Anyone have any issues doing their road test in a modded vehicle? I feel more comfortable in a modded car. First drove stick in an 81 F150 with a big block 502, learned stick in the rain during rush hour in my 240. It’s familiar territory for me, and I rather get this bs over with in what I am most comfortable in. I have the usual stuff: 3.25" catback, coils, boost, no wiper fluid hoses hooked up, JDM light business, etc. Anyone have any experience here as far as how they treat pre-inspection? Same jazz?
Also, the driving. We all know driving a lowered car takes way more concentration and a different and more focused and controlled approach to daily driving than an auto tragic stock car. Are they discriminatory to lowered car drivers? E.g dock off points for exiting a parking lot too slowly, or for crossing a rail road track at an “unsafe pace”. I can’t drive automatic man, I hate the constant in neutral feeling and am kind of limited in car choice by the time I can do this/ damn back log. I will possibly end up doing this in my 240, so I am kind of wondering.
I don’t have access to any auto cars. I know some Drive Test people can be very anal over trivial things while others are, more normal? My winter car has a crack in the windshield. It’s not obstructing my view-bottom right corner-but I would probably be denied on those grounds if for some reason they noticed that from the outside. I may be able to get an unmodded manual, but yeah…even my dad drives a modded vehicle. I am in a jam of sorts.
If your car is safe and in good mechanical condition there is nothing they can deduct you for or deny you your test.
They cannot descriminate against you for the vehicle you drive. I used my manual 240 that is a harsh ride. No complaints and I had an older lady test me.
If you do get denied your test or you happen to fail it and you feel you were treated wrongly by the tester then report it immidiately to transport canada.
Don’t be worried and don’t suck in the test.
Edit: Just make sure you don’t leave your foot resting on the clutch pedal during shifts. Remove your foot every shift and rest it on the dead pedal quickly. And remember to keep it in first at all stops. No neutral. Same for slowing, used the gears.
If you get incontact with a driving school or one of their trainers you can use on of their cars for the test for like $60 or something. Or maybe renting a car for a day would be cheaper even. I wouldnt advise doing it in a modded car, most testers are dumbasses and wouldnt understand the way you have to drive.
I’m sure you can drive an automatic…it’s much easier.
Rent a car for 70 bucks and call it a day.
1.5) if your too young ask your parents to rent it and put you under them for another $15-20 ?!?!?
Pass.
Jesus, why would you bother taking your modified car to a road test.?
Is it really worth your time to complain if your got “discriminated” againts?
Honestly if i was the examiner i’d fail you for bringing your 240. And if you claimed i discriminated against you, i’d just simply state you made an unsafe lane change.
End of story.
I didn’t mean discriminate quite like that. Though I know there’s a vagueness as far as certain things go. My winter car is around $100 more a month on insurance than my 240, and it’s not like I have another dd car. The 240 is my dd, and it’s a realistic situation in my case. It’s not like I have a Tercel dd and decided to bust out my 240 so I can pop the hood at the Drive Test centre. As far as renting goes, that is a possibility, but a pita. I live a trek and a half away from my dad. I can’t even get decent insurance prices let alone a rental at my age. That’s why I am asking the questions here to save myself the hassle. I have waited more than long enough because of that strike-and paid for it in higher insurance premiums. The last thing I want is a surprise.
Man, I’d rock the Gangbang Cressida. Pink MB’s=auto pass.
Just get it over with in an un-modded vehicle. They’ll deem ANYTHING they possibly can unfit, unfit. As for using your beater, the crack will deny you access to the test.
If you still choose to use a manual vehicle, make sure you downshift when slowing and rev match, remove your foot from the clutch and rest it on the dead pedal, and when starting in gear (1st at a light) DO NOT blip the throttle AT ALL. Slowly disengage it without any form of “revving”.
Did a couple classes of driving school with my old Integra and this is everything he told me to do if I choose to use it for my test. I had a super cool driving instructor as well…Good thing I only did driving school to shorten my waiting time between licenses and a slightly cheaper insurance rate.
I was actually contemplating on doing this myself earlier in spring, but I realized its not a very good idea because if they do deem something stupid to be unfit or not safe in their eyes. I would not want to go threw the hassle whether there be any or not…
if you end up heading over a set of train tracks and do slow down that is abstructing traffic and they will fail you, leaving parking lots slow and what not will not hurt your score but best bet like people are saying, rent a car for 50 bucks and use that and you will have a much better chance.
Have known people to take modded cars an they usually find one reason or another to fail them, where if you take a “normal” stock car they seem to over look somethings most of the time.
I find with the 240 it’s a lot easier to do that because the clutch is stiffer, but it’d be audible because the exhaust. Looking at that link that boostISbeat posted, they would fail me before I started the car for one of too many ridiculous things they could use to fail me. Holy fucking pita. Hills would be a bitch to let the clutch out without blipping and not rolling.
The dead pedal is something I need to practice using, and the no blipping may be a pita situation with the instructor. Chris, I may have to take you up on the Cressy offer.
I had a feeling about the train tracks. The tracks always felt like a spot an instructor could easily find a reason to justify a fail.
Thanks men. You guys just saved me a bunch of money, hassle, and frustration.
to whoever stated that auto is easier, i disagree for myself at least, i cant stand auto, with the more control i get with the standard and the second nature shifting i get too distracted in an auto and tend to speed alot more since i just space out. manual ftw
Also, when did you pick up another Cressida? That car seems to have a heart stealing charm. I remember you told me that you kind of regretted selling your last Cressy. I kind of wish I had one too, to be honest.
