WOF drama

[KATWYN]

Anyway, I ain't going back and I'd suggest that anyone who lives on or near the North Shore stays well away from the tossers. Has anyone got a good WOF shop on the Shore? I'm not looking for a slacker, I like riding a safe bike.

I took the bike to the vehicle testing station in Albany yesterday...is that the same one you are talking about??

The guy there hopped on and rode off on the bike-to test the brakes...no helmet and all

[Laava]

Guess that once in a while the WOF people read the WOF requirements book and then select something they've not checked for a while and hammer it

The same applies to building inspectors, cops and fisheries inspectors in my experience. Used to go to a rural garage in my area, walk in and ask for a wof. "Did you drive it here?" was the test.

[scumdog]

Hmm, I notice a bit of a theme with some of you - a pre-existing 'fault' of some sort passes x number of WOFs and then gets picked up at your latest WOF -and you go spare over it.

Getting through previous warrants with an undetected 'fault' (either by subtefuge or ignorances) does not make the 'fault' 'O.K.' for the current WOF.

[Ixion]

I wonder, particularly with the VTNZ chain type places, if there is some sort of quota system in place.

After all, if a VTNZ place never failed anyone someone would raise an eyebrow.

So do they have a system where the place gets told "The average for failing on excessive noise is x%. You are only failing y%. You must be too soft on that. Tighten up". ?

[Ixion]

Hmm, I notice a bit of a theme with some of you - a pre-existing 'fault' of some sort passes x number of WOFs and then gets picked up at your latest WOF -and you go spare over it.

Getting through previous warrants with an undetected 'fault' (either by subtefuge or ignorances) does not make the 'fault' 'O.K.' for the current WOF.

Well, that is valid if the fault is a yes/no type thing. Brakes for instance are tested on the Tapley thingy. If the number is less than the required figure, then it fails, and there should be no argument.

But something like noise is very subjective. Perhaps it passed before because it really is not too noisey. But the new tester gets migraines and has a particular hatred of noisey vehicles. HE (and maybe only he) thinks it is too noisey. I very much dislike having subjective shit in a warrant, especially the perceptual stuff like noise.

[Dooly]

Motu, sometimes inspectors go to another areas for a few weeks of the year, to check places. I guess to try and catch you out etc.

We had a spot check a while back, he walked in at lunch time when every guy had gone to lunch and demanded to see a car we had checked that day.
He then wanted me to scrape the WOF off because he found a small crack in the screen, which was not a failure length or in the zone.
I pointed out that I thought he was being pedantic, so he relented and made me write on the WOF sheet that there was a crack in the screen, but it was ok.

Fuckin numpty head.

[disenfranchised]

Yeah. They failed my car yesterday for .... get this: dirty headlights.

apprently they have "no focus" is what they called it, and I'll have to go buy some polish and polish it up with some elbow grease.... damn.... can anyone recommend good products for polishing up headlight lens?

I got a warning about this last time, asked a garage, and all they did was rub the lights with Jif

[Pixie]

It sounds like the inspectors are even bigger twats than the testers.Perhaps the rose through the ranks.
The whole wof thing is a load of crap.Many countries don't even do one.The cops give defect notices when they do a stop.
When the cops here do a wof and reg check here,they check to see if the vehicle has a current label.Their eyes never once glance down to see if the tyres are bald or the brake lights work.

[Pixie]

I got a warning about this last time, asked a garage, and all they did was rub the lights with Jif

This will be great for a polycarbonate lens.Do they buy you a new $500 headlight assembly when they fuck it up?

[pervert]

Their eyes never once glance down to see if the tyres are bald or the brake lights work.

Bullshit, cops quite often check tread depth!!!

I know quite a few people who have been green stickered for bald tyres from a roadside stop.

[Phils Motorcycles]

Something seems to be happening at our local VTNZ station. A couple of months back we submitted a brand spanking new GN250. It was rejected for having an American spec headlight that pointed the wrong way when on low beam. So we swapped it for a GN250 headlight that out of a bike that had passed 30 minutes earlier. It passed. When we talked to Suzuki about the problem they said it's impossible because there isn't an American spec headlight for the GN250 ............

Since then I've heard of 5 people that have had their bikes rejected for the headlight being American/foreign spec (those are only the ones that went straight to the nearest bike shop, many no doubt went home instead). Every single one that I've talked to has been told to go to a different testing station passed.

Not only does this sort of thing make a mockery of the system, it's costing people a lot of money where money doesn't need to be spent.

[terbang]

It used to be
SPEED KILLS

Now we have
NOISE KILLS

Shhhh someone might die..

[El Dopa]

Has anyone got a good WOF shop on the Shore? I'm not looking for a slacker, I like riding a safe bike.

Go to the wreckers just up the road from Cycletreads on Barrys Pt road. Can't remember the name, but he's down one of the little alleys off to the left as you go down the road towards the motorway - about 30m before Cycletreads.

He knows bikes. Last WOF I had, he mentioned that one of my braided brake lines was a bit short, and if the front over-extended coming off a bump, it might rip out of the fittings (didn't fail me on it). Seemed like sensible advice, so I got the line changed.

[Motu]

So do they have a system where the place gets told "The average for failing on excessive noise is x%. You are only failing y%. You must be too soft on that. Tighten up". ?

They monitor our pass/fail rate - obviously a new car dealership would have a 98% pass rate with no concern,but the same pass rate in Otara would be suspicious.100% pass rate at the dealers might draw attention too.A tyre shop only failing on tyres is not a good look either.My pass/fail rate varies between 25 and 50%.

[Motu]

and I'll have to go buy some polish and polish it up with some elbow grease.... damn.... can anyone recommend good products for polishing up headlight lens?

Don't do it - it actualy destroys the pattern and you'll fail again.Get another lamp.Shit,owning vehicles is expensive eh?