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DOE waterford

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  • 15-12-2016 9:50am
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    pongo69
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭


    can any one tell me the best place to bring my camper for a DOE in or around waterford as i was told that theres 2/3 places that are a bit to strict and wont let any thing go

    thanks


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    kadman
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 5,065 Mod ✭✭✭✭kadman


    In my experience, in general I find DOE's far less strict than NCT.

    No idea of the standard procedures in your area tho.


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    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    pongo69 wrote: »
    can any one tell me the best place to bring my camper for a DOE in or around waterford as i was told that theres 2/3 places that are a bit to strict and wont let any thing go

    thanks

    Are you relying on information from actual customers of these businesses or here say?

    Why would put yourself, or perhaps your family at risk in driving around in a defective vehicle?


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    pongo69
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭pongo69


    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    Are you relying on information from actual customers of these businesses or here say?

    Why would put yourself, or perhaps your family at risk in driving around in a defective vehicle?
    i am in the trade and i have seen the so-called fails


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    Martin_D
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭Martin_D


    pongo69 wrote: »
    can any one tell me the best place to bring my camper for a DOE in or around waterford as i was told that theres 2/3 places that are a bit to strict and wont let any thing go

    thanks

    i find McCarthy's Johns's Park fine to deal with.


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    pastense
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    Pat Dunne wrote: »
    Are you relying on information from actual customers of these businesses or here say?

    Why would put yourself, or perhaps your family at risk in driving around in a defective vehicle?

    In the Trade Pat ?

    I didn't see anything in the question about trying to avoid defects. We all know there are multiple little things that can be a fail but they are not critical to safe driving. Some places will fail and some places will advise.

    He asks a fair question and we'd all head for the latter.


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    Mugser
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    Rolor Commercials. Was out there a few weeks ago.


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    Mountainsandh
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    We bring ours to Fennells in Dungarvan, and in our experience they're very fair.


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    pongo69
    Registered Users Posts: 114 ✭✭pongo69


    Mountainsandh wrote: »
    We bring ours to Fennells in Dungarvan, and in our experience they're very fair.
    i heard they are fair there are some places in waterford that all depends on what mood they are in

    i was told of one chap that failed they marked the bits with marker he went home and cleaned off the marker went back the next week and passed but thats waterford for you


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    kadman
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    pongo69 wrote: »
    i heard they are fair there are some places in waterford that all depends on what mood they are in

    i was told of one chap that failed they marked the bits with marker he went home and cleaned off the marker went back the next week and passed but thats waterford for you

    Hopefully they didn't mark any serious defect??


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    Pat Dunne
    Registered Users Posts: 3,001 ✭✭✭Pat Dunne


    pastense wrote: »
    In the Trade Pat ?

    I didn't see anything in the question about trying to avoid defects. We all know there are multiple little things that can be a fail but they are not critical to safe driving. Some places will fail and some places will advise.

    He asks a fair question and we'd all head for the latter.

    No pastense, I am not a member of the "Trade"!

    I am simply the type of preson who believes in maintaining a vehicle in the very best of condition. I am not a believer in the "sure it'll be grand" school of thought.

    Whenever I have presented a vehicle for testing, be that DOE or NCT, I am always confident that it will pass with ease, as a result of the maintanance schedule which I carry out for all my vehicles and the work carried out by professional members of the "trade" that I have employed.


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    Mountainsandh
    Registered Users Posts: 6,700 ✭✭✭Mountainsandh


    ... And for people like us who don't have a clue, it's a great diagnostic tool.

    We had a serious rust problem once, that was spotted in DOE, the camper was actually sent for repairs straight from there. Something to do with the brakes was so rusty it fell apart while it was being tested. Had we not known about it we could have crashed on the way back from it.

    That DOE wasn't in Waterford actually.

    It wasn't even that expensive to fix, but it could have had dire consequences.


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    nailer8
    Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭nailer8


    Give Joan a call in Rolor Commercials she will sort you out.
    051 830250 or http://www.rolor.ie/ you can book online.

    They will give you a fair result.


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