If strickter testing criteria apply in future that means that cars would have not been save in the past and wof testing would not have been justified in the first place. Dump wof testing altogether and make the vehicle owner responsible.
chebry,
Jul 17, 4:58am
That was the system in Tasmania cars are inspected on first rego then its up to the operator to maintain with 7day bomb stickers for roadside failures or plate removal for absolute wrecks.
franc123,
Jul 18, 6:35am
I think that is a model that could work well here, perform random checks and give say a 7 day window for fixing minor problems, the "bomb sticker" and instantly repo the plates for more serious issues and make them go back through compliance and reregistration again, or scrap it.
zephyrheaven,
Jul 18, 7:22am
I have my VIRM out in the workshop ready for customers that quibble, the very few that have asked to see the legislation (incl a Dr at one point) had a go at it & said - "Mate, you guys earn your money - someone in a grey suit driving a grey Hyundai must have penned that nonesense!"
He is 100% correct IMHO but its the best we have got for now.
MTA - dont get me started, the crook garages failing absolute rubbish under their banner make me sick - "Oh youre not MTA!" Nope & NEVER will be - another scam dreamt up for the too easily led brigade
zephyrheaven,
Jul 18, 7:25am
Careful, remember the compliance & rereg costs are all just a giant cloud of money - for time spent & actual human costs involved its all just a giant shitcloud of money for whom.guess
Look at the hundreds of cars loaded up on all those scrap trucks these days, I am 100% certain there is a Govt funded scam going on to license these 'Free Car Removal' companies - its the easiest way to make car ownership unaffordable for the masses I rang around for a U13 bluebird powersteering hose the other day, nobody on the network picked up - yet Ive seen complete ones heading for the crusher! Hmmmmm
franc123,
Jul 18, 7:51am
I'm hearing ya, but the cold hard facts of it these days are that the traditional wreckers simply aren't interested in stuff that old, U13's being a good example and are leaving it to the scrappies, the scrappies aren't interested in the local market, be it either retail OR tradies like yourself and with the hassle of removing stuff off cars, offering warranties etc, far better to ship the whole thing out of the country, get paid and forget about it.
zephyrheaven,
Jul 18, 7:56am
Agree with the above, but with the age of our motoring fleet - and the 'cheap cash for cheap bombs' crowd - pretty soon there aint gonna be anything left
franc123,
Jul 18, 8:42am
Yes you're not wrong there, a trip around a scrapyard is alarming when you see not only the quantity of cars there but also the condition of them, some look to still be decent transport that just need something like a trans replacement or repair, or a head repair, cambelt job etc, shocking waste. Especially when you look at the cost of importing another car to replace it.
cowlover,
Jul 18, 1:03pm
It makes me cry too when you see some of the stuff going to scrap.I think part of the problem is because there is now a zillion different models on the road that its almost impossible to get parts for some of them which puts them on the scrap heap which then compounds the problem of no parts.Back in the day of escorts and minis the common parts were the same for perhaps 10 years production; now the part is modified about every 10 months.Wont get any better until we can unprogramme tjhe throw it away mentality.
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