaust can pass while making much more noise than a car with a higher pitched exhaust note.92 dB at 1/2 meter isn't very loud, and measuring at 1/2 metre from the exhaust pipe seems a bit dumb - it's not a place where any sane person puts their ears. It seems to be similar to the aussie Federal test for new cars - as if it's been copied word for word, except NZ test methodology has changed it in some cases - ie so that a V8 motor is tested at 4,000rpm (3,000 in Aus) and 4 cylinder cars with variable valve timing tested at 4,800 rpm (4,000rpm in Aus - no special case for VVT).Curious now that a special case was made for cars with VVT, as that's just about everything these days.I suppose it wasn't back then - when some politician wanted to prove he was "doing something" by putting in place another punitive draconian law to satisfy the whiners on talkback radio and the overpaid host of the weekday 7pm timeslot on TV1. Of course the test doesn't measure sound pressure level during normal driving conditions, let alone under load at WOT and peak revs.
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