Tango955

Not likely, and i am in my mid thirties. How many times can i make the point that there are many legal mods to make. He got busted with illegal mods and instead of taking it on the chin he wants to kick and scream. People can bitch and moan for as long as they want about how cool BOV's are when the reality is that aftermarket BOV's are pure wank factor. My last three cars have all been turbos and have all been driven hard. None have BOV's and non have expired prematurely. Short story if you mod your car to attract attemtion dont bitch when it attracts cop attention sunshine.

If you bought a blow off valve and pod filter it does. Perhaps autobarn could put together a wannabe pack with said BOV, pod filter and a cannon. Sort of like a showbag for the doof doof hat on sideways crowd. whoops better include some zip ties and a self tapper for that cannon. gotta do the install right uleh

To true, there are right and wrong ways to mod a car. If you spend the dollars and do it properly you can have a quality ride that goes hard and looks classy. Or you can be like most of the crowd here and spend a hundred bucks at autobarn and then whinge when you get defected.

Just trying to stop a young player from falling on his face. Out of curiosity have you ever beaten a defect and if so can you give details?

No but I have been active in the car scene since 89 and ive seen many people defected and many people fight it. Ive never seen anyone win. I think the police would be reasonably on top of the legitimacy of a legal document such as a defect notice. They have been doing this for a while apparently, and apparently they have a thing called a 'legal department' to stop them doing things wrong. Get serious guys. this is everyday bread and butter stuff for them. And dude if your dad hasnt pointed this out then offence not intended but i certainly wouldnt pay him for legal representation. If you want to be smart read back through all of the other defect posts, use the search function ring legal aid etc. etc. because your just going to embarass yourself and piss off the judge who will then smack you with a bigger fine. As I said, your young male and you drive a skyline welcome to reality.

So some how or other "any legislation' doesnt cover any legislation. And the government just happened to let this loophole through and you just happen to be the first person to notice it. I think you have a bit of growing up to do. If your right then every defect notice ever issued is illegal. I dont think so!

Actually from reading your first post the defect notice states that your car must compy with 'any legislation' I read that as your car has to comply with any legislation. I dont read anywhere that it must state the specific legislation. QT dont overule the cops theyre just another enforcement mob. They mainly concentrate on trucks. If you look at the Australian Design Rules it states that any modification made to a vehicle has to be approved (enginered). Yours wernt even though they arnt big mods. It looks like you got pinged fair and square to me. Hundreds of others here have been done for the same things. Id say you were lucky to get over the pits without further defects, they can defect standard cars FFS. Welcome to the world of traffic fines im sure like most people here youll get others. Keep us posted on the Court thing but dont expect a walk up positive outcome. The judge's questions will go like this. Judge - did you drive your skyline with a BOV and a pod filter and are you a young male? You - Yes Judge - were these items added to your car? You - yes Judge - therefore you drove a non compliant car with modifications that were not approved? You - ahhh yes Judge - bend over and think happy thoughts.

From my understanding they can defect for anything they SUSPECT is non compliant. Regardless of what QT says all gases must vent through the catalitic (spelling) converter. Atmo BOV's do vent crankcase gases to the air. If the cop was performing his duty legally ie. traffic cop conducting a vehicle inspection then I cant see that you have any leg to stand on. Its up to the owner to ensure that the car is legal, there is no onus on the copper to prove anything. I cant see you winning in COurt. If your dads experenced he should be telling you this. Read back through the posts on this site and the others. Its happened many times before.