Roadworthy help needed!

[Bunjeel]

Hi there,

I'm selling my perfectly roadworthy Series 2A but I'm going insane from RWC merchants coming up with bizzare inconsistent manufactured demands involving me giving them multiples of $1000s. :twisted:

Does anyone know of an honest, vaguely intelligent RWC mechanic in the Melbourne metro area who understands older Land Rovers? Please PM me if you can help.

cheers

[pfillery]

I'm playing Devil's Advocate here, but if you say it is perfectly roadworthy, then there should be no cost involved apart from the inspection.

In qld at least, these places have a code of practioce and a set of guidelines they have to stick to. They can't let stuff slide because you feel it is ok. If you take a vehicle to any roadworthy place the results should in most cases be similar. In qld, if a car passes and within 2 months is found to be faulty the original station who did the inspection is actually liable to fix it under law, or risk fines or loss of inspector status. Has been that way a long time. If things slip through then chances are the person doing it has not done their job properly. A few times I have left a car rather than buy it because some aspects of what passed are not right. For example an engine and drive train is supposed to have no wet oil on it at the time of inspection. So you can wipe it off before you drive in and if there are no drips they can't fail you. When my series 3 got its RWC the inspector told me to take a rag out and wipe the bottom of the engine and box and it would pass.

You'll always find places that for an extra $50 will write out a certificate on the spot but the risk to them, as well as you is so high it is not worth contemplating.

[ezyrama]

I don't mean to hijack the thread, but a good friend of mine who does it for a living, had Queensland transport go through him like a dodgy vindaloo after some goose who bought a car he did a roadworthy on 4 months earlier complained to QT when the original owner changed the tyres to worn ones after the new owner inspected and accepted the car. He didn't notice the tyres until a few weeks later and complained to the original owner ( who told him to take a running jump) so this pillock complained to QT and they audited my friend with every roadworthy he had done over the last 12 months. Luckily, they found nothing, but the time, money and lost revenue involved whilst he complied with all they wanted, it's no wonder most garages don't want to take the risk anymore.