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Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 05:26
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One of my mates had 'remove 2l coke bottle used for air induction from engine bay'
What have you seen?
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I supported Toymods
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Perth, WA
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May 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 05:44
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remove gatorade bottle used for oil catch can
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February 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 06:01
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i know some but these were just warnings my mates have had, and not on an actual defect notice:
"Sock used for air intake not sufficient"
"Have garden hose replaced for oil return hose to turbo"
 i have some dodgy mates 
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Location:
Brissy QLD
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March 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 07:45
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yeah well we try to stay away from the nice ppl with the defect notice books, i'm sure i'd get one that says please remove the 3" agg pipe feed air to that pod filter, on and return cars airbox....
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Location:
Gawler, SA
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August 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 07:50
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Remove coke bottle and hose used to feed broken radiator
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Toymods Social Secretary
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Sydney
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July 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 08:15
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"drivers door hinge has excessive movement"
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Sydney
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June 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 08:29
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fix driver door as does not close
ITS NOT MY CAR BUT A MATES
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Australia
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September 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 10:19
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a friend of mine cut the roof off an old valiant to make a convertible for summer for as long as it would last. The defect notice read "roof cut off"
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Location:
Melbourne
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June 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 10:20
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if they wrote... remove coke bottle... could u just replace it with a pepsi bottle? 
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Location:
Melbourne
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August 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 10:38
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| HKS_TRD wrote on Tue, 06 July 2004 20:19 |
a friend of mine cut the roof off an old valiant to make a convertible for summer for as long as it would last. The defect notice read "roof cut off"
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Top marks.
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NSW
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September 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 10:44
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Carby on Mazda Capella held on with wire. It sucked heaps of air but somehow still worked. We actually got defected for bald tyres and not having the front fender bolted at the bottom.. It was just flapping around. But the dumbasses didnt even notice the wired on carby...
Needless to say we, drove it to the tip the next day.
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Sydney
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May 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 10:57
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seam to recollect for some reason one defect notice signed by a sgt bacon
think it was for the usual ie bald tyres
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Terrigal
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 11:07
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I got one for no tyre placard (you know that sticker that tells you original tyre size and pressure?). Try to find one of them for a 1977 car!
Also indicators flash when doors open - duh its the car alarm doing that.
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I supported Toymods
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I renounced punctuation
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May 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 11:12
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| HKS_TRD wrote on Tue, 06 July 2004 20:19 |
a friend of mine cut the roof off an old valiant to make a convertible for summer for as long as it would last. The defect notice read "roof cut off"
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We did this to a Crown and got the same wording. Drove it for a month.
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 12:37
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"drivers door hinge has excessive movement"
that's gotta be the biggest crock ever.
can proudly say no defects, and the most severe defect warning I ever got was for a smashed tail light 
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Location:
Taree (4 hrs north of syd...
Registered:
May 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 14:13
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my boss worked with this sgt bacon when he still was in the force...
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Location:
Ballarat, Vic.
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 16:53
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SGT bacon
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
May 2003
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Perth
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 06 July 2004 23:41
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| FLYNSX wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 07:19 |
the best defect i got was on my first toymods cruise to the gong got me for missing cam covers on the car what a dik plus a few other small things that i got cleared the next day. Just goes to show hoe dopey some cops can be.
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Actually, that just goes to show how dopey you are. What were you driving around with no cam covers on for?
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Location:
Melb, Victoria
Registered:
April 2004
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I supported Toymods
Location:
Sutho/Hills NSW
Registered:
September 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 00:36
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he had cam covers, he was missing the cam gear cover
the cops wrote it down wrong.
| justcallmefrank wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 09:41 |
| FLYNSX wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 07:19 |
the best defect i got was on my first toymods cruise to the gong got me for missing cam covers on the car what a dik plus a few other small things that i got cleared the next day. Just goes to show hoe dopey some cops can be.
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Actually, that just goes to show how dopey you are. What were you driving around with no cam covers on for?
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sunny coast, qld
Registered:
October 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 01:01
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well that makes sense.
you wouldn't want to be driving with no cam covers that is for sure!
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Location:
Sydney
Registered:
April 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 02:58
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Last time i got defected the cop asked me "Is this car rear wheel drive"
I drive an ae92 rolla
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Location:
in the shadows
Registered:
April 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 04:00
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i had a cop in newcastle ask me, having popped the bonnet to reveal two red hot turbos... "it's rather warm under here, is this thing turbo?"  needless to say i bite my tongue - hard!
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I supported Toymods
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south of the big smoke
Registered:
May 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 06:20
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a mate of mine had nitrous in his car, cop pulls him over
cop say, whats this?
mate, LPG mate
cop says, wheres ya sticker on ya number plate?
mate, its on order should be here soon
cop, rightio move on
lol
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Sydney
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May 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 08:04
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hahaha now thats a good one
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Sydney
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June 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 08:50
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice Wed, 07 July 2004 16:20
a mate of mine had nitrous in his car, cop pulls him over
cop say, whats this?
mate, LPG mate
cop says, wheres ya sticker on ya number plate?
mate, its on order should be here soon
cop, rightio move on
lol
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that is HILARIOUS
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Sydney
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May 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 09:31
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| FLYNSX wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 09:19 |
the best defect i got was on my first toymods cruise to the gong got me for missing rocket covers on the car what a dik plus a few other small things that i got cleared the next day. Just goes to show hoe dopey some cops can be.
And to clear up the romours about if you can get away with sports air filter on ya car i got defected for that as well wrote a letter in over 1yr ago about the matter and never heard anything back if the fine isnt finalised after one yr it is considered lost revenue.
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hmmmmmmm didnt know rockets needed covers and where da hell they hiding in ya pic
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Sydney, NSW
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May 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 09:45
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lol... They are the detachable kind in his pants ...
jks...
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Sydney
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May 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 09:50
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| CrAiGzEE wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 16:20 |
a mate of mine had nitrous in his car, cop pulls him over
cop say, whats this?
mate, LPG mate
cop says, wheres ya sticker on ya number plate?
mate, its on order should be here soon
cop, rightio move on
lol
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Haha. Beautiful. Just Beautiful.
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Melbourne
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August 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 11:41
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Cruising with a mate, turning left at lights. He takes off hard, out to top of first, chirps into second and then backs off. Commodore behind lights up like a christmas tree and pulls us in.
(LC Torana, 350ci, extractors through the inner guards, etc. etc. and P plates!)
Cop 1: Pop the bonnet son.
<<pop>>
Cop 1: (looks in, over the extractors, over the firewall mod, etc. etc... mate has the standard air cleaner on the 850 Holley with "4.2 Litre" decal from 253..)
Cop 1: (to second cop at rear of car squirting torch over huge rear tyres) Is he allowed to drive a 4.2L on his P's?
Cop 2: Yeah, yeah, 253 is okay in a Torana. (as an OEM fitment in LX maybe...)
Cop 1: Settle down son, on your way now...
[Updated on: Wed, 07 July 2004 11:42]
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sydney
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June 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 07 July 2004 23:30
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my mate got done for not having the h pattern displayed on his gear knob.
and another mate got his torana defected for not having a carbie drip tray?? (some stupid little tin shield under the carbie)and also got done for stray wires near the drivers feet,so he ripped them out and threw them out the window,but then got done $300 for littering
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Northmead
Registered:
December 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Thu, 08 July 2004 01:43
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| hotrolla wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 12:58 |
Last time i got defected the cop asked me "Is this car rear wheel drive"
I drive an ae92 rolla
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Funny about that officer, but she does not pull so well from the rear wheels.
I think my clutch is slipping.
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The Eastwood MASSIVE !
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May 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Thu, 08 July 2004 08:28
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| captain chaos wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 14:00 |
i had a cop in newcastle ask me, having popped the bonnet to reveal two red hot turbos... "it's rather warm under here, is this thing turbo?" needless to say i bite my tongue - hard!
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Certianly not officer , those are my Exhaust Gas Recirculators , because I care about our enviroment.
Never know , it may work.
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Posts: 992738234
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Thu, 08 July 2004 08:37
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| DiZ_ wrote on Thu, 08 July 2004 18:28 |
| captain chaos wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 14:00 |
i had a cop in newcastle ask me, having popped the bonnet to reveal two red hot turbos... "it's rather warm under here, is this thing turbo?" needless to say i bite my tongue - hard!
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Certianly not officer , those are my Exhaust Gas Recirculators , because I care about our enviroment.
Never know , it may work.
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bahahahhaha
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Adelaide, drift capital
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May 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Thu, 08 July 2004 08:48
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| DiZ_ wrote on Thu, 08 July 2004 17:58 |
| captain chaos wrote on Wed, 07 July 2004 14:00 |
i had a cop in newcastle ask me, having popped the bonnet to reveal two red hot turbos... "it's rather warm under here, is this thing turbo?" needless to say i bite my tongue - hard!
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Certianly not officer , those are my Exhaust Gas Recirculators , because I care about our enviroment.
Never know , it may work.
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dats funny.
I once asked a cop why it is illegal to have an after market bov on your car, and he said that it releases 'gasses' into the atmoshpere? what a fukn joke, I had to bite my tongue too, bcause he was inspecting a mates car.
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Brisbane
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October 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Thu, 08 July 2004 11:10
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there was a similar thread on boostcruising.com a while ago
one guy got defected in his silvia for modified seating, he had the rear arm rest down
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in the shadows
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April 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Thu, 08 July 2004 13:29
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whilst not being a defect, i was pulled over for an rbt one night late. i had a microtech handcontroller mounted temporarily on my dash. the officer saw it and proceeded to ask all the wrong questions. i told him it was one of those jaycar kits which tells you your battery voltage. he liked it so much, i think you may have seen him in the local shop the next day trying to get one.
i think if you act confident, and not like a tool, i think a lot of them let plenty of "known" problems slip through to the keeper...
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I Supported Toymods
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Sydney
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December 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Thu, 08 July 2004 14:12
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| captain chaos wrote on Thu, 08 July 2004 23:29 |
whilst not being a defect, i was pulled over for an rbt one night late. i had a microtech handcontroller mounted temporarily on my dash. the officer saw it and proceeded to ask all the wrong questions. i told him it was one of those jaycar kits which tells you your battery voltage. he liked it so much, i think you may have seen him in the local shop the next day trying to get one.
i think if you act confident, and not like a tool, i think a lot of them let plenty of "known" problems slip through to the keeper...
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haha... I can imagine a cop trying to get a microwreck from jaycar...
"But the guy from Toymods said I could get one here"
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Gold Coast
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January 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Thu, 08 July 2004 14:57
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A mate of mine got devected for blad rear tyres. The story is that there were blad but they were yokohama street slicks (the track tyres with tread), so sticky stuff. When the cop was giving the defect we went on about u hoons doing burn outs and shit with your slicks!, my mate try to explan that they are for traction that is the whole point of "Street Slicks", not for burn outs, after 5min he still didn't garsp the concept, stupid copper!
But there are some smart mother of coppers out there now!
Pulled p the same mate and hears the big full pump still winding over and goes, ummmm pop ya bonnet, and witht he Sr20 and shit, instanly point out that not a standard turbo, (it only a HKS GT28 on stock manifold so that good work to point that work, and got him for catch can with venting to atmoshpere, etc.
Nezza 
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I supported Toymods
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fairfield NSW
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January 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Fri, 09 July 2004 05:48
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hahaha i got a few good laughs from this thread.
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Brissy QLD
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March 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Fri, 09 July 2004 15:54
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well we didn't get defected, but ona criuze with some mates, we all got RBT, me and jake with our fog lights on got told to turn them off, for me this is easily done, how ever jakes celica doesn't have a cut out switch and there for proceeded to turn off all of his lights, the copper merely thanks him and let him drive off with them off at night after he passed the breath test, needless to say i pissed my self laughing afterwards.
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Blue Mountains, Nsw
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June 2004
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Fri, 09 July 2004 15:55
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mate of mine got done for loose carpet...(even tho floor mats are loose carpet too) and also got fined for excessive litter in car??
along with all the usual exhaust, wheels etc etc/
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Brissy QLD
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March 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Sat, 10 July 2004 14:00
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damn with that being said i beta clean my car out.
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Melbourne - NthSubs
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January 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Sun, 11 July 2004 07:32
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got fined for excessive litter in car??
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wtf
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Ballarat, Vic.
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September 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Sun, 11 July 2004 13:48
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I remember reading/hearing someone being done for "load in boot not being secure"
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Brissy QLD
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March 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Mon, 12 July 2004 00:13
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oh damn i'll have to put those hooks into the boot to keep the bodies tired down...jk how did they find out that it wasn't secure properly?
oh and remember to ask 3 things guys
- do you suspect me of being in possession of drugs?
- do you have a warrent?
- are you of the rank of inspector or above?
if the answers to the these questions are no, they shouldn't be allowed to search the car!!! however i would just say that you will not use force to restrain them, however you will make an enquiry!
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Brisneyland
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May 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Mon, 12 July 2004 05:19
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Wasn't a defect notice, but when I moved to Brizzy I still had my two-door HQ Monaro, with Vic Rego.
Fair dinkum, I was pulled over AT LEAST weekly, and one night, on Racecourse Rd, they got me out of the car, searched the entire vehicle (including boot etc) and even pulled the ash trays out of the door trims, and emptied the contents into plastic bags!
Shortly after that, I sold it, and bought a HJ V6-24....that ironically flogged the Monaro for pace, yet I never got pulled over in!
Sheesh,
R
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I supported Toymods
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Epping, Sydney
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May 2002
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Mon, 12 July 2004 09:35
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dunkymonkey - you'll be unhappy to hear that recent laws passed allow cops to search your vehicle without suspicion of drugs and without a warrant.
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Brissy QLD
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March 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Mon, 12 July 2004 10:07
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umm i thought that only applied if they were above the rank of inspector, oh well i have nothing to hide anyways, except for the filter that is in my car, and most cops from what i have heard probably wouldn't care.
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I supported Toymods
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fairfield NSW
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January 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Mon, 12 July 2004 15:35
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if you dont let them search your car they will most likely call their superior and make you wait until they get a warrant... it wastes your time as much as theirs and they will most likely harass you further.
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Wahroonga
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June 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Mon, 12 July 2004 15:53
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i've seen a guy getting breath tested walking to his car, in a servo parking lot. Breath tester was faulty so they held the guy till another car turned up with 1 that worked.
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Brissy QLD
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March 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Mon, 12 July 2004 23:40
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oh well if you failed a breath test on the way to your car wouldn't you just not get in your car to drive. there is not law against drinking, only drinking and driving, they can only book you if they saw you driving!!!
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Darwin
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April 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 13 July 2004 01:35
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| DunkyMonkey wrote on Tue, 13 July 2004 09:10 |
oh well if you failed a breath test on the way to your car wouldn't you just not get in your car to drive. there is not law against drinking, only drinking and driving, they can only book you if they saw you driving!!!
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One would think that they would be legally obliged to stop you from getting in your car if you did prove to be over the limit...
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Brissy QLD
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March 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 13 July 2004 01:48
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but what can they hold you on? i would be making a quick phone call to a mate t ocome pick me up
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Darwin
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April 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Tue, 13 July 2004 01:55
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| DunkyMonkey wrote on Tue, 13 July 2004 11:18 |
but what can they hold you on?
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If you wanted to make an issue out of it, I guess drunk and disorderly.
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i would be making a quick phone call to a mate t ocome pick me up
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This is what you would do in reality.
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Brissy QLD
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March 2004
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Tue, 13 July 2004 15:07
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oh well its good that i don't like to be seen in public piss off my rocker.
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Brisbane
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May 2004
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Wed, 14 July 2004 03:55
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Just to let you know, from what i've heard u don't actaully have to be driving to get done for drink driving. I was at a party when someone parked his car in the driveway, and as he got out his mate handed him a beer bottle. Police were in attendance, and the second he opened the beer bottle he lost his license. I think its something to do with being in possession of the keys (just as young ppl (e.g. little kids) arent allowed to be sitting in the drivers seat of a car in a parking lot with the radio on or something, waiting for their parents). The police did not seem to care that he clearly had no intention to drive his car.
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Darwin
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April 2003
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Wed, 14 July 2004 04:13
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Yeah, apparently if you are intoxicated and the keys are in the ignition you can be done for DUI.
In the case you speak of white86, if he had no intention of driving his car, he may have been able to make a case out of it.
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Location:
Canberra
Registered:
March 2004
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Re: Funniest Thing You've seen on a Defect Notice
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Sat, 17 July 2004 04:46
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I was pulled over for a "random" inspections (I had a monaro,not a 2 door commodore ) and following that, they said "my seat belt was too damaged" I told them that the car passed for rego 3 days before  but they still defected me. And they they wondered why I abused them!!! damn pigs
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