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Thread ID: 124889	2012-05-25 22:02:00	Radical WOF changes: Testing times ahead	Trev (427)	PC World Chat

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1277405	2012-05-25 22:02:00	Here. (www.nzherald.co.nz) I think a yearly check on most cars is not a bad idea. Its a pity it cannot be based on how many KMs you do over a certain period sort of a user pays and the same goes for registration, why every year. :)	Trev (427)
1277406	2012-05-25 23:24:00	It is a bad idea. I fail 80 percent of the vehicles I test. Most people leave it to us to make sure their vehicle is roadworthy (the rest don't give a damn), I can't see that changing (people are inherently lazy). Unless the average motorist wakes his ideas up/takes a lot more responsibility for the state of his vehicle, there is going to be a lot more dangerous vehicles on the road. The likes of business and commercial vehicles can often do 1000/1500 kms a week (that"s approx 52000/78000kms a year), do you really think that car would be safe for a year or two until its first WOF?	feersumendjinn (64)
1277407	2012-05-26 00:10:00	My local garage where I take one of my cars says that the proposed new regs would finish his operation as most of his work comes in relation to warrants Leads me to think a certain minority would do no maintenance to keep their vehicle road worthy and not a lethal weapon Would only go along with any changes with Police stop operations for safety compliance	Lawrence (2987)
1277408	2012-05-26 00:41:00	Our three school vans do 35/40,000K a year. All, including our new one, now two years old has had six monthly checks since new. High K's need oil changing more than the recommended 12 month service interval. Works OK for us as a dangerous fault was picked up on one of the extra services. (bulge on inside of front tyre) Seems goodinsurance to me. Ken	kenj (9738)
1277409	2012-05-26 02:03:00	I think that if they change it to each year instead of six monthly, that the cost of getting the WOF would inevitibly rise and having to pay the extra amount, plus any repairs that may have to be done, would make it hard for some people to pay. LL	lakewoodlady (103)
1277410	2012-05-26 02:15:00	And how many cars are driven around for years and years without a wof or rego. :)	Trev (427)
1277411	2012-05-26 02:23:00	Not testing new cars seems like a silly idea, the owner could smack it into a tree or three or might have a a manufacturing fault, and could still be driven...	pcuser42 (130)
1277412	2012-05-26 02:32:00	Oh well NZ is catching up with the rest of the world! I read a post in another forum where someone was saying that cars of today are safer than they were 20 years ago! Ok maybe they are but I drive a 20 year old car and up until 9 years ago my cars had checks done every 12 months. I see a post here that someone fails 80% of the cars they test. Dont change that habit then because you sound like a pretty hard tester not one of the ones that exist that will pass to the bare minimum standard. Every 6 months our fleet of vehicles gets trundled into the WOF station and our local tester actually has to be booked in advance. COFs are a nightmare to schedule without a months notice. A lot of cowboys will be shut down and more stringent testing will take place if the pressure is reduced and the standard of testers brought up.	coldfront (15814)
1277413	2012-05-26 02:36:00	I think 1 yearly WOF is a good idea . All these clowns bleating to the media about huger job losses are nuts . It's only because of this captive 6 monthly WOF system that these empires have grown . Most counties don't have any sort of WOF . Victoria in Ozz is one place that has none . You only have to get one when you sell your vehicle . They also don't have hubometers for trunks . . My current care a 14 year old Mazda has only failed a WOF once for a sun visor that wouldn't stay up . . I think there should still be 12 month testing for new cars though . . No doubt the testing stations will double their testing fees claiming "A more rigorous test" Que Tui ad .	paulw (1826)
1277414	2012-05-26 02:36:00	Not testing new cars seems like a silly idea, the owner could smack it into a tree or three or might have a a manufacturing fault, and could still be driven... In the UK a new car goes 3 years before requiring a MOT, has been like that for well over the 25 years I have been driving. Manufacturing faults are usually picked up very fast and recalls issued when a fault develops. What you and everyone else seems to miss is that the test is only valid for the time it is at the testing station.	coldfront (15814)
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