Failed my WOF

**imdying** · 19th December 2006, 17:48

Originally Posted by slopster

I'm blatently hijacking the thread here but my car failed its wof because the hand brake was aparantly no powerful enough. It is plenty powerful enough but you have to yank it on really hard. Is there anything to say it must be easily applied. Handbrakes a stupid rule anyway you could just park in gear if it bothered you - hence why bikes don't have one.

In other words it wasn't properly adjusted, and they were quite right to knock you back.

**Lou Girardin** · 19th December 2006, 18:00

Don't get me wrong here either, if it had been a real safety issue, or he'd been a stranger who didn't know I never carry a pillion normally, I wouldn't mind being knocked back.

**Motu** · 19th December 2006, 19:07

You could always pull out the old standby - ''but you passed it last time!''

I have an answer to that one too.....

**KLOWN** · 19th December 2006, 19:20

You know what is REALLY stupid. My girlfriends dad has a sports car that was made for him out waimauku way (very similar to the old d-type jaguars) the "windscreen" is about two inches tall and he was failed on a wof for having no windscreen wipers

use your fuckin head vehicle testing people!

**Motu** · 19th December 2006, 19:24

So it did have a windscreen? He should of removed it,then it wouldn't need wipers.

**KLOWN** · 19th December 2006, 19:31

Originally Posted by Motu

So it did have a windscreen? He should of removed it,then it wouldn't need wipers.

I assume you only need windscreen wipers if you look through the windscreen. This "windscreen" sits below your vision (unless you need clean windscreen to check out the vents on the top of the bonnet) so y would you need windscreen wipers?

**Ixion** · 19th December 2006, 19:37

Originally Posted by KLOWN

You know what is REALLY stupid. My girlfriends dad has a sports car that was made for him out waimauku way (very similar to the old d-type jaguars) the "windscreen" is about two inches tall and he was failed on a wof for having no windscreen wipers

use your fuckin head vehicle testing people!

If it was the "monocle" type screens, as fitted to the original D type, then the tester was wrong. That is not a windscreen it is a wind deflector, and only a vehicle with a windscreen requires wipers. Our bike wind "screens" are legally wind deflectors, which is why we do not need wipers (or washers).

**KLOWN** · 19th December 2006, 19:46

Originally Posted by Ixion

If it was the "monocle" type screens, as fitted to the original D type, then the tester was wrong. That is not a windscreen it is a wind deflector, and only a vehicle with a windscreen requires wipers. Our bike wind "screens" are legally wind deflectors, which is why we do not need wipers (or washers).

well it was ment to be a close replica of the d type so i'll say yes it was a deflector and not a screen.

**Hawkeye** · 20th December 2006, 09:55

Originally Posted by MSTRS

Yeah, think you are right...pillion seat = pillion pegs.
All items of a warrantable nature are checked for your WOF fee. Those that fail are marked as such on the checklist, perhaps with an explanation as to why. You have 28 days to get them fixed/adjusted and rechecked as part of the original check fee. After that 28 days, it is a whole new check of everything with the associated fee.

Is it not only 14 days for the re-check?