mjrstar Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 I'm all good with the current safety inspection of older cars, one thing I though.... I think there should be slightly more leniency for the testing of brake imbalance on old historic /classic.. I want the convenience of going to a vtnz, but I don't want the ballsache of having to get a 50 year old braking system to be as accurate and repeatable as a modern day equivalent when the car weighs under 700kg and probably couldn't do a 17 second 1/4 mile.. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ul9601 Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 in certain context, lime scooters on a footpath are far more dangerous than say a moderately looked after p10. seen some with absolutely bald tyres Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwi808 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 So today I went to take the little red Mazda out for a Sunday drive on Saturday. The intention was to do a bigger drive than usual 20 km round trip it often does. Probably going to be on the road for 2 hours. So the first thing I do is check the tyre pressures as one of the tyres tends to have a slow leak. Do a full walk around the car and get to the tyre with a slow leak and the and the side wall has a huge split on it. I mean huge. (Yes check tyre pressure when warm etc etc etc but this tyre has a leak. So it needs checking BEFORE you drive on it) pull wheel off, head to town, replace tyre with spare I had in storage. Continue with pre prepared trip. Job done. But that’s the problem right there. 2 weeks ago I checked and the tyre was fine. Today it was a massive accident waiting to happen. I know to constantly check these things. Fucking tourists wounders in their shìt wagons have no idea. We can’t trust people to maintain their cars. The accident statistics in Central prove that. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 4 minutes ago, kiwi808 said: So today I went to take the little red Mazda out for a Sunday drive on Saturday. The intention was to do a bigger drive than usual 20 km round trip it often does. Probably going to be on the road for 2 hours. So the first thing I do is check the tyre pressures as one of the tyres tends to have a slow leak. Do a full walk around the car and get to the tyre with a slow leak and the and the side wall has a huge split on it. I mean huge. (Yes check tyre pressure when warm etc etc etc but this tyre has a leak. So it needs checking BEFORE you drive on it) pull wheel off, head to town, replace tyre with spare I had in storage. Continue with pre prepared trip. Job done. But that’s the problem right there. 2 weeks ago I checked and the tyre was fine. Today it was a massive accident waiting to happen. I know to constantly check these things. Fucking tourists wounders in their shìt wagons have no idea. We can’t trust people to maintain their cars. The accident statistics in Central prove that. One must ask, how old was said failed tyre, and how old is the tyre you fitted that was in storage? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajg193 Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 By the logic above we need a WoF check every two weeks? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nominal Posted April 27 Share Posted April 27 50 minutes ago, ajg193 said: By the logic above we need a WoF check every two weeks? One week to be safer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tortron Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 It doesn't matter how often you check because tards can't be wrangled Honestly, this should pass if it doesn't impede the movement of the pedals. Decking wood meets the requirement for a non slip surface 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kws Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 glue some sandpaper to it, she'll be right But it's true, you can never really account for the "human" factor/stupidity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ul9601 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 looks like it's for a person with very short legs. i don't really see the problem there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cletus Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 I can see many problems with it. I'd be fucked off if someone wrote my car off because they cable tied a bit of wood to a brake pedal so they could drive a big car (looks like a falcon dash to me) instead of doing it at least partially properly or choosing a car that fits them properly/better 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nominal Posted April 28 Popular Post Share Posted April 28 Probably fitted so the 8yo can drive home from the pub. 1 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ul9601 Posted April 28 Share Posted April 28 i thought it was properly fixed to the pedal - didnt spot the cable tie. dodgy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearded Baldy Posted May 1 Share Posted May 1 Looks like a fail on at least half of the reasons lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted May 11 Share Posted May 11 On 28/04/2024 at 19:27, ul9601 said: i thought it was properly fixed to the pedal - didnt spot the cable tie. dodgy mate. its several missmatched offcuts of random timber. it could be attached to the pedal with what ever holds back clint when sees things like this and it still wouldnt be okay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmulally Posted Monday at 00:55 Share Posted Monday at 00:55 On 28/04/2024 at 13:42, tortron said: It doesn't matter how often you check because tards can't be wrangled Honestly, this should pass if it doesn't impede the movement of the pedals. Decking wood meets the requirement for a non slip surface Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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