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last week my boss was driving a silvia which was doing compliance in a workshop on tokin hwy ..then ..one wheel just went off .. he nearly got an accident with other cars ,, but  lucky he drove the car to the side of the road... but the one side of the  front wheel , disc ,hub, everything just damaged....

wat a dodgy workshop...

I seen a silvia on the mitchell fwy last week with a wheel off................ :D

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last week my boss was driving a silvia which was doing compliance in a workshop on tokin hwy ..then ..one wheel just went off .. he nearly got an accident with other cars ,, but  lucky he drove the car to the side of the road... but the one side of the  front wheel , disc ,hub, everything just damaged....

wat a dodgy workshop...

I can tell you now don't say the workshop was Dodgy as I know who you are talking about, I picked it up off the Freeway and I know the condition most 15 year old cars that are coming in to start.

Have a 50,000 yen car sitting around for god knows how long with odd wheels and most are missing wheel nuts to start, I put the wheel back on and those old Lotus Style wheels are prone to the problem as you cant get a decent grip on the nut.

It is nothing to do with the workshop it was one of those things that happen, it happens to a lot more cars then you think.

I can go on all day about the workshops who do "DODGY" work but when they lose their RAWS or backyard business I will highlight them then, DPI are investigating a few at the moment and I would be worried if they did my car as DPI will call you up and tell you to have the car re-inspected at Welshpool.

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I can tell you now don't say the workshop was Dodgy as I know who you are talking about, I picked it up off the Freeway and I know the condition most 15 year old cars that are coming in to start.

Have a 50,000 yen car sitting around for god knows how long with odd wheels and most are missing wheel nuts to start, I put the wheel back on and those old Lotus Style wheels are prone to the problem as you cant get a decent grip on the nut.

It is nothing to do with the workshop it was one of those things that happen, it happens to a lot more cars then you think.

I can go on all day about the workshops who do "DODGY" work but when they lose their RAWS or backyard business I will highlight them then, DPI are investigating a few at the moment and I would be worried if they did my car as DPI will call you up and tell you to have the car re-inspected at Welshpool.

yeah i think u r right, most of the 15yr old car's condition are terrible...

but i'm just wondering how they can pass the dpi inspectioin if they can do nothing with the wheels or other stuff that's most important for drivers safty?.

or as i think ..the workshops should refuse to do the cars which can't be fixed or with big safty problem...

if they knew the car got problems like the wheel may come off then they still doing the car without fix up the problem....

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yeah i think u r right, most of the 15yr old car's condition are terrible...

but i'm just wondering how they can pass the dpi inspectioin if they can do nothing with the wheels or other stuff that's most important for drivers safty?.

or as i think ..the workshops should refuse to do the cars which can't be fixed or with big safty problem...

if they knew the car got problems like the wheel may come off then they still doing the car without fix up the problem....

Problem is with the wheels the car is put on hoist to check brake lines so no need to remove wheels bit if required only one is removed and all wheel nuts were loose on the Silvia, last car that this has happened to down south was straight from the panel shop and they admitted they were at fault (it was a Landcruiser and it made a mess).

Also when it comes to what to do and what not to do is you only do what the owner tells you because if you do something he doesn't say to do he wont pay for it and how much time do you spend on a car and not charge for it, I know it is only wheel nut but you have to stop somewhere, you can suggest what should be done but if no body listens you don't bother after a few cars.

I have refused to do a few 15 year old cars and I personaly wont do any now as I cant tell a guy it cost's $5,000 to make this R32 road worthy.

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Problem is with the wheels the car is put on hoist to check brake lines so no need to remove wheels bit if required only one is removed and all wheel nuts were loose on the Silvia, last car that this has happened to down south was straight from the panel shop and they admitted they were at fault (it was a Landcruiser and it made a mess).

Also when it comes to what to do and what not to do is you only do what the owner tells you because if you do something he doesn't say to do he wont pay for it and how much time do you spend on a car and not charge for it, I know it is only wheel nut but you have to stop somewhere, you can suggest what should be done but if no body listens you don't bother after a few cars.

I have refused to do a few 15 year old cars and I personaly wont do any now as I cant tell a guy it cost's $5,000 to make this R32 road worthy.

just confirmed the car i was saying was happend on orrong road in welshpool..

but i think u r right

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