... If if its some concolation, I had one of those dickhead examiners go over my car. He even stuck it up on the hoist. At that point I reminded him it was just a rego check, and not even the blue slip guys go to that much effort for $39. He gave me the standard reply.. "If i pass anything unsafe and 'they' catch me or reinspect the car I'll loose my licence.. blah blah blah...."
He was a swedish specialist and just couldn't get the hang of my indictors being on the right side, and kept scraping my wipers across a dry screen whilst testing the indicators. I hit the roof at this stage and told him if he touches the indicators again, I'd drive straight out and he could shove his inspection fee up his........
The funniest moment in this circus of fools was when the guy got his assistant to raise the bonnet to check the horn.
What type of retard does this???
So the assistant is standing with his whole body leaning into the open bonnet when the guy in the drivers seat hits the horn button.
It was like a bad american comedy, as the reflex action of the assistant was to jump back, hitting his head on the bonnet very hard as he did so.
I laughed and laughed, and it nearly made up for the scratches on the screen.

Aussiefrogs, Australia

I took my 2 year old 2cv to a garage for a fitness certificate in the UK and left it. When I came back it was parked on the forecourt with a brick under the front wheel. When I went in to see how it had fared I was surprised to be told it had failed due to an ineffective handbrake. The tester told me that it was completely inoperative and drove the car onto the brake rollers, placing the rear wheels on the rollers, to demonstrate that when he pulled the handbrake on the wheels kept going.

Aussiefrogs, Australia

I had a story relayed to me by an old-time hot rodder about some rear lamps that didn't quite cut it. Mind you, this is an old story, may not even be true, but still funny. Apparently a cop in Los Angeles pulled someone over for non-extant or poor tail lamps. Supposedly the lamps were fixed and the car had to go to a California Highway Patrol inspection station. The inspector claimed that the lamps- in bright daylight- weren't suitable. The owner, being the prankster sort, told the inspector he would fix it, give him 5 minutes. The inspector walks off, and the owner installed, in place of the standard bulbs, a pair of ancient flash bulbs. You 'see' where this is going, don't you?
Inspector comes back after a quick cuppa, cups his hands around his eyes, and tells the owner to turn on the taillamps. I was told that the flash in that concentrated area knocked the inspector on his arse. I can only assume what happened after that.

Aussiefrogs, Australia