"It's the Law"

[Crazy Dazz]

I swear I am going to throttle the next grease-monkey that sprouts this line.

Isn't it amazing how these drongos, who probably broke a dozen laws just driving to work, suddenly become legal experts when it means charging the customer more. Yet in all their legals studies, they never make it as far as the Fair Trading legislation.

It's always "oh, you have to replace that 'cos its the law'," or "you can't do that it's illegal." But in most cases the only applicable law is compliance with the age-appropriate ADRs, and the "roadworthiness" of the car, and whether not replacing a part compromises that.

Had some ****wit try to tell me that my BATTERY was illegal.

The other terrible culprits are the old farts at DoT, who just make **** up as they go along.

In the past some of the things deemed unlawful by various legal masterminds have included:
An LPG mixer
LPG fill point
Having a mix of alloy & steel wheels
A torn seat
Noisy A/C fan
Missing left hand mirror on a car not required to have one.
Disconnected "high level" brake lights on a car not required to have one.
Dirty brake fluid
And apparently every disc on every wheel of every car I have ever owned.