Is parking a car with no WOF outside your house illegal?

[Dingo 1]

HI all

I have a couple of E30's at the moment and I'm about 3/4 through swapping the engines between the two. I have a 320I with body in pretty good nick that I'm putting a M20 2.8 stroker in. So i have pulled the engine out of this car and have the reg on hold and the wof has since lapsed.

I pushed the car on to the street outside my house while I have been working on the donor car in the garage. Since the car is on the street with no reg or wof the council (chch) have stung me with a $400 fine. Am I completely in the wrong here or can I do something about this. I will write a letter and explain the situation since I think this is pretty rough considering I have paid up reg and wof on the donor car and my daily. its not like I'm driving around with no reg or wof.

I'd like to hear your thoughts if anyone has been through similar situation before. I'm hoping they will be reasonable if they consider the situation.

[lord_jagganath 421]

Got stung in Chch. Send them a letter explaining your circumstances. (and make sure you put a time period of when you had the car out on the street) and yes, it is illegal to park outside without a wof and reg on the street.

bty .. was this east side? (near the airport, those c*nts)

Edited October 10, 2013 by The Juggernaut

[Phil-540i 166]

Yes, hate to break it to you but it is illegal, & they are hard on it in Chch, bigtime. Nice money-making scheme really in circumstances like yours. Comes back to 'legal definition of a road' & various bits in the Land Transport Act. If they're being really queer, they can ticket it on the grass verge outside your place too.......stupid bit is the fine in your situation, is twice what it is for a 'moving vehicle' violation (Eg, if you'd been driving it with no wof........)

Letter, & 'expecting them to be reasonable' while they are finding an excuse to extract money from you?? Hmm - you want the Tui ad guys to ring you on landline or mobile........

[Etwenty1 45]

HI all

I have a couple of E30's at the moment and I'm about 3/4 through swapping the engines between the two. I have a 320I with body in pretty good nick that I'm putting a M20 2.8 stroker in. So i have pulled the engine out of this car and have the reg on hold and the wof has since lapsed.

I pushed the car on to the street outside my house while I have been working on the donor car in the garage. Since the car is on the street with no reg or wof the council (chch) have stung me with a $400 fine. Am I completely in the wrong here or can I do something about this. I will write a letter and explain the situation since I think this is pretty rough considering I have paid up reg and wof on the donor car and my daily. its not like I'm driving around with no reg or wof.

I'd like to hear your thoughts if anyone has been through similar situation before. I'm hoping they will be reasonable if they consider the situation.

Buy a car cover from supercheap and cover the car. You neighbours will love you too.

[Phil-540i 166]

Buy a car cover from supercheap and cover the car. You neighbours will love you too.

I like the idea lots, but then they'll just lift one end of the cover, run the plate, & issue the ticket anyway. Plus if its on a road, you'd maybe then run the risk of being done for 'no rear red reflector' when its parked out there at night - the council guys are seriously picky down in Chch ae......

[Gaz 1042]

bty .. was this east side? (near the airport, those c*nts)

Airport is out west

HI all

I have a couple of E30's at the moment and I'm about 3/4 through swapping the engines between the two. I have a 320I with body in pretty good nick that I'm putting a M20 2.8 stroker in. So i have pulled the engine out of this car and have the reg on hold and the wof has since lapsed.

I pushed the car on to the street outside my house while I have been working on the donor car in the garage. Since the car is on the street with no reg or wof the council (chch) have stung me with a $400 fine. Am I completely in the wrong here or can I do something about this. I will write a letter and explain the situation since I think this is pretty rough considering I have paid up reg and wof on the donor car and my daily. its not like I'm driving around with no reg or wof.

I'd like to hear your thoughts if anyone has been through similar situation before. I'm hoping they will be reasonable if they consider the situation.

Sadly it is illegal. The car is on the road so therefore should have all the bits and pieces to say it is allowed on there.

Pics of project??

Edited October 10, 2013 by Gaz

[lord_jagganath 421]

^ I meant east of the airport blargh...

[westy 614]

Doesn't even need to be on the road to be illegal.

Cuncils should never have been allowed to issue anything but parking tickets.

[Phil-540i 166]

Doesn't even need to be on the road to be illegal.

Cuncils should never have been allowed to issue anything but parking tickets.

Westy, those magic words that Kye wouldn't give ya yesterday - "You're right!!"

And your speelcheckr is still broked......

[Palazzo 438]

As the reg is on hold, I'd argue that, it counts as a continuous licence, so can't see why if LTSA recognises it, council doesn't. The wof on the other hand, try a letter, but I don't like your chances. Are you sure a neighbour didn't complain?

[westy 614]

Pretty sure the offence is 'failing to display a current....'.

[Phil-540i 166]

Pretty sure the offence is 'failing to display a current....'.

Correct - that's why people can & do still get ticketed if the 'human element' leads to mistakenly putting the new vehicle licence (rego) behind the old one - if its got a current vehicle licence, but it is not displayed - you're still open to be ticketed...

[2002 1]

I guess you'd be Ok if the car was on a trailer out on the road. Assuming of course that the trailer had a WOF and rego

[Phil-540i 166]

I guess you'd be Ok if the car was on a trailer out on the road. Assuming of course that the trailer had a WOF and rego

Yes, because technically its no longer a vehicle - its a 'load'.

[Dingo 1]

I guess you'd be Ok if the car was on a trailer out on the road. Assuming of course that the trailer had a WOF and rego

That is genius. If only I had a trailer.

[Phil-540i 166]

That is genius. If only I had a trailer that my car will fit on, that's got wof & reg too...........

I've fixed that up a bit for ya.............

Of course, once its on the trailer, the only thing to worry bout then when its out on roadside, is the drop-kick midnight spares retards hooking up the whole lot & dragging it away........

Edited October 11, 2013 by Blue-540i

[_ethrty-Andy_ 2122]

funny enough its still on google maps, this is my old place

http://goo.gl/maps/Gly7P

got fined $300 for this. there is an M40 motor under the blue tarp and a front half of an E30 under the pallets. funniest part was that they recommended i get a WOF for the car asap to avoid further fines

(if you look "vehind you" you will see my twincam E30, my Lada, and the other half of the car haha

Edited October 11, 2013 by _Ethrty-Andy_

[Phil-540i 166]

funny enough its still on google maps, this is my old place

http://goo.gl/maps/Gly7P

got fined $300 for this. there is an M40 motor under the blue tarp and a front half of an E30 under the pallets. funniest part was that they recommended i get a WOF for the car asap to avoid further fines

(if you look "vehind you" you will see my twincam E30, my Lada, and the other half of the car haha

That's classic.........................!!!!!!!!!!!

[bezzal 1]

In the day you were able to tow a car with no WOF that could not be started, we used to remove the battery. Can't remember if it had to be reg or not but it didn't need a warrant.

This is how we used to get out to the Waimak with old cars to "practice" rally driving. This was 20+ years ago so may not be relevant anymore.

The point is if it was on the road being readied to be towed....long shot.

[euroriffic 602]

I thought it was fine to have no wof but had to have rego

[Phil-540i 166]

In the day you were able to tow a car with no WOF that could not be started, we used to remove the battery. Can't remember if it had to be reg or not but it didn't need a warrant.

This is how we used to get out to the Waimak with old cars to "practice" rally driving. This was 20+ years ago so may not be relevant anymore.

The point is if it was on the road being readied to be towed....long shot.

Hmm - query - Waimak. As in Waimak out near Chch by chance?? If its the place you are meaning, I'd be real keen to know when ya were last out that way - I went back earlier this year, & was just shocked at what's changed out there........

[bezzal 1]

Hmm - query - Waimak. As in Waimak out near Chch by chance?? If its the place you are meaning, I'd be real keen to know when ya were last out that way - I went back earlier this year, & was just shocked at what's changed out there........

It has been 5+ since I lived in CHCH, and it has changed a lot over the last 20 years. I used to ride motorbikes out there a lot. Military zone was(still is?) the best.

The access down there has been greatly reduced, no wonder though with all the idiots down there chucking rubbish out and ruining the stock banks. Spent a lot of time out there 4WDing as well in my old Range Rover.

Great resource to have so close to the city however, 15mins away compared to driving out to Woodhill to go for a blast (which is only 45min so not to bad).

You can still go crazy in a jet boat down there however!

[Phil-540i 166]

It has been 5+ since I lived in CHCH, and it has changed a lot over the last 20 years. I used to ride motorbikes out there a lot. Military zone was(still is?) the best.

The access down there has been greatly reduced, no wonder though with all the idiots down there chucking rubbish out and ruining the stock banks. Spent a lot of time out there 4WDing as well in my old Range Rover.

Great resource to have so close to the city however, 15mins away compared to driving out to Woodhill to go for a blast (which is only 45min so not to bad).

You can still go crazy in a jet boat down there however!

Yea - that's what I'm meaning - I used to spend lots of time out there in 4WD's, (& it'd be nearly 10 yrs since I'd been out there)......I was absolutely gobsmacked to see that some needle-d1cked pencil pusher within the Canterbury Regional Council has been able to sign off stealing away public access to public land, to the extent that's happened!! Unbelievable that Cantabrians let that happen!!

Jetboats, yea true - obviously only until some lentil-munching jandle-wearing muppet complains about noise or wash though.........

Thread Hijack apologies!!

[kiwi535 538]

got a ticket once in welly for this.Had forgotten,even when i go the new license and went in with it hey didnt waive the ticket

[bmw.maniac 1]

Take the plates off.