move south
it doesnt rain as much here
WOW sounds like a great system!!!
I also wish we had this in NSW - our system isn't a club rego, only a historic rego... At $120 a year including greenslip - i would have heaps more cars.
I don't care about having to pass engineering - i firmly believe that cars that drive on the road should be checked.
Personally historically correct cars dont interest me to own - but modified classics do... but at $600 a year to rego, to drive like 20 odd times.. can only afford so many...
Well - looks good for you guys, stupid NSW will never introduce something like that lol
cheers
Stew
Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines. – Enzo Ferrari
move south
it doesnt rain as much here
nostalgia is not what it used to be:
no drag racing...
and its cold...
no marlin...
i was going to say in my post now there was something good about victoria.. lol
Aerodynamics are for people who can’t build engines. – Enzo Ferrari
No such thing as a free lunch o they say
To quote our club
since changes 300 car clubs 40,000 red plates
see them everywhere lie baksides everyone has one.
The downside
VICROADS have insisted clubs keep good records and police the red plates held by members.
Our club split into two, those who didn't ant to socialise and just have red plates.
MODIFIED plates for some modifieds
VICROADS just sent out a letter explaining
11 VIC CLUBS lost CPS PERMIT approval
REVOKED due to no compliance, breaches and defects found at traffic stops
1968 RT40S Corona 1600S series II (restore in progress)
1973 RT104-MQFG 012604 Corona GT JDM (Owned since 1976 242000 km)
1989 ST185-BLMVZ-0007199 Celica GT4 JDM (unmolested classic 95000 km)
2012 ZN-6 86GT (shed find 5000 km in 6 years)
Its about time VIC ROADS changed the rules. Sick of seeing highly modified or competition cars driving around the streets on club plates thinking they are above the law. Most of these cars wouldn't even pass a roadworthy but they are allowed on the streets. The police and clubs have to get tuff on this.
Maxitrans in Ballarat can put there cars on club reg as there social club is also known as a sporting car club and Vic Roads let them do it. By the way Maxitrans builds semi trailers.
vic roads had warning that the scheme was full of holes and it was left open for misuse and they refused to listen
now they are penalizing us for there stuff up
nostalgia is not what it used to be:
argh, whats with the double posts!
GZE AW11, M40b18 e30, 1J cressida
No you don't have to work at Maxitrans to get your car registered but you have to join the social club after the car has been inspected and thats another $104. And you should see what the car park at the factory looks like...lots of red plates.
I just put a 260Z through RWC, it had same assessment as any car.
They did undercare inspection.
They did a Tapleys test on brakes.
ALso he took photos of speedo reading before and after.
I hear there was a big scam in Sydney re wound back speedo.
Cost was $130 an I only had days to resubmit for second inspection
which was a simple matter of unblocking heater to allow demister hot air to work and a rear seat cover
Anyway car is on club plates.
My GT4 a year back was 39575
This 260 z is 47576
That's 8000 cars, trucks etc in 1 year onto red plates in VIC not counting modifieds.
and now 12 clubs deregistered
watch this space
1968 RT40S Corona 1600S series II (restore in progress)
1973 RT104-MQFG 012604 Corona GT JDM (Owned since 1976 242000 km)
1989 ST185-BLMVZ-0007199 Celica GT4 JDM (unmolested classic 95000 km)
2012 ZN-6 86GT (shed find 5000 km in 6 years)
I have seen 2 cars already that are wearing 50000+ numbers so make that an extra 10 thou cars on the scheme in a year!
“From the five years, 1968-73, if you were an F1 driver at that time, there was a very likely chance that you would have died.”
- Jackie Stewart
(now that's my type of racing )
The only major change to the Victorian club permit scheme in the last 5 years has been that people are now able to drive at their own behest as opposed to only being allowed to drive in club sanctioned events.
The new system works brilliantly, with a large increase in classic cars being registered. Unfortunately Australia has a fairly high percentage of fun stifling wankers who are inherently opposed to anything that makes having fun cheaper or easier. Many of these people reside in traditional can clubs where they have a proud tradition of making members jump through hoops for clubs plates assuming they like you, your car, your accent and your politics.
Now that these people can no longer mess with car nuts directly they have elected to mess with the system that everyone uses, even though there have been no major problems with the existing scheme. (a small percentage of people driving unroadworthy cars does not constitute a fundamentally flawed system and a large increase in club plate registered cars actually indicates that the system works as intended-probably too well )
For this reason club leaders have been bleating about the fact that registration can be attained with only a letter from a club appointed scrutineer and a the negative effect this will have on the safety of vehicles being registered,
This is despite the fact that this facet of the Club permit scheme is unchanged from the previous incarnation, which all the clubs were happy with at the time.
My 2C
John Vaughan
Pres
Peninsula Car Enthusiasts.
Last edited by celicapain; 12-11-2014 at 01:50 PM. Reason: me no brain powah!
GA23(never finished-now with cracked block ) JZX83 (Tyre eater) 3sgte AE86. by now i should know better.
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