Ingleburn and its working side
Industry to the west
The west side of Ingleburn turned largely industrial and has stayed that way, while the town centre sits beside the station. If your ute or van works out of there carrying heavy loads, mention it: RACV counts that as the kind of use that can bring a service forward to around every six months.
Drop the car, catch the train
Ingleburn station is on the Main Southern line and six bus routes serve the suburb, so the car can go to a workshop in the morning while you get to work another way.
Which slip?
A pink slip is the yearly safety check for a registered light vehicle more than 5 years old. A blue slip, now officially an authorised unregistered vehicle inspection (AUVIS), is for a car whose rego expired over 3 months ago, one brought in from another state or overseas, one with no number plate, or a write-off approved for re-registration.
Pink slip or blue slip in Ingleburn
| Pink slip | Blue slip (AUVIS) | |
|---|---|---|
| Who needs it | A registered light vehicle more than 5 years old, each year | A car off the register for over 3 months, from interstate or overseas, without plates, or a repaired write-off |
| Who does it | An AIS station | An AIS station whose sign lists blue slips |
| How long it lasts | 6 months | 42 days from the inspection |
| What it covers | The safety items the rego needs | Safety, plus design and identity standards |
Other jobs that come up in Ingleburn
Alongside the slips, it's the usual mix of servicing, brakes, tyres and batteries. Work vehicles add diesel servicing, and newer diesels have a particulate filter that can clog when the vehicle only does slow, stop-start runs between jobs, which RACQ calls the most common cause of filter trouble. 4WD and diesel mechanics in Sydney covers that side.
Where we'd start
For a car coming off the register or arriving from interstate, we'd send the job as a blue slip and say so in the note, so it reaches a station that does them. Then we'd register the car well before the slip runs out.