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I personally think that people at regency are not as bad as you guys say..

I've been there b4 with my previous car Mitsubishi FTO. I waited there for a short while and chatted with a few inspectors and workers there. They were very friendly and even commented that i got a nice car! They even directed me to where i needed to go...very helpful....will recommend....

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yeah, there are like 20 of us all making up Regency horror stories for the fun of it .... some have reasonably good experiences, but most don't.

When I had my 1992 MX6 (non-turbo Aus delivered) and moved from Darwin to Adelaide, I went in simply to get the vin checked and copped a heap of warnings and near defects while I was there - including being given a razor blade and made to remove my tint before I left, as although it was legal, it didn't have a % tint sticker on the window.

Mate you are kidding arnt you?? Regency have the power to defect cars, why when you take a car there for a full inspection 9 times outta 10 does it come out with a yellow sticker on it??? (or more yellow stickers if you've already been defected) Regency is like the head judge mate, they interprete the laws as they see it.....Don't kid yourself :Bang:[/

i did know that when you go to regency already defected they have the right to defect you for further things and put another canary on your window, but i didnt realise they could give the initial defect, sorry for being so naive :Oops:

Mate you are kidding arnt you?? Regency have the power to defect cars' date=' why when you take a car there for a full inspection 9 times outta 10 does it come out with a yellow sticker on it??? (or more yellow stickers if you've already been defected) Regency is like the head judge mate, they interprete the laws as they see it.....Don't kid yourself :Bang:[/

i did know that when you go to regency already defected they have the right to defect you for further things and put another canary on your window, but i didnt realise they could give the initial defect, sorry for being so naive :Oops:[/quote']

Sorry post might've been a bit harsh, but yersh long and short of it is that regency are head judge, they can AND do what they please...

i got the same letter aswell nearly the day after i had lowered it and put some rims on, but as far as i know regency dont have the legal right to defect a car they are a seperate entity to the police, inless the police are waiting for you there i dont think you would have anything to worry about.

Road Traffic Act

http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Catalog/le...s/r/1961.50.htm

Road Traffic (Vehicle Standards) Rules

http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Catalog/le.../r/1999.235.htm

Road Traffic (Miscellaneous) Regulations

http://www.parliament.sa.gov.au/Catalog/le...1999.236.un.htm

About the only legislative stuff I've studied in detail... The stuff I'm meant to do for uni bores me lol

I havent had to go in and get the plates fitted to my DR and I first registered it and recieved the letter over a year ago

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The guys down there don't know what they are doing!  Wonder if we'll get a letter at a later date too?

Geez they don't waste any time sending those letters out do they?!

Only got the car through Regency and registered last week and got the letter in the post yesterday.

mine took about a month after rego. my boss believes he got the same letter with one of his imports aprox four years ago and thus he believes its bogus, SA will never get around to it.

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