Vic P-Plater laws- Engine mods.

If you did a search in your car model section, you'd find a few threads on exhasuts etc..

Even in this section there was a few P palte mod bullshit threads in the past few months. So look again.

 

i was born in melton in that old hospital in south thats now a retirement home lol.

I've had my licence for just over a year (graduated from reds to green's yesterday), and i havent had ANY issues with melton cops or any cops as of yet(touch wood). They dont even stare me down, my car isnt stock either so i guess its obviously just how you drive.

I've also never heard of that music law in melton either lol, but i'm never in melton on the weekends anyway so i miss out on the new **** lol

 

hah yeah i havent been pulled up either and generally speaking havent had any issues with melton cops but there's a few i know who have. tho what they do says it all.

 

oh for ****s sake, someone close this thread.

To the holden giirl, you live in scumbury, i hope the cops rape you for your next mod,
How abt go to the local cop shop and ask them what you can and cant do
****N HELL.

 

Anger issues? :whistling lmao.

 

LOL should i be scared? haha, i only know one girl from sunbury that i can remember and thats my sisters bf's sister lol

 

Ok. First of all that is wrong.

Explain how an aftermarket exhaust is 'not illegal' with a direct statement like that? How many times do we have to have the same argument on here again and again. P PLATERS YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE DIRECT ENGINE MODIFICATIONS. Wait until you are off your P's to do mods. If you really have to do something like an exhaust or something like that, then go for it. Cop the fine, get the canary, gain demerit points. But don't winge here.

There is no 'legal way' to do it. An exhaust tip is about all you can do. Regardless of whether it is 0.00000001 of a kilowatt gain in power for just an exhaust, some cops might let you get away with it, some might not. It is illegal. There is no leeway in the law. Whether it is good or not, that is the way it is and that is what we must obey until it no longer affects us or until the law is changed.

Yes you can get defected for that. and cop a fine and probably demerit points as well..

 

yer they got me for rear brake light on parcel shelf , 3 bald tyres , handbrake and i cant really remember what else !! they even popped the bonnet , also they thought it was a v8 hahaha clearly they could see by the enigne cover that states that it is a V6 !!

 

Alright well, This thread has gotten a little out of hand.

Can we stop with the bitching etc.?

 

Just thought i'd get in before it happens

:lock:

 

you dont get a canarie for an exhaust without due reason
1) you were caught being a knob or doing something silly
2) you were smart to the police

or at least thats the standard here in my town in NSW.

cops here dont care if you're on your p's (same law NO performace modifications) but nearly every p plater i know who has an exhaust, for example 2.5 with extractors, no police officer even bothers with them as long as they arent a **** in their car.

its that simple, if you dont want police attention, dont drive like a knob, and if you do want an exhaust get one, keep it a decent size and drive like a normal person, but always know you might strike the wrong police officer at an RBT or something and end up defected.

although, another thing has struck me, you could always say "the car was like it when i got it" and just act like you didnt know it had an exhaust, i do know thats worked for a mate in sydney.

all in all, if you believe you cant afford the fine or a replacement exhaust if you do hit the wrong cop, then dont get a bigger exhaust.:thumbsup:

 

Thats because Gisborne is FULL of cops.Every bloody corner,they are there.Sucks to be you.

 

Holden girl,go and see Ben at TruFlow exhaust on Horne st,he will help you out.

 

Yep, i hear that!! :yeah: :yeah:

 

As has been stated, if you take the vicroads site exactly as it says, an exhaust system is not technically an engine mod, it's a powertrain mod without doing anything to the engine.

That being said, that's only how it's written on the site. If you can find the actual legislation, you would know a little better, even if legalese is a bit ambiguous.

Up here in QLD they specify that you can not drive a car "with any modifications requiring approval by someone-or-other official" this does not include headers, or exhaust, so they are both legal.

If you tried hard enough, there may be some holes in it. You'd need the legislation as it's written though.

 

Twin Tones?

If the name implies what the horn does...then that aswell is illegal.