Skiveing of chinwagging to bent cops, yep im,e sure they have plenty of "work stories" to tell, do they ever tell you about all there private brushes with the law, i bet not, car impounds like that are likely from recently unemployed people not long term unemployed, unless they get themselfs in a mountain of debt to drive a middle class car to keep the plod of there back, a vicious cycle that one, we are a small country the shape of a turd, and cant stand looking "poor" i,me just glad i dont live in murica, and i dont want nz turining into that s#!thole eather.
alowishes,
May 17, 10:33am
Some parts of NZ are way worse than a lot of ‘mud a’ - open your eyes.
And it’s nothing to do with impounding cars.
alowishes,
May 17, 10:36am
Did he not even get community service type penalty?
tygertung,
May 17, 11:07am
No idea, I didn't want to have much to do with him. He had put a washer bottle in his boot filled with diesel which had jets going over the back tyres so he could easily do burnouts. I went real mental at him after he set it off all down my parents right of way.
mrfxit,
May 17, 4:23pm
Heck yes. nasty amount's of $$$ for stuff all
tygertung,
May 18, 5:01am
Speaking of WOFs:
I bought some new rotors for my Lancer as it had failed a WOF on them being worn, however after fitting the new ones, I measured the old ones and they were over the wear limit.
It also failed on the tyres which still had 3mm wear left, because they were a little worn on the inside edge, however I understood that the it was up to 1/4 which was permitted to be worn. Ie. it has to be 1.5mm over 3/4 of the tyre,
Stuff like that is probably why people are going without WOFs, cars failing on stuff which is actually serviceable per the regulations.
apollo11,
May 18, 6:03am
They look to fail you on anything they can. Last wof: one park light is brighter than the other (I'd replaced a 5w lamp with a 7w, as I had one spare). So I had to buy another 5w. And I had two inspectors stand there and debate that it still looked brighter on one side. Wof reluctantly issued.
franc123,
May 18, 6:42am
Unfortunately lamps in a pair have to be of approximately equal output, its one of the rules. They weren't doing it to annoy you or cost you money.
apollo11,
May 18, 10:00am
Cheers franc123, it seemed like such a trivial thing to fail a wof for, and required another trip to the shops, swapping out the park light lamp again and then taking it back- because of 2 watts of extra brightness.
gunna-1,
May 18, 10:24am
Rotors are important because thin rotors will heat up and cause break fade, but then again people should read there service manuals.
tygertung,
May 18, 12:24pm
I agree, however it was over the minimum limit.
alowishes,
May 18, 4:02pm
What a retard. ! ( the burnout tosser - not you!)
tygertung,
May 18, 4:15pm
I wouldn't say retard, as that is derogatory to IHC people, but more of a villain or perhaps menace to society.
He had fullish mental capacity, just lacked a sense of responsibility I suppose.
tygertung,
May 18, 4:16pm
But back around 2001-2002, those were some wild days.
gunna-1,
May 18, 6:23pm
Gosh people getting angrey and screaming "retard" about people doing burnouts, i wonder if #138 has been eating any fruits of the rotton tree, i hope there dress is correct, there dogs dont scream after 10 pm, and they dont swear around children.
gunna-1,
May 18, 6:29pm
Heaps of them will be, the wof is just a general visual inspection of the car, things like this is up to the owners to maintain, wich is why it was such a laughing riot when nearly every kiwi was driveing around with shot break rotors and breakpads in the 90s yet getting there cars put of the road for scabby bits of rust, so long as it was a shiny 10yo import with dirty as oil that was just junk to japan and not a nice classic that had been lovingly maintained by a smarter generation your worn out rotors and breakpads were ok, it still sucked though.
gph1961,
May 19, 1:59am
feeling guilty 2 years 11 months no WOF booked for tomorrow
alowishes,
May 19, 3:21am
Not just about burnouts - more an attitude ie where does the excess diesel go when he sprays it over his rear tyred? ( he must have a sorry car that it needs diesel to get the tyres spinning!)
And I can’t really recall dogs ‘scream’ after 20pm - do you?;-)
tygertung,
May 19, 4:23am
Diesel on the roads is a hazard for other road users. There is a chap getting around Christchurch with only one arm known as the "One Armed Bandit" as he was riding his motorbike around the Port Hills and came to a spot where a whole lot of diesel had been poured on the road. He came off his motorbike and lost his arm.
Fortunately it was his left arm and he can still ride motorbikes (he uses a thumb clutch), but still a real inconvenience to have only one arm.
gunna-1,
May 19, 9:53am
People use to pour diesel up at "porkchop hill" here in palmy untill they shut it down at nights, it kept it in a parking lot and of the road, i never did it much but there was allso a patch of gravel down the bottom we did dounuts in this old rwd mazda we got for 150$ it would be worth thousands now, it was of the road and away from anyone and this old fart comes down in his falcon and calls the cops before i get a turn, i makes me feel like tearing up the street with some diesil sometimes, i had a go up the top in my old kingswood but didnt show of or risk getting it impounded, and that needed no diesel to get going with the motor that had in it.
brouser3,
May 19, 10:05am
Yeah - it's called ACC and one pays for it as part of their rego charge.
stevo2,
May 19, 1:03pm
Had a plasterer come on site last week in a crusty old Ford Bounty. No WoF or Rego since 2014.
apollo11,
May 19, 1:25pm
I think wofs have also become a way of removing older, less safe/fuel efficient cars from the system. Obviously the system only works when it's enforced.
harm_less,
May 19, 1:51pm
ACC takes care of personal injury but not vehicle liability issues.
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