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New Zealand has some of the most sensible inspection standards for any country that has roadworthy standards. Remember that New Zealand has one of the oldest car fleets in the world, since the majority of imported cars are used Japanese cars (NZ imports more used cars than new). Basically, if your car came with a safety feature, it has to still be there and it has to work. Car had no ABS when new? Doesn't need it. But if it had it, then it has to operate. As for rust, it needs to be close to structural points in order for your car to fail a WOF. If you have rust near a pillar or on your firewall, there's a good chance it's worse than it looks and a safety hazard. Rust is a cancer for cars, it might not look bad at first, but it will eat your car from the inside out. Your car basically just has to be safe, that's what your WOF is for. You can modify your car to your hearts content, you just need to get an engineer to sign off on it to say it's safe. Want to stuck a RB25DET in your old ute? No worries, just get a cert. Then you come to Australia, where each state has a plethora of "anti-hoon" laws, banning you from having both a pod filter and a straight pipe, and other arbitrary rules to stop you from modifying your car. It's ridiculous and also inconsistently enforced, nobody seems to know what the actual rules are here. |