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Are You Farking Kidding Me: Re Nsw Pink Slips?

DJBarnstar

By DJBarnstar,
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DJBarnstar

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OK Team,

I am rather underwhelemd... No, that's an understatement.

I just went to get a pink slip in Queanbeyan, NSW, and was knocked back. Totally normal for somthing happering safety, but here's the thing...

For being too loud...!

WTF?

So this guy, who I have been going to for 8 + years now has a DB meter and has nailed me?

C'mon.. It's not a blue slip.

And also, he passed me last year in the same Skyrine and I have had a 330 n/a KW V8 that sounded like the world was comming to an end passed 3 yrs ago..

So what is the deal? Have the regulation changed that much? I though it was just the Po Po you had to worry about?

Any way, now I'm going to have to change the exhaust for a pink slip every year. It's only running 270KW. What is the point?

VENT / RANT!

Sinista32 Grand Master

Sinista32

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Could be

1. Clamping down on Mechs that can give pink slips. The RTA could be pulling licenses more than usual for "easy" shops

2. Times are tougher than the usual so more shops are conjuring up add on business

as above I'm not very knowledgeable on NSW but I know the garages in Canberra have been loosing there license to give RWC's and are pretty tight on even minor stuff.

luke gtr Grand Master

luke gtr

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OK Team,

I am rather underwhelemd... No, that's an understatement.

I just went to get a pink slip in Queanbeyan, NSW, and was knocked back. Totally normal for somthing happering safety, but here's the thing...

For being too loud...!

WTF?

So this guy, who I have been going to for 8 + years now has a DB meter and has nailed me?

C'mon.. It's not a blue slip.

And also, he passed me last year in the same Skyrine and I have had a 330 n/a KW V8 that sounded like the world was comming to an end passed 3 yrs ago..

So what is the deal? Have the regulation changed that much? I though it was just the Po Po you had to worry about?

Any way, now I'm going to have to change the exhaust for a pink slip every year. It's only running 270KW. What is the point?

VENT / RANT!

ask him to show you where in the inspection book it refers to noise.

It doesn't.

No new rules have come out stating anything about noise.

Complain to the rms.

Tell them you had to borrow a mate's exhaust as yours had a leak and you couldn't afford to get it fixed or something.

It's ridiculous.

Also, have heard the rms told off an inspector for passing a pink slip(which it did legally), but due to the inspector also being blue slip certified, he should have failed it for a blue slip fault.

Srsly, rms needs to getter act together.

And that inspector needs a swift kick in the rear.

/Rant.

Dose Pipe Sutututu Grand Master

Dose Pipe Sutututu

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go elsewhere - it's an inspection man, they only care about:

  • lights working
  • seat belts
  • brake test
  • no oil leaks
  • tyres above indicator

Just bring it to a performance shop, they will pass it :)

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Trex Grand Master

Trex

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My pinkslip guy who i dealt with for 4yrs in all types of cars told me he had been getting pressure from 'someone' for unroady cars. I thanked him for my last pinkslip 2 yrs ago and I've moved on.

It's time to move on and find someone new who isn't on the radar.

SargeRX8 Grand Master

SargeRX8

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My rego is due next month. Gonna be interesting since the usual shop I went to shut down and the other shop I used to go to was keen to fail me because my windscreen wipers. Mind you he sprinkled drops of water on the glass and essentially ran them dry. Pretty sure it was his technique to try sell me something I didn't need.

GTR-N1 Grand Master

GTR-N1

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Bring your own bucket of water (with silicone added); chuck it over the windscreen and show him he's got crook water coming out of his tap!

For good measure as you're leaving, supply him with the phone number of the Water Board.

Oh yes, and expect him to say "Thanks" :P

Calsonic14U Mentor

Calsonic14U

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Bring it to my workshop in blacktown. I have my ticket to do pink slips. All skylines welcome. anything over 250kw requires me to test drive for "safety" reasons :P $35 and i dont even need to put it on a hoist.

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