Hello Rod,

 CB>> The usual way a car has to "go to Regency" (named after the
 CB>> suburb where lives Adelaide's only car inspection facility) is
 CB>> after getting pulled over by the coppers for an unrelated offence
 CB>> like speeding etc - if the copper notices a gross defect he can
 CB>> slap on a sticker and the car can then legally only be driven
 CB>> home,

 RG> Err, not always..  In a case like Pauls (faulty brakes), or
 RG> any other defect that is obviously dangerous, then you're not
 RG> even allowed to drive the car home..  It must be towed.

I would have thought that to be the case.. but having never
been defected for such a severe fault (or driven such a car)
I couldn't be sure - hence the reason I left that out of my
reply to Bill.

Regards,
Chris.

--- GoldED