VicRoads inspection

The short of it is that everything's ok. But it's been like pulling teeth.

Our initial visit involved only sighting a VicRoads Contractor (security guard). He rang us back at 12pm and told us the car was ready, and we'd receive a letter in 4 to 5 days with some detail. We went over the timeline again. Despite being the nicest of guys he didnt get it. And being a contractor he couldnt tell us any detail.

I pulled around the corner and rang the front desk to seek clarification, and instructed I would be called back by 1.30.

At 1.40pm I called back, and was put through to an engineer (not the one who inspected it). The issues were dubiously written, so I fired off heaps of questions. He was confused himself. Turned out the rollcage and sunvisors didnt comply with ADR's. Again after 20 questions I hit the right one. Turned out I could just unbolt them.

I went over the timeline thing again with the engineer (urggh) and asked if I could drop back in an hour with the items unbolted. After a surprising amount of empathy (minimal) he said if I had the car back in 15mins he'd lend me the tools to do it.

I pulled back into the bay. His behaviour was just weird, consisting of grunts and minimal discussion. We unscrewed the sunvisors - "just pull around the corner and screw 'em back on mate". He couldnt be bothered waiting for me to unbolt the rollcage, and without bagging out his fellow inspector too unprofessionally, he sent me on my way with a signed piece of paper to say all was ok.

Thank god I just kept questioning them or it would have cost me another day later in the week to drive back.