Need help with passing car wof please- desperate

[mdnzz]

Surely your not serious???

If you can't get the little bullshitty pieces fixed then maybe just maybe you shouldn't derserve to use the same roads as us.

Heaven forbid your vehicle fails and an innocent life is lost all because you thought it best not to get your vehicle upto safety standards.

Get the items fixed or get the car off the road so that we don't have to read "car ploughs into crowd" at a later date.

[XxKiTtiExX]

Please, i don't want an argument, just a way i can get this sticker.

Way to get the sticker = Repairing what needs to be repaired, and replacing what needs to be replaced.

Its that simple. They obviously failed the car with good reason. It ain't as though its just "one" minor thing wrong now is it?

If you can't afford to keep your car road worthy then sell it.

[Jantar]

That's right, there is. But this is rediculous. I waited over an hour for this Wof to be done.

Basically, apparently i've got nails in both my rear tyres, yet i've never had losses in pressure...

Get some needle nosed pliars and remove the nails. See if the pressure drops then.

Front tyres are apparently too worn, yet i measured lowest of 2.5mm with average of 4mm.

The wof form that you received will show the measured dept of the tyres. if you can show that their measurements are wrong then you don't need to replace them for the retest.

Power steering belt got a split in it- don't know how there are pre 1995 cars even on the road if this has gone. It has an absolutely tiny split in it i'm amazed anyone saw.

Replace the belt. They are cheap and your life may depend on it.

Engine mounts split- again, no idea how a pre 1995 car can be on the road. This car has not many km's either.

This can happen, but noe too dificult for you to replace yourself.

Bull eye on front windscreen- so small. Passed it's previous wofs with this, no problems....

Do you have glass cover on your insurance? This will be repaired under insurance at no cost to you. If you haven't got glass cover, then you have just learned an important lesson.

[Qkchk:Me]

Get some needle nosed pliars and remove the nails. See if the pressure drops then.

Better to try that now than having your tyres blow out on the road at 100kph.

Replace the belt. They are cheap and your life may depend on it.

Powersteering belt? Aint rocket science. Belt snaps midway through a 25kph corner. I hope you have strong arms, cause you are going to need them!

Do you have glass cover on your insurance? This will be repaired under insurance at no cost to you. If you haven't got glass cover, then you have just learned an important lesson.

Who needs a windscreen anyway?


Do us all a favour and keep the car off the road till its up to WOF standards like the rest of us!

[Switch]

The amount of money you spent or are spending on getting it tested at different stations, could have been used to repair the stuff wrong with it. You can easily pick up VERY cheap tyres from places, hell you could even get 4 of them from a wreckers for the price of a WOF.
Dude, you need to fix these things, as much as you don't want to, they need to be done.
There are a lot of dodgy places around that can help you out, use them if you must, but at least get them fixed in some way.

[Brett]

Hi there,

It's a 2001 Nissan Wingroad, great condition. I'm sure it's in better condition than your RF900. It's not going to cause you any harm, that's for sure.


Cheers.

Not trying to be nasty...but really? If it can't pass a WOF then it doesn't belong on the road. Are they all failing it for the same things?

[FROSTY:Me]

DUDE--Im in the business.
If the tyres arent worn down then a repairs gonna cost you $15.00 per tyre. even if ya need top replace em 185/65/14 or 175/70/14 tyres second hand are only $40 a corner
Belt --$25.00 plus some labour time
Engine mount is gonna be $65 from the mount shop--Yes thats their name
The bullseye if its in the C/V area--ie right in front of the driver then ya need to fix it --$50
so $200 and shes all fixed. thats the price of 4 dodgy wof's
Come see me dude --lets get ya car all safe so ya can tow Broken down KBers bikes and earn the money back

[Brett]

i stress that the thread is not about repairing the vehicle, it is about places to go for the wof.

Cheers.

You really need to check the attitude displayed in this thread mate. YOU are the type of car owner I do not want to share the road with.

If your car cant get a WOF, fix it...

I know nails in tyres are a pain in the arse...a car of mine with 265 wide rear tyres, only half worn, got a screw in one of the rear tyre tyre walls, new tyre required, $450. However, since you are not a sports car driver, you could probably get some replacement tyres for $50 each max.

Stop bitching and looking for easy outs and sort it out. It is not the WOF shops fault, it is yours If you want a GOOD WOF shop who is fair and reasonable (and charge only $25 for the WOF) I highly recommend Seoul Motors in East Tamaki, see Seeki he is the owner, and does a really good job.

[marty]

Hi there,

It's a 2001 Nissan Wingroad, great condition. I'm sure it's in better condition than your RF900. It's not going to cause you any harm, that's for sure.


Cheers.

it's actually a 2001 wingroad, that can't get a wof. if it was in great condition it would get a wof wouldn't it? sounds like a typical jap import with a clocked odo, that actually is a POS.

my son's '94 telstar wagon hasn't got any split belts or engine mounts or nails in the tyres - some people actually know how to look after cars and keep them safe.

and you sell a bike, buy a car obviously without checking it over, and come on here looking for symapthy?

[FROSTY:Me]

Heck a 2001 car for $2000 surely ya knew there would be issues to resolve

[Madness]

You sold your bike?

To buy a Nissan "Wingroad" with no WOF?

Yeah, you need help alright.

[racefactory]

Lol good grief!

No really, you guys are absolutely right i know- i'm just going to get it sorted and bite it. Question is just getting the money eh.

One thing though... FROSTY- you say the bullseye in front of the drivers area is a fail. This tiny bull eye is obviously right over on the passengers side. Does that mean they failed me wrongly?

Cheers all.

[racefactory]

You sold your bike?

To buy a Nissan "Wingroad" with no WOF?

Yeah, you need help alright.

Sorry, you don't know half of the story. Sold it for many reasons. Actually this is my good friend's vehicle and he's been through 2 wofs at that VTNZ wof station before with NO problems with the bulleye or the engine mounts!! Needless to say I wasn't bothered about getting the wof...

[racefactory]

DUDE--Im in the business.
If the tyres arent worn down then a repairs gonna cost you $15.00 per tyre. even if ya need top replace em 185/65/14 or 175/70/14 tyres second hand are only $40 a corner
Belt --$25.00 plus some labour time
Engine mount is gonna be $65 from the mount shop--Yes thats their name
The bullseye if its in the C/V area--ie right in front of the driver then ya need to fix it --$50
so $200 and shes all fixed. thats the price of 4 dodgy wof's
Come see me dude --lets get ya car all safe so ya can tow Broken down KBers bikes and earn the money back

Appreciate your help.

Hopefully the bull eye will pass with what you've just mentioned since it's way on the passenger side.

Will get the rest sorted.

Thanks guys...

[Ixion]

Lol good grief!

No really, you guys are absolutely right i know- i'm just going to get it sorted and bite it. Question is just getting the money eh.

One thing though... FROSTY- you say the bullseye in front of the drivers area is a fail. This tiny bull eye is obviously right over on the passengers side. Does that mean they failed me wrongly?

Cheers all.

Possibly. The bit in front of the driver is called the critical vision area . Any damage there is a failure. But large damage outside that can be a fail also. So if it was a *small* bullseye , outside the CVA, it should pass. But one man's "small" may be another man's "not so small". The size definitions and CVA definition are given here . Fig 5.1.4

*Most* testers will cut a bit of slack for damage on the passenger's side.