NSW Proposed Rego changes

Pacific-Dubber · 2014-06-30T09:10:50+00:00

This will affect everyone in NSW with an older car if it becomes law. http://vehicleregistration.engagementhq.com/vehicle-registration-initiatives-vri One hopes it does not. You can comment and I urge YOUR club to take it on notice. Cheers, Ian

Pacific-Dubber Commited Dubber

65 posts · joined May 2013 · 6 Jul 2014, 4:57 pm

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Flintstones wrote:Personally, this is just planting the seed for when they do roll it out.
Doesn't make it right cause the intention is to make it harder and more expensive for the enthusiast to rego their older car........

Further to that, if they really wanted to reform the rego system, they should rego the driver as part of their license and not their car(s) but that will never happen cause the RMS would never receive the same revenue.
If you have more than one car in your possession realistically, as the owner, you can only drive one car at a time.......

Agreed 100% and it will , over time affect ALL cars. Me, a collector who has nine or so vehicles would be heavily peanalised with an environmentally unfriendly old cars on Full NSW rego. Not because I want an old car but because I choose to drive it daily. You see if you cannot afford a new car (or newer car) you are peanalised.

That is my issue. I know a lot of people who choose to have their 70 + year old car on full rego as there are no club restrictions. The RMS have their eyes on this pack to grab more money from us.

A one car collector rego applicble to a certain amount of vehicles for a collector would would be brilliant. Bring it on!

Cheers,

Ian

flipflopsurfer Seriously Crusin Dubber

172 posts · joined Jun 2004 · 10 Jul 2014, 9:15 am

#995214

I guess the politicians need their expense allowances. It can't be anything other than a money grab, because there is no reason to say our carbon neutral cars are damaging the environment.
There was a report done in Europe that discovered it would take 51 years of normal running for an historic car to pollute the atmosphere as much as the build of a Toyota Camry Hybrid and Prius.

This sort of stuff is pure horsecrap, I remember being in the UK when they brought in the Historic VED (Free) road tax, the reasoning was all based on environmental cost to replace. The government worked out the carbon footprint for each new car produced, then worked out how often cars are replaced on average, fleet cars were 2 years and family 3-7 years, that's how they came up with the Historic class and it was totally free, old cars were seen as carbon neutral, considering that a Prius is not carbon neutral until it's 18 years of age.

vlad01 Compulsive Aussie Vee Dubber

4,270 posts · joined Jun 2010 · 10 Jul 2014, 10:43 am

#995227

flipflopsurfer wrote:I guess the politicians need their expense allowances. It can't be anything other than a money grab, because there is no reason to say our carbon neutral cars are damaging the environment.
There was a report done in Europe that discovered it would take 51 years of normal running for an historic car to pollute the atmosphere as much as the build of a Toyota Camry Hybrid and Prius.

This sort of stuff is pure horsecrap, I remember being in the UK when they brought in the Historic VED (Free) road tax, the reasoning was all based on environmental cost to replace. The government worked out the carbon footprint for each new car produced, then worked out how often cars are replaced on average, fleet cars were 2 years and family 3-7 years, that's how they came up with the Historic class and it was totally free, old cars were seen as carbon neutral, considering that a Prius is not carbon neutral until it's 18 years of age.

Thats what I was thinking too.

71 notchback,
Past owner of, 70 NB, 73 SB and 72 FB TLE

silver Dangerous when poked

2,169 posts · joined Dec 2002 · 10 Jul 2014, 7:58 pm

#995261

h wrote:glad to hear don that your sis lived thru the hit :O
unfortunately if someone rolls upon my 54 beetle the flying vw on the bonnet I'm sure won't have the same outcome..

So you have a sharp protuberance on the front of your vehicle that was not fitted by the manufacturer
If it was my car, I would be asking my insurer if this dangerous addition voids my insurance

Keeping it real !

AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 18 Jul 2014, 5:38 pm

#995977

HappyDaze wrote:

Was this parked at Bowral today?

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂

HappyDaze Superannuated

2,887 posts · joined Jun 2009 · 18 Jul 2014, 5:52 pm

#995978

👍

I'd rather wear a Beetle out by racing it than by polishing it!

AA003 Custom Title Time!

1,189 posts · joined Oct 2011 · 19 Jul 2014, 6:59 am

#996019

It certainly stands out. 😵

I read it on samba, so it must be correct.

Sometimes Volkswagen dealers sell spare parts. Amazing isn't it!😂

landfall Officially Full-On Dubber

290 posts · joined Jun 2014 · 19 Jul 2014, 7:37 am

#996022

I have been saying this for years and will continue pushing the wheel barrow, especially now that the state government here in Tasmania has given up on rego labels.

There was a significant number of vehicles being apprehended for no rego when there was labels (easy to spot) now that we have a no label society the number will increase, even if just an oversight.

Rego IMO should be paid at the bowser with fuel useage. That way you pay the fees on the car/vehicle you are driving at the time. Own multiple cars? You can only drive one at a time, so why are we paying rego on all of them to sit at home? Answer:- The state government makes money out of enthusiasts.

The government has all the statistics and know the average mileage a person does over a twelve month period, it would not take a rocket scientist to work out the fee that would need to be added to each litre of fuel to equal a rego payment.

In the mean time here in Tasmania, I see more and more older cars on SI plates, that's not club plates, running around as commuters.

Just my thoughts.

Ken