Car Restrictions

[BeNoS]

Hey just a general ? i get my L's in less than three weeks
the car im lookin to get it a vr/vs manual ss or anyfin wif a 5.0l does any1 no if i will be able to drive this on my L's and P's when i get em witout getting into trouble wif the authorities

also i live in qld

[jacko]

Sounds like you wont be able to get your Ps until after 1st July this year right?

if so, do not buy anything with a V8 in it, or turbo/supercharged, etc etc, as from the 1st of july the new restrictions for L and P platers come in, and you wont be able to drive it.

it won't affect you on your Ls as you will be getting them soon, but the restrictions WILL affect your provisional licence if you get it after the 1st of July. These laws are for QLD, more info on the QLD transport site.

[r_i_d_a_h]

stick with the 6 cylinders champ

try stay away from super/turbo charged engines when you on ur P's

haha no need to worry if your doing l's in a 5L etc..like said above but will affect when u have provisionals

but may be diff for you..im in NSW and get my p's in 3 weeks

good luck champ

[Christina]

you can drive anything on L plates in NSW, when you're on your P's don't think about driving an SS, you'll get done and bye bye car. not sure on QLD though, I am assuming it is the same.

anyway, an SS on L's???!!!???!! learn on a 6 first!...


laws came in 2 years ago this July, new rules are different to power restrictions, regardless of when they came in, it is still illegal for new P platers affected by the v8, TURBO, supercharger rules.
you can get exemptions, if you can prove that you owned your car before these rules came out in 2005... i don't think you'll be able to, or if the car is the ONLY family car... you could get an exemption. - once again, NSW laws.

don't get over excited about going for massive ammounts of power, we all have to go through the P's before we can own a big ass v8, best advice is to deal with it.

[MikesVT]

L's you'll be able to drive it, I drove a 5.7lt on mine

The way P plater laws are headed we'll be riding push bikes...

But only 10 speed bikes... lets not go crazy!

[STEALTHY™]

from what i could gather on that other forum, you can still tchnically drive a VT 5L clubby or SS, as they are just under the power/weight ratio.


obviously going by everyone else tho, thats out the window now.

[Christina]

i think Victoria is the only state which uses the power to weight ratio and your car has to weigh a ****LOAD to be able to drive a turbo/supercharged/v8....

I was reading the letters in the newspaper and this old lady wrote in saying P platers should be restricted to 1.5L cars and progress to bigger engine sizes over months, if they haven't been done for anything. like WTF?? we'd be changing cars every 2 months!

[jacko]

from what i could gather on that other forum, you can still tchnically drive a VT 5L clubby or SS, as they are just under the power/weight ratio.


obviously going by everyone else tho, thats out the window now.

those power:weight ratios are sensible, are they still happening in vic/sa? The new laws coming in during july in QLD are all over the place at the moment...

[STEALTHY™]

i wasn't aware of any in SA.


but what do i care, i'm off my P's and even if i wasn't, i'm not getting rid of my car.

[Christina]

buy a 6, deal with it for 3 or so years, while you save for a V8, instead of going through finance

[STEALTHY™]

buy a 6, deal with it for 3 or so years, while you save for a V8, instead of going through finance

its not that simple. i've never really been able to save consistantly after having problems with the current car at the time.

i found it easier to buy the V8, and mod it as neccesary, and pay extra off the loan. (personal Experience)

[Christina]

i know, beleive me i know, you have to do what needs to be done, i was just being an idiot.

my brother is on a loan of 30k for his car, and he manages to get all this extra crap, i don't know how he does it.

[minux]

I believe on L's you can drive anything, as of June or July 1st that changes here for P Platers only, no more power to weight.

But anyway,i fink you should go wif the v8 and be fully sik and do burnouts and stufs.

[minux]

i know, beleive me i know, you have to do what needs to be done, i was just being an idiot.

my brother is on a loan of 30k for his car, and he manages to get all this extra crap, i don't know how he does it.

lol loans for 30k? Just for a car? Do people not know how to save anymore?

I have mates who do the same and makes me laugh, they have as much income as i yet always seem to be broke.

[Christina]

lol loans for 30k? Just for a car? Do people not know how to save anymore?

I have mates who do the same and makes me laugh, they have as much income as i yet always seem to be broke.

he owns an Evo 7, it wasn't actually 30k, he paid off a bit in cash and 6 or so thousand on trade in.

thankfully, i owe nobody anything on my car.

[BeNoS]

thanks for that i will just have to try and find a decent manual vr/vs to drive for the next 5 yrs thats sucks but u get that

any1 no of 1 within a couple of hundred k's of the gold coast lol

[Christina]

5 years?????
how long are P plates for in QLD? i thought it was optional to wear them???

i think MikesVT has a post in the pub about the same sort of thing you're enquiring about, eg, getting caught with a V8.
there's nothing stopping you from driving one theoretically, but if you get caught, i'm pretty sure in sydney it can be confiscated.

thank the morons out there who have screwed it up for everyone else, that's how it is really.

[BeNoS]

But anyway,i fink you should go wif the v8 and be fully sik and do burnouts and stufs.

yeah that was the plan hehe and u just cant beat the sound of a 5.0L haha music to my ears

[craigvk]

Save? Nah. Times have changed. No one saves anymore. I saw a recent thing on TV that showed the majority of Australian's are instead of saving, spending money on the latest and greatest. TV's, sound systems, cars, everything. Probably explains why a lot more young people don't leave their parents homes at a young age anymore.

[BeNoS]

5 years?????
how long are P plates for in QLD? i thought it was optional to wear them???

yeah i think is it but no its only like 4 years but plus ya l's it mose well be 5 lol

and i for 1 definately wont be showin em

[Boonz]

i dont see the point in leaving home young lol.... take it while you can so you can save! thats what ive done and im oh so close to payin off the extras i bought for my car.

[craigvk]

Haha. Might as well stay at home whilst the rent is cheap. Besides, the parents in their 50's-60's these days won't leave any inheritance They will spend it on themselves!

[BeNoS]

yeah i am livin at home as long as i can and hopefully buy an investment house i a few years then il be set for life haha one can hope lol

[Christina]

how old are you matey???

[BeNoS]

16 and a couple of months basically not old enough lol