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Hi Ben, Once a car reaches 3 years old it has to be tested every 6 months. I find that rediculous - for my car, it was just inspected (WOFed) at 85,000kms, it's next test isnt due until I've likely passed 130,000kms because I travel about 45,000 per year it that car. That 45,000 km's from 85K to 130K is when the car is likely to start develpoing faults. I already know the suspension is getting worn (unless all 2001 model toyota corollas handle that badly! I'd rather drive a beetle or a type3 for better handling!). Seems odd to me. (It will be replaced at 100K anyway (lease vehicle), I'm hoping for a Fiat Stilo :-) The New VW's are either too underpowered (polo 1400cc) or too expensive AND underpowered (golf). I wouldn't mind a peugeot 206 or Renault Clio though :-)) Of course it is up to the driver/owner to keep the car up to WOF stardards. If you have a valid/current WOF, but you car is not up to standard, then your insurance company can deny claims - often they don't though. Allan :-) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ben Doughney" <ben_d@clear.net.nz> To: "Type 3 Mailing List" <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 10:07 PM Subject: Re: [T3] Inspections (was: Re: [T3] Crunchy steering?) on 24/1/2003 9:57 PM, Daniel Baum at dnbaum@hotmail.com wrote: > I understand from other old-car owners that with older cars you find out > just how many things do get tested, that would not be an issue with a new > car. They are also very strict about modifications from stock spec. > Virtually any modification has to get an engineer's certificate before it > will be allowed on the road. Here cars newer than 2 years (I think) only have to be tested once a year, and all others are 6 months. Same thing with modifications here, any modifications to the vehicle structure or major suspension mods etc. are supposed to be certified. The silly thing is, a lot of the bigger testing centres don't know how to check old VW's. I only take my cars to be tested at my VWFLAPS, I have had a 1302S pass, with the front ball joints with about 1.5cm of flop in it, and another where the seatbelts didn't even work. Apparently they are getting tough on that sort of thing now, I think they have had quite a lot of accidents related to things not checked properly, and the testing centres can be held liable if a car has an accident and it is something that should have been checked. Ben Doughney '75 1200L '63 1200 - Ringo '71 1600TL http://members.tripod.com/~superkafer/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/ ------------------------------------------------ To unsubscribe, E-mail to: <type3-off@vwtype3.org> For more help, see http://vwtype3.org/list/