my ute just got knocked back for rego

Submitted: Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 18:41
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Bugga the 06 Navara not only got knocked back..... he would not look at it.... I asked why and he said the roof lights.... I said ok I will take them off and remove the wiring........
No he said.... You have a bull bar..... I still can not pass it..... go away........
we have been getting all our cars rego'd done with him for the past 10 years.......
Bugga he mustv'e been in a bad mood
Peter
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Reply By: Member - bushfix - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 18:47

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 18:47
hmmm....

trouble at the mill me thinks....
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Reply By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 19:08

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 19:08
It wasn't Willems mechanic was it ;))

Cheers Kev
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Follow Up By: Kiwi & "Mahindra" - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 22:18

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 22:18
Maybe his cousin....they're all the same!!
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Reply By: Shaker - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 19:31

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 19:31
Sorry, but as far as the roof lights are concerned, I'm on his side, living in country Victoria, I have been blinded several times by vehicles using their roof lights on the road.

What type of bull bar is it?
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 19:42

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 19:42
According to his rig pic...... a bloody nice one with lovely adornments hanging off it everywhere hehehehe.

Cheers, Trevor.
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Follow Up By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:03

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:03
I am ok with pulling the lights off and will do tomorrow morn before I take it in to the rego check station.
But the Bull bar is a genuine Nissan Bar with no extrusions.
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Follow Up By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:40

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:40
Of course what was I thinking Trevor......... I shouldn't have left the ordornments on.......
I will have them surgically removed tomorrow as well.....

Might be a little tricky, Wanna help????????

Peter
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Follow Up By: MrBitchi (QLD) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 07:43

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 07:43
Actually, maybe a few extra "adornments" would smooth the way???
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:09

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:09
Peter,

Both John and I have already left Brissy, we will see you in a few hours to help sort out the removal of those bullbar attachments. LOL!!! Looks like there is another one on the roof, Shaker can you sort that out for him please?

Cheers, Trevor.
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Follow Up By: The Landy - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 13:48

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 13:48
I'd get the girls to take it back next time....
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 22:08

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 22:08
Landy,

His mechanic works in Oxford st so that would be a waste of time ROFL!!! also probably the reason behind it failing when Peter took it in (cheeky buggar aren't I Peter?) after all he has just got back from a big desert trip where showers were few and far between hehehehe.

Trevor (TongueInCheek)
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Follow Up By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 22:28

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 22:28
Trev ya cheeky bugga,
Who ya been talking too? I had 2 showers today I have u know... lol Out in the desert you can't be wasting water just to have a shower........ I am proud I only used 30 litres of water in 2 weeks. Took 125l though. Oh I forgot I did manage 3x30 slabs of VB/
Got the pink slip but the ute is now naked....... It dosen't see very well anymore :{ I asked the bloke and he said he would have passed it with the lights on...... DOH!!!!!!!!
And the best thing is I do not need a pink slip again for the next 3 years..... nsw gov has changed the law
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 22:30

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 22:30
See what a shower will do?

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Reply By: Trevor R (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 19:46

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 19:46
That sounds pretty ordinary in regards to the bar (understand the lights). Obviously been charging you too much if he can throw work away like that in todays economic climate. Probably would have pulled the wheels off it and not let you drive home when he saw the chassis anyway hehehe (can't help myself).

Have fun finding a new mechanic... me thinks.
Cheers, Trevor.
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Reply By: The Geriatric Gypsies - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 20:12

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 20:12
must be the week for nsw pubic servants to have the chits caravaners and or 4wd caravaners were treated to a pullover in Dubbo yesterday dont know why we just missed out about 10mins to early

steve
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 20:30

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 20:30
First time I have ever heard of this happening, bloody strewth how the hell can a man load up his van chuck a few beers in the back, fill the fuel tanks, put the kids in the back and keep within weights when car manufacturers weigh the damn things with nothing in them then tell us we can put 600kgs in no worries. Ever weighed your rig, supposedly empty??? mine came back with only me in the drivers seat and 1/2 tank fuel at 2960kgs and I am definately not what you call heavy, more like a greyhound. This only leaves room for 250kgs in passengers fuel and luggage.....as if??? then dump a van on the towbar....there goes 300kgs overweight just there.

I have broad shoulders for all those that are happy to take a swipe. I know there will be a few, and good luck to those that do.

Cheers, Trevor.
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Follow Up By: umopap!sdn - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:19

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:19
A greyhound with broad shoulders you say......

I'll have $10 each-way thanks.
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Follow Up By: Trevor R (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:25

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:25
ROFLMAO!!!
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Follow Up By: Member - Bradley- Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 23:08

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 23:08
Hey Trev, buy a new hummer from holden, if i were to sit myself and the 2 brothers in law in it with a cut lunch each and a full tank of fuel it is unroadworthy!

payload is a miserable 400KG WTF... now for a 5 seater car that means no more than 80kg for each passenger if she's full, sorry boys no beer today :-(..... irony is its a yank heapa and the average yank weighs around 130 kg or more.
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Reply By: Stephen M (NSW) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:29

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 21:29
Roof lights fair enough, but what the hell is wrong with the bar, was a bit hard trying to concentrate on the bar with those legs in my face LOL good looking ones mind you but the driving lights etc seem to be set back and so forth, time to find a new mechanic by the sounds of it. Regards Steve M
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Reply By: Muzzgit [WA] - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 23:26

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 23:26
You are within the law if the law allows Nissan to sell it to you from the showroom floor with a bullbar on it.

Otherwise there could be some very big recalls coming up. Yes?
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Follow Up By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 23:43

Thursday, Jun 05, 2008 at 23:43
That is what I told the bloke....... I picked it up from Nissan like that..... He said he did not care...... It is not allowed to have a bullbar anymore...... I think he was trying to make up his own rules. Fortuanetly he did not write me a slip. He also wanted to pull me up for the tyres.... He reckoned they were to close to the guards...... They are the same width as the ones that came with the vehicle.........
Now I am getting worked up about it because it is perfectly legal apart from the lights on the roof..... and I seem to think I have read somewhere that they are now ok to be there. And that was in the last 3 mths
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Follow Up By: Sir Kev & Darkie - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 07:49

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 07:49
Get the Nissan dealer to roadworthy it.......when they fail it get them to fix it properly under warranty ;)
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Follow Up By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:10

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 09:10
it's outta warranty :( its done over 100k
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Reply By: Ray - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 08:52

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 08:52
My son bought a camper van that was licensed in Victoria. It is a Palamino from the US and has the door on the off side. When he went to license it In W.A. they knocked it back because if this but for an extra $50.00 passed it. IT THIS A RIP OFF OR NOT. I'm surprised that they did not make him put a sign on the back saying CAUTION LEFT HAND DRIVE. What happened to the common legislation throughoutAustralia
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Reply By: Member - Chris & Debbie (QLD) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 10:01

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 10:01
I think you will find that the roof lights are legal, or used to be, as long as they have their own switch and covers fitted. You can be fined if found to be on the roads with no covers fitted.
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Reply By: DIO - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 13:36

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 13:36
The laws are quite specific regarding modifications to vehicles including fitting of additional lights and their use therre-of:

AUSTRALIAN ROAD RULES
219—Lights not to be used to dazzle other road users
A driver must not use, or allow to be used, any light fitted to or in the driver's vehicle
to dazzle, or in a way that is likely to dazzle, another road user.
Offence provision.
Note 1—
Driver's vehicle is defined in the dictionary, and road user is defined in rule 14.
Note 2—
Driver includes a person in control of a vehicle—see the definition of drive in the dictionary.

Also check RTA Vehicle Inspector's Bulletin item #5 relates to Protusions on the front of vehicles.

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Reply By: Member - Glenn D (NSW) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 22:53

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 22:53
Hows it going Peter,

Bit of a pain , One of the Jeeps come with roof mounted lights , and the tomb raider model disco ( ? ) has them as well I think , if these can pass compliance to be sold you should have no worries.

They cant knock you back for options available from the dealer.

Hope you sort everything.

Glenn.
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Follow Up By: Member - extfilm (NSW) - Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 23:02

Friday, Jun 06, 2008 at 23:02
Thanks glen,
Did get it sorted today after a new windsreen, which I new prior and had to rewire one of the bullbar indicator/park lights
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