OK heres the full story , so everyone can read.
i took the car to regency for its inspection as its defected.
rocked up at 3:20pm which is when it was booked in for. (got stuck in traffic)
anyways , went in , paid the $148.00 and then took it into the shed , the guy told me to drive towards the hoist and he would guide me on...
get it on the hoist , do the usual checks; headlights , indicators etc etc
then i get out the car and sit down at the desk while him and the other inspector go over it.
they start going through the interior and i notice one of them sitting in the drivers seat , he would of been sitting there for a good 2 minutes
then the other inspector came over to him while he was sitting there, the other inspector was just standing there looking at the steering wheel area (couldn't exactly see as the bonnet was still up)
anyways this guy would of been sitting there for about 5 minutes in total then gets out and they raise the car up on the hoist.
go over the whole under body and check the diff to see if its locked.
then after that one of them checks the steering by turning the wheels but the steering lock kicks in
they stop with that and proceed to check other parts of the car
finally they come back to it and they end up lowering the hoist down so one of them can get to the ignition
the guy plays around with it for about 30 seconds and then goes to me "how did you get the car here with half a key , mate"
which i replied to saying "there was a full key obviously... i drove it into the car park ,turned the car off , locked it , went inside , paid my money, came back out , unlocked the car, started it , drove it inside , onto your hoist , turned it off and left it sitting out of the ignition in case you needed to turn it on"
and straight away he goes "oh nah i didn't break it mate..."
i replied "how do i know that?, it was a solid key when i left the vehicle"...
he doesn't say any more & goes back to inspecting the car, makes a list of shit thats wrong etc etc
times comes to finish up and he goes and slaps another defect sticker on it , gives me another defect notice and the list of whats needed.
then he gets all his buddies to come push the car off the hoist.
one of the genius's had the idea of jacking it up from the engine cross member to move the front around as steering lock was stuck on...
about 10 minutes go by and theres 7 donkeys standing around the car pushing it back , and they have the audacity to ask ME to help push it? yeah right...
end up pushing the car out the roller door and basically telling me that i have till 7am tomorrow morning to have it moved otherwise it will be towed , and that i should probably call a tow truck
or a mobile lock smith...
i am absolutely FUMING at this point , but i didn't go off at em..
so they all walk off and shut the roller door , so here i am , STUCK with a car that i cant start , lock etc etc...
had to get my dad and Nigel to come down and help me fix it
Absolute bunch of f**king wankers !