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[StephenSLR]

Just wondering how long a pink slip lasts? I got mine early this time and prefer to pay rego and CTP at the last minute.

 

One site says they now last 6 months.

 

http://www.transport...lip-changes-nsw

 

Another says 42 days

 

http://www.mynrma.co...e-pink-slip.htm

 

I thought it was only 30 days myself.

 

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[Bigfella237]

Go right to the horse's mouth, the NSW RMS website says:

 

Light Vehicle Safety Check Inspection Reports issued from 1 December 2014 are valid for six months. This means you will have more flexibility when obtaining an inspection report. This only applies to Safety Check inspections for light vehicle registration renewals and excludes public passenger vehicles.

[StephenSLR]

Go right to the horse's mouth, the NSW RMS website says:

 

Cheers; that's pretty good news.

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 12 February 2015 - 06:29 AM.

[TerrA LX]

What's the point if after 3 months an unregistered vehicle will require inspection?

[StephenSLR]

What's the point if after 3 months an unregistered vehicle will require inspection?

 

Let's say you get a pink slip in order to sell your car; that's still required right?

 

If rego expires in 5 months, you still haven't sold and you decide to re-register to make the sale easier; you don't have to get another pink slip.

 

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[Bigfella237]

Exactly, a lot can happen to a vehicle in 6 months! Same with new vehicles not needing to be inspected at all for the first 5 years, a sales rep's car could have half-a-million kms on it and have been smash-repaired a couple of times by the end of 5 years.

 

Getting back to pink slips, many years ago it was 14 days, then they increased it to 30 days, then again to 42 days and now 6 months. I reckon they're slowly phasing them out myself? And not before time either, NSW has been the last state with yearly inspections for a long time now, I think the ACT was the last to get rid of them and that would have to had been 10 years ago I reckon?

 

I've read that politicians are in favour of abolishing yearly inspections (because there's votes in it for them to be able to save the tax-payer $50 per car per year, money that doesn't go into the govt's pocket anyway) but the unions and motoring organizations are against it.

[Collo]

You don't need a pink slip to sell a car.

[TerrA LX]

You do not need a pink slip to sell a car privately in NSW.

[TerrA LX]

I'm all for yearly inspections, it keeps local mechanics with a small steady income stream and to some extent keeps the the shit boxes to a minimum standard.

[StephenSLR]

You do not need a pink slip to sell a car privately in NSW.

 

I guess I'm showing my age.

 

So many changes.

 

 

I'm all for yearly inspections, it keeps local mechanics with a small steady income stream and to some extent keeps the the shit boxes to a minimum standard.

 

Absolutely!

 

It also reminds me to change my oil and I get them to do it at the same time along with any other little fix-its.

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 12 February 2015 - 06:56 AM.

[TerrA LX]

If the powers that be were smart enough they could use the electronic lodging to form a data base of engine numbers and VINs.
Surly it could be automated???

[StephenSLR]

If the powers that be were smart enough they could use the electronic lodging to form a data base of engine numbers and VINs.
Surly it could be automated???

 

Would be a nice way to track vehicles; how many of us have wanted to know our car's history?

 

I can't recall the last time I had my engine no. or VIN for that matter, checked for a pink slip.

 

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[TerrA LX]

Would be a nice way to track vehicles; how many of us have wanted to know our car's history?

 

I can't recall the last time I had my engine no. or VIN for that matter, checked for a pink slip.

 

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Maybe your just not watching close enough, I doubt any inspector would risk losing their license over something so simple.

[StephenSLR]

Maybe your just not watching close enough, I doubt any inspector would risk losing their license over something so simple.

 

Could be, I usually just drop it off but do vividly remember them checking the chassis no. because they asked me where it was. lol.

 

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[tuxedoss]

Must have been at least 10 years since my yearly inspection report actually came on a pink piece of paper, but everyone still calls it a pink slip.

[StephenSLR]

Must have been at least 10 years since my yearly inspection report actually came on a pink piece of paper, but everyone still calls it a pink slip.

 

Yeah, imagine my disappointment when I was told I had to go for a pink slip inspection

 

 

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Edited by StephenSLR, 12 February 2015 - 10:11 AM.

[Dr Terry]

If the powers that be were smart enough they could use the electronic lodging to form a data base of engine numbers and VINs.
Surly it could be automated???

I'm not quite what you mean by that, but all of regos are currently done live, on-line & all of the VINs & engine numbers are in the RTA's database.

 

Dr Terry

[Dr Terry]

Must have been at least 10 years since my yearly inspection report actually came on a pink piece of paper, but everyone still calls it a pink slip.

Funny that.

 

When I first began doing on-line inspections, the customers would ask "why isn't it pink ?" So I purchased a ream of pink A4 paper at officeworks & printed them all pink. Most just print them on standard white A4 sheets.

 

It has made easier in the end, because they are easy to pick in a pile of mixed paperwork.

 

Dr Terry

[Dr Terry]

I'm all for yearly inspections, it keeps local mechanics with a small steady income stream and to some extent keeps the the shit boxes to a minimum standard.

Absolutely !!

 

The minimum standard has actually dropped a lot in recent years. Around 10 years ago they changed the minimum age of cars to be inspected, from 3 years to 5 years.

 

I cannot believe the number of 4 or 5 year old cars that we get in for service that have 4 bald tyres & any number of light globes out.

 

Dr Terry

[rexy]

It's nothing but blatant revenue raising and has no effect on the crash stats according to most opinions. Combined with the gouging dishonesty of so many businesses I have dealt with I am glad they don't exist in vic.
It was less of a problem in the ACT when I lived there in the 80s as it was a centralised government program. The inspection team received no personal financial gain for any repairs identified.

[StephenSLR]

The inspection team received no personal financial gain for any repairs identified.

 

That probably makes the difference; here it's conducted by your local mechanic and if they spot something it means business for them; of course a dodgy mechanic could have you changing ball joints more often than not but at least if the honest ones do spot something you're not driving around in a wreck.

 

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[TerrA LX]

I'm not quite what you mean by that, but all of regos are currently done live, on-line & all of the VINs & engine numbers are in the RTA's database.

 

Dr Terry

What I mean is where the information can be added to a national register where both engine numbers, chassis and vehicles can be checked for clear title.

[Dr Terry]

What I mean is where the information can be added to a national register where both engine numbers, chassis and vehicles can be checked for clear title.

Doesn't that happen now ?

 

Dr Terry

[TerrA LX]

No.

Well maybe police etc have access to information but there is no current provision where I can obtain a certificate to purchase an engine with clear title from a private seller.