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| Thread ID: 124754 | 2012-05-17 09:43:00 | Directional tyre treads | mzee (3324) | PC World Chat |
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| 1275914 | 2012-05-17 21:36:00 | In 40 years of getting warrants I have never had this problem. I can understand the nit picking if it was fast sports car, but a Toyota 1500, get real!! Don't go to VTNZ. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1275915 | 2012-05-17 22:31:00 | Why not ? I do. Took my Honda in for an oil change to the Honda agent a year ago and after they had done it told me a couple of rubber bushes in the rear suspension needed replacing and probably wouldn't pass a WOF. I have done 2 WOF since then through VTNZ with no problems. Were the Honda people looking for work or what. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1275916 | 2012-05-17 23:10:00 | so if you get a puncture and put the spare wheel on or heaven forbid a space saver (shudder) you are then breaking the law if said spare is different and could in theory be prosecuted. The worlds gone mad | gary67 (56) | ||
| 1275917 | 2012-05-18 00:11:00 | No, it's not illegal at that point Gary, provided you are on the way to have the damaged tyre repaired. By the way, there is nothing wrong with space saver spares provided you drive to the limitation of the spare wheel. | Richard (739) | ||
| 1275918 | 2012-05-18 00:29:00 | Why not ? I do. Took my Honda in for an oil change to the Honda agent a year ago and after they had done it told me a couple of rubber bushes in the rear suspension needed replacing and probably wouldn't pass a WOF. I have done 2 WOF since then through VTNZ with no problems. Were the Honda people looking for work or what. :) Trailing arm bushes, Hondas eat the things. I'd say it actually shouldn't be passing. |
Alex B (15479) | ||
| 1275919 | 2012-05-18 00:58:00 | Because they do stuff like this. Look up some customer reviews on them. Not to mention Fair Go. They failed a car I took there on brake linings. Went home, checked them, looked good,so put car back together returned, and got passed by the same guy. Pathetic. Took another, mentioned an engine leak (non-existent) and then on the way home it would stall every time I braked. Got home, checked and they'd half pulled the hose off the carburettor. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 1275920 | 2012-05-18 01:13:00 | Its a load of wank, Not all testing places check to that degree keep the old tyre and use it as a spare and go to another place for your COF. On heavy stuff you have to have matching tread patterns on each axle but the does the match have to exact like the same brand or just the same matching pattern? If some old decrepit clown at VTNZ is pedantic over tyre patterns I just complain to his boss and tell him I will never come here again and I will bad mouth the clown to all and sundry. Never failed to work yet. Since each VTNZ is own its business entity they have to listen to customers. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1275921 | 2012-05-18 01:15:00 | Because they do stuff like this. Look up some customer reviews on them. Not to mention Fair Go. They failed a car I took there on brake linings. Went home, checked them, looked good,so put car back together returned, and got passed by the same guy. Pathetic. Took another, mentioned an engine leak (non-existent) and then on the way home it would stall every time I braked. Got home, checked and they'd half pulled the hose off the carburettor. Done that before on "loose" ball joints put a new grease nipple, nut and split pin in them paint them black with a spray bomb and go back. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1275922 | 2012-05-18 01:21:00 | Why not ? I do. Took my Honda in for an oil change to the Honda agent a year ago and after they had done it told me a couple of rubber bushes in the rear suspension needed replacing and probably wouldn't pass a WOF. I have done 2 WOF since then through VTNZ with no problems. Were the Honda people looking for work or what. :) Exactly the agents and garages seem to find non existent stuff on cars especially if the owner is a chick or old. |
prefect (6291) | ||
| 1275923 | 2012-05-18 08:00:00 | I once took my Honda to the AA for a warrant and service. They said that the front anti roll bar link bushes needed changing, so to keep them sweet I agreed for them to be replaced. They also did a heavy discharge test on the battery, despite the fact that I had asked them not to because it was very old and on its way out, and this was written on the job card. Later I had a look at the links & found that the bushes were upside down, I had to turn them all. Rubber bushes soon get perished and small cracks on the exposed surface. This does not effect the performance. They are shot when loose on the pivot, or distorted enough to cause misalignment. | mzee (3324) | ||
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