Nominal Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Did you notice that lvvta is effectively managing the repair certificate process through a similar structure now. They seem to be doing a good job and keeping the bureaucrats happy. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 They are also receiving funding from NZTA now so I doubt they are going anywhere soon From newsletter last year 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Latest newsletter has all the deets on the repair cert stuff LVVTA_Newsletter_2021_July-September.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Yes word had it they presented a very convincing pitch and appear to have been the obvious choice to manage the repair certificate process. Full credit to them, (although I've yet to hear the MTA or the CRA's position on this). I've had no issue with the cert guys I've dealt with, most were car mad good guys like the rest of us. What does concern me is having a privately owned company not only implementing the certification process but writing the rules and regulations we are legally obliged to adhere to. It's both unprecedented and unchartered territory, I can think of no other privately owned regulatory body in NZ that has this level of autonomy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Anyone has to be better than the government deciding such things. At least the LVVTA has a wealth of knowledge in the industry. Rather than an MP who got the management job because they were next in line. IMO. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 Definitely better to be run separate from the govt. Nzta should really have even less influence TBH. Would be great if there was competition* in the field too. But we can't beg for too much. *Competition ideally results in better quality, innovation and prices 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 23 hours ago, igor said: Can you get away with still running an old style declaration if you've since fully rebuilt the car? Yes , if you restore the vehicle and it matches the declaration. But taking another complete registered vehicle, doing similar mods to it and swapping ID tags and plates off a car with a declaration? It would be interesting to see what the correct answer is, as you can legally replace the chassis on a ute for example, if the chassis is beyond repair. which then ends up with mismatched numbers, but that can be legitimate if NZTA is notified and it's recorded on landata as having a replacement chassis I doubt changing the body and chassis and redoing all the mods that were done prior to 92 in 2021, would be classed as "restoring" the original car 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 1 hour ago, sr2 said: Yes word had it they presented a very convincing pitch and appear to have been the obvious choice to manage the repair certificate process. Full credit to them, (although I've yet to hear the MTA or the CRA's position on this). I've had no issue with the cert guys I've dealt with, most were car mad good guys like the rest of us. What does concern me is having a privately owned company not only implementing the certification process but writing the rules and regulations we are legally obliged to adhere to. It's both unprecedented and unchartered territory, I can think of no other privately owned regulatory body in NZ that has this level of autonomy. It's an incorporate society, not a private company. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted December 2, 2021 Share Posted December 2, 2021 34 minutes ago, Nominal said: It's an incorporate society, not a private company. Either way my point is the control of it is in private hands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 As opposed to the trustworthy hands of the government who ignore the public? LVVTA seem to put all of the cert stuff out for consultation so that the public can have their input into the revisions of rules. Government is pretty useless at most of the stuff they have full control over so I don't see the problem. Housing and rental markets have gone down the toilets. Imagine if the government had the same control over the car related stuff. You'd be banned from any repairs and forced to buy a Nissan leaf if they had their way. Change my mind. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 43 minutes ago, Bling said: LVVTA seem to put all of the cert stuff out for consultation so that the public can have their input into the revisions of rules A good example of this working is the last update of the wheel and tyre chapter of the CCM There was some wording around mud flaps that could have been difficult. I made a submission and encouraged others to do the same In the final version the wording was changed to something that will be much better for modifiers I have no idea how many people made submissions on that but LVVTA obviously took it on board and changed it. I think its great that they listen to the public's input The opposite of Auckland transports speed limit public consultation process, where based on what I saw, most people were making submissions saying leave the speed limits as they are Id bet they will still do what they planned on doing and tell everyone that "the public was overwhelmingly in favour of our action on speed limits" 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Bling said: As opposed to the trustworthy hands of the government who ignore the public? LVVTA seem to put all of the cert stuff out for consultation so that the public can have their input into the revisions of rules. Government is pretty useless at most of the stuff they have full control over so I don't see the problem. Housing and rental markets have gone down the toilets. Imagine if the government had the same control over the car related stuff. You'd be banned from any repairs and forced to buy a Nissan leaf if they had their way. Change my mind. I'm not suggesting it be the hands of a government department (shudders at the thought!). What I am suggesting is that allowing the law maker and the law enforcer to be the same private entity is anything but democratic and has resulted in the current system which in the opinion of many of its clients has become user unfriendly self perpetuating law unto itself. We are up in arms about supermarkets in NZ being allowed to become a duopoly (at the expense of food prices) and yet we allow the certification of modified vehicles being controlled by one private group only, operating in a totally non competitive market. Bottom line is unless its the LVVTA you cannot have an engineer (no matter how qualified/experienced) cert your car. Surely that's one huge monopoly? Edited to say: enjoying the debate but it probably needs to be in it's own thread. Edited December 3, 2021 by sr2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I don't get what you mean "Law maker" = LVVTA "Law enforcer"= lvv certifiers Certifiers are not employed by or paid by lvvta, they are all separate businesses. When a certification is issued, the certifier pays a fee to LVVTA. This is about $250 at the moment. The rest of the certification cost is to cover the certifiers time and business costs Do you mean there should be several different lvvtas with their own rules? Or any "engineer" should be able to certify a vehicle by following lvvta's rules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Is there a limit to how many lvv certifiers can exist at any one time? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 I don't know if there's an official set maximum number, but there is consideration given to how many there are in an area Probably because it's easier to keep on top of training and monitoring 100 certifiers nationwide instead of 1000 and to retain good certifiers If there was to be a flood of lower level certifiers who can only do the entry level stuff (which is the "bread and butter" work, ie coilovers in Japanese imports) then the more experienced certifiers would get stuck with dealing with the more difficult jobs all day= would likely lose the experienced certifiers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, cletus said: I don't get what you mean "Law maker" = LVVTA "Law enforcer"= lvv certifiers Certifiers are not employed by or paid by lvvta, they are all separate businesses. When a certification is issued, the certifier pays a fee to LVVTA. This is about $250 at the moment. The rest of the certification cost is to cover the certifiers time and business costs Do you mean there should be several different lvvtas with their own rules? Or any "engineer" should be able to certify a vehicle by following lvvta's rules? You might find I'm more on your side than you think. I think any suitably qualified engineer should be able to judge if a vehicle is safe or not. The LVVTA has cornered the market on what is safe and what isn't. Most likely started with the best of intentions, after nearly 30 years it has morphed into a monopoly run by a group of private individuals who (if I was a cynical man ) one could claim that their primary objective is to justify their own existence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Transom Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 Like the “engineer” who was certifying heavy truck tow systems that was a muppet and had all his certs recalled Modified vehicle is a specialty not for your average engineer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
igor Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 26 minutes ago, sr2 said: suitably qualified This being the important part. A competent structural engineer should be able to design and cert towbars and draw beams. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sr2 Posted December 3, 2021 Share Posted December 3, 2021 59 minutes ago, Transom said: Like the “engineer” who was certifying heavy truck tow systems that was a muppet and had all his certs recalled Modified vehicle is a specialty not for your average engineer Having dealt with many engineers over the last 3 decades it's not rocket science compared to what the average mechanical engineer deals with on a daily basis? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post cletus Posted December 3, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2021 2 hours ago, sr2 said: I think any suitably qualified engineer should be able to judge if a vehicle is safe or not. I disagree. Someone who has been to university to study how to design a bridge or a dishwasher or whatever mechanical engineers do, who has no or minimal experience in the automotive industry, shouldn't be trying to figure out if a car is safe or not. much like I shouldn't be inspecting a house to say if that's safe, because I can't tell you what a nog or a dwang is Even if there was some sort of super engineer who could design bridges and dishwashers and also know heaps about cars, they would still have to pay lvvta $250 for the cert admin , plate etc, plus the super engineers time, so the cost would be the same or probably more because the super engineer has heaps of letters behind his or her name so can charge $500 an hour Unless you are meaning that the super engineer could have some sort of system where they make up their own requirements and cert tag system in competition with lvvta? I deal with stuff on an almost daily basis designed by engineers who are actually in the automotive industry and they STILL get things completely wrong 11 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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