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elect70, Oct 5, 3:11pm
Heard Greg murphyonradioadsayingkeep WOFs as they are,whos behind thatMTAiI bet .
ladatrouble, Oct 5, 3:21pm
Well obviously not someone who doesn't want to spend a cent maintaining their car for a start.
thewomble1, Oct 5, 3:46pm
I'm with Greg and I don't work for MTA.
stealthbida, Oct 5, 3:49pm
Me too, agree that is, make rego cheaper for those that don't have accidents, therefore reducing ACC levy in our rego! Just a thought.
gammelvind, Oct 5, 4:48pm
Include rego and ACC in fuel and scrap the annual fees. No more fines, those who do high milages wil pay more but hobby low use vehicles pay less.
Wofs should be based on milage not time, maybe every 20,000 km.
franc123, Oct 5, 5:03pm
Well given he is a mouthpiece for the MTA, of course. Any of the four scenarios put forward so far by the MOT is going to cost their members commercially, these very automotive service providers they supposedly represent the MTA are competing with themselves for WOF testing business, they are going to bleat loudly to retain the status quo. Still waiting on some justification from them or anyone else as to why vehicles here need official checking more than twice as often as anywhere else in the world, in fact more than twice as often when viewed over the expected life of the car.In fact the MTA want more stringent (and of course expensive) tests to milk the sheeples more, keep this in mind when making your submissions. Opinions from anyone who is involved or knows someone involved with the various crashinvestigation units nationwide are especially welcome.
alan1111, Oct 5, 5:34pm
I issue wof's daily and if you see some of the cars that come in for a wof it would scare you. Keep it at 6 months please. New vehicles yes every 2 years .And no i not just saying keep it causei make money from it, a safety issue is where i coming from.
chebry, Oct 5, 5:39pm
Check em when new or first registered then leave it up to the operator with stiff roadside inspections like in most of OZ where people do much higher mileages this works fine
tussocknut, Oct 5, 5:45pm
i can't see why people have an issue with vehicles up to 12 years old only need to go every 12 months. I would be beside myself if my 2001 vehicle failed a warrant on anything other than a light not working. I have had a 1994 vehicle which in the past 13 years has only failed twice, once for play in the door hinges and once for a leak in the exhaust.bit of a have really. Why do people think that just because owners have an extra 6 months they will drive there 2005 vehicle round with no brakes, bald tyres, and no lights!
gammelvind, Oct 5, 5:46pm
While agreeing with what you are seeing, the question I always have with that observation is, how can they get so bad in 6 months! Surely any wof inspector would be able to say that a particular part will not last 6 months and fail it.
Surely with the rules tightning around wofs, dodgy ones are essentialy a thing of the past. If cars get that bad in 6 months then the inspector didn't do their job properly or the customer has gone without a wof for much longer than 6 months.
twink19, Oct 5, 5:57pm
spend a day in a work shop and look at some of the crap that comes in for a wof, some is given a warning other stuff is failed, their are a few that will never maintain or fix their cars, if it was not for the wof some would never fix their cars
jason18, Oct 5, 6:00pm
The thing is people will still get a wof be it 6-12 or 18 monthly. Roll into their garage and cut the springs down, tint windows illegally etc etc. This will never stop
edangus, Oct 5, 6:07pm
Under 10 years - annually- after that every 6 months.

And for my 2 cents, Greg should stick to racing.
sandypheet, Oct 5, 6:11pm
People spend more on junk food,booze and smokes every week and then bitch about the cost of a wof every 6 months.The changes are just a vote buying exercise by the present govt as they will be implimented just before the next election and hope to use it as a good news story by saying look,our measures are saving you $2 a week.
franc123, Oct 5, 6:14pm
The REAL crap doesn't ever get presented for a WOF, for obvious reasons. The dangerous fringe of vehicles that NZTA try to target with legislation, and of course good doses of taxpayer dollars, are operated by people who simply don't care about vehicle maintenance. Those deliberately trying to flout wof laws with illegal mods often fit compliant tyres or springs etc for the express purpose of obtaining a wof only to change them back again. Thus its not really an effective tool is it! The police already have the power to order suspect vehicles off the road, we need to be making instant pedestrians out of more of these people. Deal to them.
smac, Oct 5, 6:15pm
How often are accidents caused by vehicle condition, that would have been picked up by a more frequent inspection! The answer! We don't know, because stats on this are sketchy at best.
40wav, Oct 5, 6:23pm
Cos they probably will!
mantagsi, Oct 5, 6:26pm
I see your point, it is valid but I would like to mention it isn't always about the money. It can be about the time too. Thats all my 0.02c :)
msigg, Oct 5, 6:39pm
smac, not many accidents are caused by wof issues. causes of accidents are, drink driving, excess speed, inatention, these are all driver related issues, I think that is where the problems are.
rpvr, Oct 5, 7:02pm
If time is an issue you can have a WOF check done by the likes of Hometune who can come to your home or workplace and do it for you.
franc123, Oct 5, 7:14pm
Bang on, a true statement that is also backed by meaningful research in other countries too. And not one that the MTA are talking about much either!
cowlover, Oct 5, 7:20pm
Can they!I thought you had to have approved premises to issue WOFs.
zetec, Oct 5, 7:24pm
The UK MOT is annual, with the first test at 3 years into a car's life. That's for a country that has foul weather most of the time, salts the roads in winter, and where most cars live outside all their life. Six monthly WOF consumes time and money and is unnecessary, all it takes is personal responsibility to keep a car roadworthy, the government doesn't have to look after every aspect of our lives. When I get my car serviced, and also get a WOF, the garage charges for the service and then for the WOF, but they cover the same things, so I get to pay twice. Either scrap it all together or do two yearly checks with none for the first three years, NZ is not a harsh environment for cars. Come down heavy on people with unfit cars, they are the ones who should be paying, not the motorists who take responsibility.
llortmt, Oct 5, 8:16pm
Total rubbish, no one can do mobile WOF legally.
pico42, Oct 5, 9:10pm
Why not!