Wombat
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Ok, I'm 42...P-plate laws don't affect me...but....
How stupid are they going to be?
The new laws mean under 25's are banned from V8's, turbocharged vehicles, and modified cars.
I assume none of these lawmakers have driven even a standard 6 cylinder late model Commodore or Falcon? They'll go quite well enough to get you into trouble...as a matter of fact, they go harder than most V8's of twenty years ago.
Another stupid point is the "public face" they have (literally) wheeled out in front of the cameras for a nice emotive touch. His name is Shem Aitkin, and is in a wheelchair after a high speed crash in a turbocharger car with a friend who died.
This naive young man is being played for all he is worth by the government. He actually said tonight on the news "We were in a turbocharged high performance car, he was under 25, if these new laws had been in, I wouldn't be in a wheelchair and the accident wouldn't have happened".
Now how do I say this tactfully? No...no, I can't, so I'll just say it: "What bullshit!". Does he honestly think that having a turbo or not would have made a difference when you smack a light pole at 100km/hr or more? What if they had been driving a non-modified Ecotec VS, say, and had the same accident? What would the government want to ban then?
I really feel for you younger guys starting out...but as I said, they haven't noticed how hard a bog stock Commodore can accelerate...:w00t:
edit: it just struck me...does buying a standard car from a dealer who has put an "option pack" on it of a spoiler and mags constitute "modified"? That are casting as pretty wide net by just saying "modified", aren't they? My son is about to buy a second car, a used turbo-diesel Hilux ute...he'd better watch himself...that "turbo" in the governments eyes obviously makes it a road burning high performance death machine! After all, we all know that the only cars with turbos are all dangerous high performance cars...oh...better not let the government know about Puegoet and Volkswagen turbo-diesels...and most diesel four wheel drives...and those tiny slow little "Smart" cars...and numerous other slow-as-a-wet-week cars from over the years which use the turbo for mainly fuel economy and to squeeze more power out of a small capacity engine...that kind of thing might make them have to think, and we can't have that... :bang:
How stupid are they going to be?
The new laws mean under 25's are banned from V8's, turbocharged vehicles, and modified cars.
I assume none of these lawmakers have driven even a standard 6 cylinder late model Commodore or Falcon? They'll go quite well enough to get you into trouble...as a matter of fact, they go harder than most V8's of twenty years ago.
Another stupid point is the "public face" they have (literally) wheeled out in front of the cameras for a nice emotive touch. His name is Shem Aitkin, and is in a wheelchair after a high speed crash in a turbocharger car with a friend who died.
This naive young man is being played for all he is worth by the government. He actually said tonight on the news "We were in a turbocharged high performance car, he was under 25, if these new laws had been in, I wouldn't be in a wheelchair and the accident wouldn't have happened".
Now how do I say this tactfully? No...no, I can't, so I'll just say it: "What bullshit!". Does he honestly think that having a turbo or not would have made a difference when you smack a light pole at 100km/hr or more? What if they had been driving a non-modified Ecotec VS, say, and had the same accident? What would the government want to ban then?
I really feel for you younger guys starting out...but as I said, they haven't noticed how hard a bog stock Commodore can accelerate...:w00t:
edit: it just struck me...does buying a standard car from a dealer who has put an "option pack" on it of a spoiler and mags constitute "modified"? That are casting as pretty wide net by just saying "modified", aren't they? My son is about to buy a second car, a used turbo-diesel Hilux ute...he'd better watch himself...that "turbo" in the governments eyes obviously makes it a road burning high performance death machine! After all, we all know that the only cars with turbos are all dangerous high performance cars...oh...better not let the government know about Puegoet and Volkswagen turbo-diesels...and most diesel four wheel drives...and those tiny slow little "Smart" cars...and numerous other slow-as-a-wet-week cars from over the years which use the turbo for mainly fuel economy and to squeeze more power out of a small capacity engine...that kind of thing might make them have to think, and we can't have that... :bang: