Thread: Good ol simo stuffs up again!!

Obtain permit, obtain RWC, book appointment with vicroads, obtain rego

Don't drive unreg

No other way....minus the permit maybe, but once bitten, twice shy

So now you can't afford, the permit, the roadworthy, the stamp duty, the rego, the fine for unreg.....

generally if its not leaking (its a landrover good luck) and everything works they go over ok.

Most mechanics will "know a bloke" or have a call out roadworthy guy and generally the way it works is this.

you get your first inspection and they find something wrong. you pay to get it fixed, they "fix it" at a cost and you get your rego passed. then down to the RTA or equivelent with you with the provided documentation. These guys generally wont pass something thats dangerous tho.

There are less scrupulous operators out there tho who will do carton/phone worthies. I just dont know any in melbourne.

A few tips... Watch the fastest indian first.

if you need to borrow the correct size rubber for your vehicle if theres anything at all questionable about your tyres that might cause an inspector to start looking at your steering or suspension.

Clean up the areas where you VIN/Chassis and Engine numbers are, I goto the effort of rubbing chalk on mine to make it quick and easy for them to find the numbers so they spend the minimum amount of time possable, Carry a torch so you can show them EXACTLY where these numbers are.

Provide the old rego papers so they have the old numbers on hand to go off of (I have been failed because of a typo on the paperwork from the front desk of the RTA to the person doing the verification of said numbers)

IF you know you are exempt from certain things by the ADR's carry the relevent edition of the RDA's that reflect this in your vehicle.

at the end of the day you make their job easy and they are more likely to pass you.


90% of the time so long as it looks good it passes. Clean everything, wipe up everything

Originally Posted by rovercare

Obtain permit, obtain RWC, book appointment with vicroads, obtain rego

Don't drive unreg

No other way....minus the permit maybe, but once bitten, twice shy

So now you can't afford, the permit, the roadworthy, the stamp duty, the rego, the fine for unreg.....

Had a rough idea on that's what should be done, well what I wanted to do. Currently trying to work out how to get the permit and rwc and fix whatever needs fixing myself.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

generally if its not leaking (its a landrover good luck) and everything works they go over ok.

Most mechanics will "know a bloke" or have a call out roadworthy guy and generally the way it works is this.

you get your first inspection and they find something wrong. you pay to get it fixed, they "fix it" at a cost and you get your rego passed. then down to the RTA or equivelent with you with the provided documentation. These guys generally wont pass something thats dangerous tho.

There are less scrupulous operators out there tho who will do carton/phone worthies. I just dont know any in melbourne.

A few tips... Watch the fastest indian first.

if you need to borrow the correct size rubber for your vehicle if theres anything at all questionable about your tyres that might cause an inspector to start looking at your steering or suspension.

Clean up the areas where you VIN/Chassis and Engine numbers are, I goto the effort of rubbing chalk on mine to make it quick and easy for them to find the numbers so they spend the minimum amount of time possable, Carry a torch

so you can show them EXACTLY where these numbers are.
Provide the old rego papers so they have the old numbers on hand to go off of (I have been failed because of a typo on the paperwork from the front desk of the RTA to the person doing the verification of said numbers)

IF you know you are exempt from certain things by the ADR's carry the relevent edition of the RDA's that reflect this in your vehicle.

at the end of the day you make their job easy and they are more likely to pass you.


90% of the time so long as it looks good it passes. Clean everything, wipe up everything

Thank you so much for the information. Will take all that on board for sure as I will be starting to fix things tomorrow. In one way I would rather do it the legal way as in the end my truck will be better and all fixed up plus as I'm doing everything myself I'll learn a few things, in another way (money and time wise) would be good just to get the bloody rwc in another way lol. What's in the fastest Indian lol?

Would it be wise to leave obvious things for them to find? As I was thinking if I fixed everything that had to be fixed that would make them look harder.

Originally Posted by **Discovery300Tdi**

Would it be wise to leave obvious things for them to find? As I was thinking if I fixed everything that had to be fixed that would make them look harder.

No - get it the best you can before, the better it looks and is, the less they'll look.

Also, how long has it been out of reg? If it wasn't long (under 2 months???), normally no RWC is required to renew the reg - could be different as they took your plates

GPS mount/sticker over the windscreen. Seat cover. Clean the engine just before you go in so there are no drips for that half hour.

Light needs fixing, if the vacuum problem affects braking it'll need sorting.

Take it to a mechanic who has serviced before and knows you'll come through to fix problems.

And if it's a Defect Notice you have to address all of the points that they've found and the mechanic doing the blue slip has to check them off.

Tough new mate. First do it the right way and get the temp rego permit, put all the road gear back on give it a good wash under, over and engine bay. Repair the obvious things and then get it road worthy and see what needs to be done. It may surprise you and pass easily. Don't leave things for them to find, do it yourself. If you need some work done, eg: change the break fluid as I did, I took it to a tyre place and got a roady at the same time. Look after them and they look after you. You just got some tyre work done, do they do road worthies. Let me know if you need a hand and I'll see what I can do.

I just spoke to someone who this happened to and they did not have to take it to Vic Roads but had to make an appointment to get new plates and process. Depends how long the reg has expired.