The key changes to the warrant of fitness system (WoF) include: ???An initial inspection for new cars, followed by annual inspections oncevehicles are three years old ???Annual inspections for vehicles three years and older and first registered on or after 1 January 2000 ???Six-monthly inspections for vehicles first registered before 1 January 2000 ???Information and education to increase people??
rovercitroen,
Jan 27, 9:50am
One downside is I can see there will be more cars driving around on bald tyres. Sometimes tyres can look fine until someone gets the car up on the hoist and has a good look at the inside edge.
mber2,
Jan 27, 9:51am
I think this bit should be changed ???Annual inspections for vehicles three years and older and first registered on or after 1 January 2000 In 10 years time most ofthese cars will be heaps of rubbish and they only get checked yearly. Why didnt they make it read "yearly inspections for vehicles up to 10 years old then 6 monthly after that for all vehicles
rovercitroen,
Jan 27, 9:53am
Also they have not adressed the issue of classic or seldom used cars which under the new rules may still need a WoF after travelling a few hundred kms in 6 months.
edangus,
Jan 27, 9:53am
I think its pretty balanced and moderate. Shame they have not alluded to reducing WOFs for Classic and Vintage, but you can't win them all.
edangus,
Jan 27, 9:56am
I believe it is not worded that way because the amount of Safety Features on Cars since 2000 has been pretty good, build quality etc has been also.
I do worry about dickheads with bald tyres though.
musikcrazee,
Jan 27, 9:59am
My car is a 1999, but first registered in NZ in 2003 - will I qualify for 12month WOF check!
bitsy_boffin,
Jan 27, 10:00am
Vehicles subject to the vintage licencing fees should be given 3 yearly WoF.
Very new cars unlikely to have problems because they are new, and very old cars unlikely to have problems because their owners look after them.
edangus,
Jan 27, 10:05am
Agreed, maybe they will roll this out and review again.
rsr72,
Jan 27, 10:32am
Now we'll find out how Murph's new career went.
sr2,
Jan 27, 11:25am
Poor Murph seems to be making Brockys mistake of becoming a spokesperson for a cause that he has little or no expertise in. Good to finally see some sanity in NZ's wof laws.
bwg11,
Jan 27, 11:42am
Agree. I have a classic Cooper S which probably costs me more for WOF's than petrol in a year.
b.j.nichols,
Jan 27, 12:14pm
Agreed, classic cars where owners and their cars belong and are active in a classic car club should be exempt from all WOF's. I guess its not a priority for the government as most politicians do not own classic vehicles.
rsr72,
Jan 27, 12:18pm
The only real politician owner of classic cars was Harry Duynhoven, who's into classic VW's and Porsches. Shearer also has an MGB. The rest of the political bludgers wouldn't care a rat's backside at cars, let alone at treasured classics.
franc123,
Jan 27, 12:34pm
This was the sort of watered down compromised bollocks I was expecting sadly, pollies picking magic dates out of the air. So in five years time a 19 yo car is automatically more safer than a 20 yo one just because of its rego date and therefore requires inspection half as often despite being an otherwise identical car!Don't envy those that own a 1998 or 1999 model car, as of today its suddenly got a lot harder to sell and has dropped in value compared to a 2000+. Should have been made 12mths across the board regardless of how old the damn thing is, those that own or lease brand new cars that do lots of kms are going to pay even less attention to the likes of tyre and brake wear now. Watch this space
mike1345,
Jan 27, 12:40pm
That's the bit that concerns me the most. No doubt they'll bring in some new draconian laws/loss of rights.
thejazzpianoma,
Jan 27, 1:43pm
I would say so given in the news report they said it was cars "first registered" after 1 Jan 2000 that qualify.
clark20,
Jan 27, 1:58pm
The way I read it is that its a rolling 13 year for 1 year warrants, at the moment it is started in 2000. And I hope its 1st registered anywhere, not when registered here in NZ.
d.snell,
Jan 27, 2:08pm
Yep, could be tricky with imports made in the mid to late 90's that were registered in NZ after 2000. All I can think of , is didn't those imports need to be of a certain class of safety requirement before they could be registered in NZ! And would those requirements be enough to put them in the "safer" category for wof inspection purposes!
ash4561,
Jan 27, 2:23pm
implementation of new rules july 2014 or earlier it says so might not be for a while. Consultation April May 2013 to decide.
tgray,
Jan 27, 2:28pm
Our car is a 2001 primera, so will now only have an annual check for the rest of it's life! That doesn't seem right.
tgray,
Jan 27, 2:31pm
A fixed date simplifies everything rather than a rolling time frame.
mram,
Jan 27, 2:41pm
Not to mention his treasured immaculate NSU Ro80
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