New Defect Fines

[bigmikespec]

well after completely f**king up the budget in getting Adelaide oval revamped, they need to recover the extra money spent somehow. To be totally honest this government is making things in this state worse and worse by the day, yet i don't f**king see the roads getting any better. Soon you will get fined for sneezing in the car. Arrrgh this state government is frustrating me every time they open their big flaps arrrgh

Oh come on man, Port Road is pretty good ey! I won't drive from Semaphore to the city on Port Road... totally f**ked.

Why would any politician want to oppose this legislation? When has one stood up and supported drivers? No and none; if it doesn't get through in its full form they will pass parts of it that will still affect drivers, us especially with modified cars.

All points to revenue raising for SA for failed projects, Desal, Hospital, Stadium... all projects that will (and have) blown out in cost because of the Governments incompetence. Same deal on national level with mining tax, carbon tax, etc....

...end rant (for now)

[Fliggy]

I reckon we need to organise a cruise and get the media involved to show them that we don't want this to pass and that we are just a bunch of car lovers and not hoons. You can go out and buy a pair of footy shorts and boots and go join a club and play anywhere anytime but we can't buy a good car, modify it and drive it without getting in shit for having a nice car. Don't know about anyone here but if i get defected for a blown globe or wiper blade i'll take it to court and fight for us import drivers. The only good thing in it , is that mechanics can fix and lift the defect.

If a cop says to me i have a tail light out, all i'll do is say thanks mate , give him a thumbs up and drive off.

[typevu]

I reckon we need to organise a cruise and get the media involved to show them that we don't want this to pass and that we are just a bunch of car lovers and not hoons

and hope no one rolls their neighbour's S13 at that one

[GTR-32]

I reckon we need to organise a cruise and get the media involved to show them that we don't want this to pass and that we are just a bunch of car lovers and not hoons. You can go out and buy a pair of footy shorts and boots and go join a club and play anywhere anytime but we can't buy a good car, modify it and drive it without getting in shit for having a nice car. Don't know about anyone here but if i get defected for a blown globe or wiper blade i'll take it to court and fight for us import drivers. The only good thing in it , is that mechanics can fix and lift the defect.

If a cop says to me i have a tail light out, all i'll do is say thanks mate , give him a thumbs up and drive off.

This is why i carry extra light bulbs in my car at all times, specially headlight bulbs because they are always going...

Also take it to court if you get defected for 'suspision of defect' and say the cop was an absolute arsehole, or film the whole thing on phone/camera and tell him this is being recorded due to me taking your arse to court and i want proof of your Incompetence!

And i dont know about this cruise thing working, just shows the government how many cars on our roads are actually defectable, due to 99% of cars on cruises are defectable, they'd just look at it like, "look at all that money we could be making off those people mwahaha".... bastards!!!

[Tangles]

to tell thr truth, Id actually REALLY like to be a police officer.

I think I'd be a very decent officer of the law. Using discretion at all times.

having said that there is no way Id be accepted into the training, as without knees I cant run, cant kneel, am on medication & registered disabled.

going on from that, I cant even continue with my Uni degree as I failed the First Aid Certificate because I cant kneel down to perform CPR.

tbh life atm for me simply sucks not in a happy place atm.

with this potential new defect law, anyone who has a somewhat decent job should really push for a el-cheapo company car, and do away with your own personal registered car simply for the hassel sake. Lets face it, if you own an import and this proposal becomes law then you're going to cop a reaming at some stage......

so to all you good hard working souls out there.... start pushing for a company car; defect problem then isnt yours but your employers.

[bezender]

This is why i carry extra light bulbs in my car at all times, specially headlight bulbs because they are always going...

Also take it to court if you get defected for 'suspision of defect' and say the cop was an absolute arsehole, or film the whole thing on phone/camera and tell him this is being recorded due to me taking your arse to court and i want proof of your Incompetence!

And i dont know about this cruise thing working, just shows the government how many cars on our roads are actually defectable, due to 99% of cars on cruises are defectable, they'd just look at it like, "look at all that money we could be making off those people mwahaha".... bastards!!!

film a police officer carying out their duties, and tell them you are doing it?

lol try that and see where it gets you.

i think the person that wrote the article for adelaide now is loving how this has been blown way out of proportion and getting way more attention than it deserves thanks to them using the light bulb/wiperblade example.

if this gets passed it does not mean that cops are going to go out on a spree of handing out major defects for not having water in ur washer bottle. stuff will carry on as is and if you are unfortunate enough get defected there will be an expiation notice as well. It's pretty straight forward and to be honest im surprised the idea of having a mandatory fine attached to a defect has taken this long.

currently Police have the discretion to defect you, let you off or give you a fine for breaching vehicle standards... it is easier for them to fill out a defect notice than it is a fine, so i would expect that they arent too impressed about the extra work they would potentially be lumbered with

[craig R33]

Really looking forward to getting my brand new Toyota camry in July... Specially seeing as I don't have to

Pay a single dollar for anything

Hehe

[Madaz]

where do i apply for that job Craig

so Carl this could work as a positive the lazier the officer they may not be bothered doing two lots of paperwork

remember people this has to be passed through state government first

[Carbon 34]

Really looking forward to getting my brand new Toyota camry in July... Specially seeing as I don't have to

Pay a single dollar for anything

Hehe

enjoy it, its a peice of crap, I had one that the ECU failed on, 4 times, accelerated random, or not at all. then the brakes failed in the first 2 months.got it with 13 k's on it. returned in a year with 56,000 on it.

drivers flare off the dash, horrible steering, to think it was a toyota amazed me, on how poor it was .

time to move interstate, this place is a whole other country in itself. I left a long commment on the news about it.. hope they publish it

ADR no

ADR = Adelaide defect rules

[rad100]

i would be pretty happy if australia was equal.. saying breach of australian standards...

how can there be an aus standards when each state is different..

all states need to be the same..

[Madaz]

there needs to be a class action against someone

ok everyone empty your pockets

[craig R33]

enjoy it, its a peice of crap, I had one that the ECU failed on, 4 times, accelerated random, or not at all. then the brakes failed in the first 2 months.got it with 13 k's on it. returned in a year with 56,000 on it.

drivers flare off the dash, horrible steering, to think it was a toyota amazed me, on how poor it was .

time to move interstate, this place is a whole other country in itself. I left a long commment on the news about it.. hope they publish it

ADR no

ADR = Adelaide defect rules

Dude, I'm driving a Hyandai Getz ATM, ANYTHING is better than this pos haha

And it's the 2010 camry altise which from what Iv read, has awesome reviews...

Either way it's free, who am I to complain lol

[typevu]

I've driven the current shape Altise numerous times... drives fine for a family daily run-around car.

[Carbon 34]

Dude, I'm driving a Hyandai Getz ATM, ANYTHING is better than this pos haha

And it's the 2010 camry altise which from what Iv read, has awesome reviews...

Either way it's free, who am I to complain lol

ok I see your point, I had a brand new "GETZ" you knowwhere fast for a rental car once. I felt like it was chained to a house when I floored it and it was a stick shift too , and stopped by fred flintsone methods or bike coaster brakes.lol

you'll see the new model camry is a bad car .....mine was the 2.4 petrol . I know it suprised the head mech guy at CMI when we went for a drive in it. and it coasted in a round about with my foot floored way before the round about.

the list of things that are designed poor in that car is loing, fuel economy is great,

carry a towel in the car i f your drive in the outback at night, the radio doesn't dim, and is annoying as fark reflecting off the window and you'll need to toss it over the dash lights in the console

fly by wire throttle = fail, ECU controlled tranny= fail

and back on topic, this state needs some balls, who voted these tards in ? do they realize how much money gets dumped into cars, new and used in this town ?

I wish I had a electric car, so I could go thru the defect revenue trap without vasoline . so I could get a SUSPECTED DEFECT lol

the public needs to sting them, a car just from the show room floor defected ?? with video please

Edited May 21, 2011 by sapphiregraphics

[bezender]

well apparently all commodores VN -> VS were defects rolling off the assembely line.... the indicators did not blink fast enough to meet ADR's

[Spark911]

that hitler video is the funniest thing i have seen all weekend

[Matty Sherlock]

Any facebooker's that havent already signed the petition to try and stop the enforcement of this rubbish, you can find a link on my facebook fage or surely another members.

More names, more impact!

[Madaz]

http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-fines-for-defects.html

[Weezy]

Has it been passed yet?

Some what makes me re-think rego'ing the 180................. So I guess its working to a degree haha

[craig R33]

its already defucted eh?