New WOF rules

[Codex]

There\'s one in wellington which still is an actual service station instead of a money bin

Can\'t remember which one though

[subieboy]

 QRAF said:

could be something the service station does on top of washing your wind screen and checking your oil, owe wait they don\'t do that anymore.

i work manage a tyre shop in CHCH, we give free advise on amount of tread left etc, most people really don\'t care and 99% of the time the response is I will wait for the WOF (still 5 months to go), and if we wont repair a unwarrantable tyre they get all upset...

Its very rare for anyone to actually go "oh sh!t I better sort this) And beleive me I see them with only wires left and they still don\'t care... (but we are lucky the police run ANPR/mobile use checks down our road...)

[D-Style]

The skills of being able to do very basic repairs/checks on your own car has long but gone. Plus the "she\'ll be right" outlook.

There are alot of garages which will see abit of work dry up, due to them have WOF work as there main type of work.

From my experience with working on Jap imports, there should be tougher pre rego checks. And the the fact that most Jap imports arent built to last like international models are, we are trying to get 3x as much kms out of car

[Guest]

Wofs dont make money the wof work does from all the garages we deal with. A lot of small people will shut down Id say.

[wrxguy]

 Eight dollar said:

So just a quick questions cars that don\'t do many Km\'s mean they don\'t get rust? A shock won\'t seize? A brake lamp hasn\'t blown? Maybe stupid little things but at the end of the day not deemed safe so get over it

Firstly I have no objection to 6 monthly WoF. Buuuut ...

Dont new vehicles under 3 years run the risk of these sort of problems too? May that be faulty parts or workmanship. An improperly finished panel repair or work that rusts. It happens on the coast by the sea reeeal quick. I know that from experience being a west coast boy! Buuuut these cars still get the yearly WoF. Granted its less likely to have issues but we are talking about things made of steel and plastic that are motivated by a series of continuous little explosions.

[pedro]

The WOF regulations have been changed by the National party after extensive lobbying by the companies that run large fleets of late model/near new vehicles....Its all about saving these companies time and money and has nothing to do with road safety..

Joe bloggs driving his pre 1998 car will be affected by a more intense WOF check every 6 months so the garages can claw back some lost revenue...

[DRFVDR]

Oh ok and what companies would these be ? if they are "hire" companies then it makes no difference

I dont see what "national " has to do with it

[wrxguy]

 pedro said:

The WOF regulations have been changed by the National party after extensive lobbying by the companies that run large fleets of late model/near new vehicles....Its all about saving these companies time and money and has nothing to do with road safety..

Joe bloggs driving his pre 1998 car will be affected by a more intense WOF check every 6 months so the garages can claw back some lost revenue...

Dude, WoF\'s dont make them any money. At 30-40 bucks and the amount of f*cking around they have to do its not really making millionaires of shop owners.

[Joker]

lol but of course who ever is in charge : its clearly John Keys fault

[wrxguy]

 JoKer said:

lol but of course who ever is in charge : its clearly John Keys fault

Nope he\'s just the head chimp while all the other monkeys in the beehive bang away on typwriters. Johnny boy just interprets the gibberish into some ludicris idea and spouts it out to new zealanders. Really, its a public service he\'s providing!

[Joker]

I\'m glad someone else gets it

 wrxguy']

[quote name='JoKer said:

lol but of course who ever is in charge : its clearly John Keys fault

/quote]

Nope he\'s just the head chimp while all the other monkeys in the beehive bang away on typwriters. Johnny boy just interprets the gibberish into some ludicris idea and spouts it out to new zealanders. Really, its a public service he\'s providing!