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Thailand Specials
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Centrefold Lounge
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Involved NSW Police and VIC Police to get this sorted. Number plate was stolen from it in May 2000 in Sydney, and reported to the police back then, then at some point when systems migrated over the years and the national stolen vehicle register became a thing, that stolen number plate report had been turned into 'stolen vehicle' report when it came out in the new system. NSW Police were dumbfounded that no one here in VIC had questioned it, no drama with VicRoads or Vic Police, and it was clearly on the national stolen vehicle register, as a stolen vehicle. Bankstown Police basically said, lets get this shit cleared up, we just need to sight the VIN and we can clear the record, go to your local police and get them to sight the VIN and then call us, and we'll sort it out. I go to my local police with my PPSR in hand and Caprice in their car park, I walk in, they don't even know what the PPSR is, they search up the national stolen vehicle register, see my Caprice on it, then tell me, yes it is registered as a stolen vehicle, but its a matter for NSW Police and that they won't be doing anything to help - well **** you then ![]() So I went to another police branch, who were more than happy to help me out, came out, looked at the VIN, called and emailed Bankstown Police saying they've seen the car and sighted the VIN, and CC'd me in the response. Between Sunbury and Bankstown police they got it off the national stolen vehicle register for me. As far as repairable write offs go, would probably buy one as a work vehicle like a ute, probably not as a daily though - there's no way with how complex cars are these days you can repair anything properly, no matter how good you are. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 05-05-2024 at 08:24 PM. |
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praek tih kl jo kr
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Atwell W.A.
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The thing with WOVR is that they indiscriminately put every economical write off on the register, I had a little A class Mercedes with a broken sunroof glass, it was on the WOVR because the glass for the roof was more than the car was insured for if you buy it new, but second hand it was $100, cheap fix, cheap car, also bought a stolen recovered S class, it had a few minor scratches, obviously the repaint that would have been quoted was more than the insured value. I just washed and detailed it, went for WOVR inspection with a stat dec saying I washed it, passed licence and on-sold within 3 days for a tidy profit. Its unfortunate that all write offs get tarred with the same brush, I'm sure there are damaged cars sold on Gumtree / Facebook that are repaired to a sub standard that are not on the WOVR, at least with the WOVR they can ensure a standard of repair. |
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DIY Tragic
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Sydney, more than not. I hate it.
Posts: 21,886
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There is at least one car in the WOVR which was mis-fuelled by putting diesel into a petrol car. Not vice-versa. That’s all which landed it there.
These repaired write-offs, they’re death traps. ![]() |
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