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[SA] new high performance law. and tint

NORTI

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I agree, aligning the states is a long overdue move. So sick of bringing cars in from interstate & having to change stuff to make it legal again.

As for the power thing, yes there is allowences/permits for those P platers whos parents have V8 etcs, or if said P plater requires one (obviously there is criteria behind that).

That said, even before these laws, I stated that my kids would not be driving my V8 as teenagers.
 

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welcome to 3 years ago in other states....
 

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well im on my full licence so it doesnt apply to me but im glad in a way because the p platers who do drive v8's and turbo cars are most of the time idots on the road (well at least from what i have seen)
 

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Sad thing im seeing more and more p platers driving turbos and v8s in newcastle... simply because theres a lack of high way patrol. I was driving my vlt on my p's for awhile before i got my full licence.
 

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Save yourself some heartache and go to your local member of parliament. Seriously they get paid to deal with this sort of stuff, we don't. :blah blah:

Your not getting paid at all, so deal with it ;)
 

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Sad thing im seeing more and more p platers driving turbos and v8s in newcastle... simply because theres a lack of high way patrol. I was driving my vlt on my p's for awhile before i got my full licence.

'Its sad theres still alot of people breaking the law.
I was breaking the law'

Contradiction much.....
 

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Its sad that i KNOW that i wasnt going to get caught driving it. IMO its good that theres a lack of highway patrol around here. Less cops defecting the better.

My driving record in 5 years: pulled over twice for breath check, once for speeding. the end
 

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lol at people getting worked up over this.

I got my Statesman last March, 22 months after I got my P's and I was 19.

Haven't had any problems with driving a V8 and I had a V6 before that.

It's got nothing to do with road respect or experience really.

You just need respect for your car and the power it puts out, you need to be able to handle it, and if worse comes to worse, try to manage not to crash if you get the thing out of line.

But really, with the VS models, 5L or 3.8L there isn't much difference.

Though for the record I'm so much happier with a V8.

The sound when you give it some brings a smile to my face.
 
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