The 'Shaker'...

[gjb977]

Has anyone had to have their car put on the shaker ? I heard that you can refuse and demand a machinary instead ...

Can't it totally screw up your car ?

Thanks

[Guest Boxhead]

someone fill me in on what a shaker is....

[gjb977]

The Shaker is the truck-mounted piece of machinary that you drive your car up onto. When operational, it simulates severe driving conditions that are more indicative of driving down the OLD toll bar road (as in straight down) instead of a potholed piece of narrow bitumen (often referred to by QT as a 'highway').

It was designed to be used with trucks and full-chassis vehicles, but some lame-brain has decreed to use it with all vehicles.

Monocoque-design vehicles -can- handle the punishment, but it can cause stress fractures. The new car that was destroyed happened because the inspector from QT did not close the car door before the test began - and since the doors and front & rear windows are what give new cars their structural integrity.... well - you can guess what happened....

Transport disavowed all responsibility and told the bloke to contact the manufacturer because it was a faulty vehicle. The manufacturer told him that it was QT's fault because they hindered the ability of the car to observe its structural integrity (by not closing the door). Bloke is left in the middle out of pocket with a hot potato.

[Guest Boxhead]

hrrmm, i fail to see the point in such a peice of machinery.

[(B1) MR_fanny]

why did he put it on the shaker in the first place?? what kind of test was this for??

[gjb977]

i think he/she was just unluck enough to have had his car put on.