Mark Allanson
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| posted on 15/1/03 at 09:16 PM |
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Conspiracy Theory
Mel Gibson is on Channel 5, starring in the film of the same name.
Got me thinking (which is usually a bad sign!). If I was a SVA inspector, I would want inside info on what the builders were doing so when the came in
for testing I could see all the tricks and short cuts etc.
I would probably join a web site to get this info................................................................................
Lets have a witch hunt!!!
As Freud said " sometimes they really are out to get you"
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stephen_gusterson
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| posted on 15/1/03 at 09:35 PM |
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i am sure that in tea breaks they all get together and exhange ideas and views - i cant imagine there is much that gets past an sva inspector. Just
hope mine does one day. I recon hes being born about now.
atb
steve
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 15/1/03 at 10:08 PM |
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who said they are born?
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Mel Gibson
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| posted on 15/1/03 at 10:54 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
Mel Gibson is on Channel 5, starring in the film of the same name.
Got me thinking (which is usually a bad sign!). If I was a SVA inspector, I would want inside info on what the builders were doing so when the came in
for testing I could see all the tricks and short cuts etc.
I would probably join a web site to get this info................................................................................
Lets have a witch hunt!!!
As Freud said " sometimes they really are out to get you"
Mark
4sure they are here,i'd put my ranch on it.
Its got to be a ggod thing though,if an SVA examiner signs on and gives advice would'nt that be cool.
All the other sites would look pretty crap eh !!!!!.
[Edited on 15/1/03 by Mel Gibson]
Mel.
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 15/1/03 at 11:27 PM |
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satire aside, it would be really nice if there were, it is not a contest, they could give REALLY helpful advice and remove the myths from the SVA and
give us real advice as to what will go and what wont
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RichieW
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| posted on 16/1/03 at 11:11 AM |
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Don't know about you but I wouldn't want to do my day job in my spare time as well, regardless of how altruistic I felt.
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CairB
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| posted on 16/1/03 at 01:10 PM |
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I'm glad that we have an SVA scheme in this country. Any subjectively applied test will sometimes appear to be vindictive, but in priciple the test
gives an independant assesment of whats been created and attempts to prevent un roadworthy vehicles from potentially affecting other road users. At
the time of the test it feels like it's the builder on test and not the vehicle. I got through it by trying to enjoy it and kept reminding myself
that I had paid £150 ish so make the most of it.
BTW I failed first time, and only felt that one point was genuine - anti slip on brake pedal, but the pleasure of the pass slip 2 weeks later and
getting on the road blows all that away.
Cheers,
Colin
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Alan B
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| posted on 16/1/03 at 01:20 PM |
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Colin,
Although I've been out of the UK for 8 years I think I'd agree with you...at least you have a well documented standard procedure.
Over here it's different in every state...a real mess IMO...OK Florida is simple, but I'd still welcome some SVA type equivalent.
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Mark H
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| posted on 16/1/03 at 01:33 PM |
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Would it be worth having an SVA section on LB main menu? Lots of people have gone through it now, and it appears to be getting slightly demystified.
Mark Harrison and
Q986 KCP back from the dead...
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 16/1/03 at 02:18 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark H
Would it be worth having an SVA section on LB main menu? Lots of people have gone through it now, and it appears to be getting slightly demystified.
I agree - CHRIS? Are you listening?
David
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bob
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| posted on 16/1/03 at 07:04 PM |
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good idea  i think it will be popular.
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johnston
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| posted on 16/1/03 at 10:30 PM |
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quote:
Any subjectively applied test will sometimes appear to be vindictive
wat really annoys me bout the sva is from wat ive heard it depends on were u go
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kingr
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| posted on 17/1/03 at 12:23 PM |
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The thing I like about the SVA is that while you may well fail once, it's rather more difficult to fail twice, unlike driving test where you can fail
on different things over and over again (trust me, I know).
The thing I find annoying about the SVA situation in this country, is that manufaturers and individuals appear only to keen to flowt it : Stories of
Ginetta and the like putting bus steering wheels on to avoid failing for unradiused elements on dash, Pilgrim actually going on TV saying they sell
products that will fail you on the SVA, and they reccomend you leave them off till you have passed.
Altering your car after SVA in a way that would cause it to fail totally invalidates the point of SVA, and my fears are that if this becomes
commonplace, SVA may become a yearly thing, or worse still, be scrapped entirely. Many European countries already do not allow kit cars, and I would
suspect that there is already a certain ammount of pressure on the government to disallow them in this country.
Kingr
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jollygreengiant
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| posted on 17/1/03 at 01:53 PM |
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We may already be starting down that road, because when the Vehicle Inspectorate does finnally get the MOT computerised (as it is MEANT to have been
for the past two years) then as I understand it the MOT test will become vehicle specific. That is (basically) I swipe a card. Punch in my Ident &
vehicle reg no & then the computer prints out a test sheet specific to that vehicle!.
When I have completed the test I then go back to the terminal, feed in details of my inspection, selecting specific fail items if necessary & the
computer prints out a fail sheet OR a pass credit receipt and logs the relevant information with the DVLA (or what ever it is called now).VT20 no
longer required. That will upset some dodgy dealers 
Enjoy.
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johnston
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| posted on 17/1/03 at 10:38 PM |
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heard to day if u want to sva and are in n ireland u have to go across the water is this true?
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Mark H
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| posted on 17/1/03 at 10:55 PM |
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According to the SVA application form, there is no test centre in NI, I'm afraid.
Mark Harrison and
Q986 KCP back from the dead...
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