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Looking for a crag car 19-May-2010 At 1:32:05 PM will5686

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On 19/05/2010 nmonteith wrote:
>On 19/05/2010 will5686 wrote:
>> They also
>>don't seem to inspect a vehicle at any stage as long as it remains registered.
>>Yay!
>
>Rant begins. You know there is actually a reason why inspections are good.
>It's not only your life on the line if the brakes fail, lights don't work
>and the tyre explodes. You share the roads with others - and it would be
>nice to think that the car coming towards me at 100km/h isn't about to
>swerve into my lane because of a mechanical problem. Driving death traps
>is equally as bad as drink driving. You could kill totally random strangers
>with your own stupidity. If you can't afford to drive a safe car it's probably
>best that you take the bus/train/bike. Rant over.

Hey Neil,

I do agree, but I know how my post sounded. We are buying the car from someone who has to leave Melbourne tomorrow, and so are getting the car at a very significantly reduced price, so hopefully it will be a little more solid than you might expect from a two thousand dollar car. My partner is very handy at keeping cars servicable, and I like staying alive as much as the next person (actually probably more, when you compare the night-time attire and bike lighting of someone like myself to the majority of people I see riding at night, they are significantly underlit/underreflective).

The seller has just had a mechanic check over the car before he is selling it, and it was given the all-clear. I promise that if the lights don't work we won't drive, that we will check the tyres and brakes regularly, and that we will do our utmost to ensure our car doesn't kill anyone!

I think I just had the biggest guilt trip I may have had in a long, long time.