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You can drive it while you are on your L's, the laws only apply to P Platers for some reason, you cant be off your P plates until you are 21 anyway so whats it matter, you cant drive either car in the state of Victoria until you are a fully licensed driver.

Awww How sweet, ill have to tell my gf another reason why we should move to QLD Atm she lives inthe most cop hungry suburb ever and i drive like 1000km's a week.

Hi guys, Thinking of moving to QLD for a change of scenary amongst other things... and was just wondering, is there any sort of power to weight restrictions on cars p platers can drive in QLD?

Honestly, i cannot find stock specs anywhere on those sites.

Hi guys,gals Can anyone tell me the specs on a 1994 180SX - google is not being much help. I am particularly interested in power to weight.. Thanks

Work in 'I.T', hard to say waht i do, i mean what do i call my self? Im nto sure of my own title.... I.T Consultant maybe.. Its between 40-50k It is my second job, my first was at a rather large well known national company (ASX 200 listed), so the second job was kinda just a 'we'll better what you were being payed before' sorta thing, which of course i lied about. But im worth every cent they pay me. Anyway back to cars... I know if i had kids, i would not let my 17 year old by a 6cyl 2.5ltr Turbo :| A 4cyl car would be good for a beginner :| Maybe something around 100-110 kw :| Or if you really wanted some power at the cost of some weight go with like an XR6, 182kW and the car ways like 1580kg :| Edit: My gosh my spelling was bad, weigh** buy**

I really cannot be bothered reading the entire topic, but i have to agree with what i have read. I am 19, on my P's and live in Box Hill (and currently making just shy of 50,000k a year). I see alot of P platers getting away with it, but then again you just have to check like carsales.com.au or carpoint.com.au to see how many P platers are having 'urgent sales' of their skylines. Vicroads probably dont have a clue, and alot of police officers probably dont, allegedly those 'TMU' bastards are the ones that know their shit. That really is too powerful for a p-plater, i drive a car that is way less powerful then that, and i drive it ****en fast (140km/h down wellington road before i decided that was enough hehe :$ or 160 around fishermens bend) Not dangerously, but fast, i didnt at first, but thats how it happens, when you have a car that has a bit of zip, you thrash it I also spend ALOT of time in knox, scoresby, rowville area, ive been 'booze bus'ed 4x in 2 months, and waved through 3x, one time a copper was checking out every detail of my car, even the rego, im not sure he knew what sort of car it was (it is legal way legal), ive been asked for my license and everything. So yeh, odds are you will get caught, and chances are you wont be covered. But of a waste of money really, you should have saved up for another 6 months and gotten a WRX, a bank will loan you like 20,000 (with a gurantor), and if you have 20k already then you can get your self a nice 03 wrx for 36-37k, use the rest on insurance, and it is actually legal. you just spent like 21k on a 10 year old car, that has no doubt be thrashed before, that you legally cant drive, and that you will be lucky to keep for the full 3 years you are on your p's. I plan to get a rex, then when im off my P's in 2 years time hopefully a R33 GTR if my gf/future wife permits ;-) Depends :-) Anyway, i think you should have waited, quite irresponsible of your parents to let you drive a turbo car pushing out 184kW stock, that is not legal, when you are only 17. But i admire that you allegedly payed for it and not your parents, i despise people who do that. Edit: Although i just said its irresponsible for a young one to be driving such a powerful vehicle, yes a rex is pretty quick, 168kw stock, but i am more into 'the look' and 'luxury' of a car, not so much into power, i will no doubt drive it quick merely from bad habbit.

I dont get it, $107 fine and they dont even try to stop you from driving it? Just $107 and let you drive home? Wahaha, I really want one, but my job relies on my having a vehicle, so im really 'in the air' about this car.

Just a fine? They dont like try to stop you from driving the car?

Yes sorry, hehe silly me

Its actually a 70 zone, then after you cross highbury rd at the top of the hill or something its back to an 80 zone and stays that way pretty much to mitcham road Just drove past this section of road last night, and was thinking about it, if he was acceleration pretty hard after stopping at the lights, coming off highbury road there is a fly lane (or w/e) someone coulda come pretty fast out of that, and cut in front of him, about 50m up past the lights is the bus stop, swerved, hit the thingy :| Thats just a guess how that happened :|

What happens if you get busted driving a highpowered car such as a r33 gts-t? I made a similar thread before, but what exactly happens, me and my friend were having a bit of a discussiona bout it, and we both believe different things, so can anyone say for certain?

Hehe, i was driving home from my girlfriends place coming down sprinvale road (from the glen direction) and (i was flying) i saw the flashing lights etc and slowed down to get a good look, bit of a shame unfortunately, i drove past around 12:30. Just for a lil more info for the others, it really was basically the only major pole for like 100m, i thought 'how unlucky', the poll was absolutely totalled.

Well, the head office for where i work is in South Melbourne, but i am rarely there.

By a TOG? And still, what do they do if you get busted?