Moving To Melbourne

[Ant97GTR]

But if the same copper see's him once, and then 2-3 months later... and with WA plates its a standout for sure.

Questions will be asked... questions you dont really want.

Unless i was mistaken about how the rules work... you cant have a car rego'd in WA and be living in Vic (over 3 months) even if you have a residential address, its not classed as your residence if your not living there permanently

I looked into this a fair bit before taking a contract in WA. The story is that Melb is my home and my place of primary residence....I am simply in WA for work on a temporary basis. As I am returning to Melb when my work is finished here there is no point changing everything to WA stuff, as two weeks later I could be sent home (ah the joys of contracting ).

As a result the '3 month' rule has no application here. Yes it is true what you say about interstate plates sticking out but while I have been here I haven't been pulled over once, so as long as you are not driving like a tool it shouldn't be an issue.

If push comes to shove I guess it would depend on the type of contract/job that Jason is taking in Vic...

Oh and the 100mm rule is the same in Vic and applies from the ground to the lowest point of the vehicle, whether it be exhaust ,chassis or otherwise.

[HypeR33]

If push comes to shove I guess it would depend on the type of contract/job that Jason is taking in Vic...

Oh and the 100mm rule is the same in Vic and applies from the ground to the lowest point of the vehicle, whether it be exhaust ,chassis or otherwise.

I was thinking of saying the same sort of thing if I got pulled over.

It is set to 100mm from the base of the front bar just in front of the front wheels, which seems as the lowest point on the car.

[Trooper]

I have a similar sort of question. My car is registered in Victoria (my parents live in Vic and QLD about 50:50 per year, vic in summer and qld during winter) and the car is under my dads name.

I live in NSW now and spend most of my time in NSW with the car.

If i get pulled over in NSW and defected, do i have to go and get it cleared in vic, can they make me? or will i have to get it cleared in NSW?

Do they have any rule about where it is registered if it is my "dads" car and I am just borrowing it if he has a residential address in Vic?

[R31Nismoid]

So was it a good experience with the secret or a bad one?

The height is sitting on 100mm which is the legal limit here...is it the same in Vic?

Thanks for all the info guys

100mm without you in it? Cause 100mm is right on the limit here.

They are allowed to measure it fully laden, so 3 fat cops get in, your gonna be under 100mm.

I would suggest raising it to 120/130mm if you can, it could save you hassle later on

Are you coming over here are a perm contract or what Jason?

My stuff is only worst case. If a cop sees you twice over 4-5 months he will come hassle you. Its just how they are here.

[700HP-GTR33]

Nice car Jason............Do you look young?

Cause your such a easy target here.

Tell you what you do....as everyone else has said.

Take stickers (shopping list) off...increase your ride height....get 2 resinators fitted to exhaust.

Also, rap your Turbo in a black thermal shield and have the engine bay and all your shinny bits painted black.

This way when they look under your bonnet they won't be blinded by all the polished and Chrome work you

got going on there .(Just Kidding)

Also you are 21 years of age.. so...power to weight ratio applies in Victoria...not that they(Police) are to interested in that so much.

Good luck

[HypeR33]

I would suggest raising it to 120/130mm if you can, it could save you hassle later on

Are you coming over here are a perm contract or what Jason?

My stuff is only worst case. If a cop sees you twice over 4-5 months he will come hassle you. Its just how they are here.

I can raise the suspension without much trouble. I work in I.T. so could easily say that I float between the 2 states. Will be looking at either contract or perm

Nice car Jason............Do you look young?

Cause your such a easy target here.

Tell you what you do....as everyone else has said.

Take stickers (shopping list) off...increase your ride height....get 2 resinators fitted to exhaust.

Also, rap your Turbo in a black thermal shield and have the engine bay and all your shinny bits painted black.

This way when they look under your bonnet they won't be blinded by all the polished and Chrome work you

got going on there .(Just Kidding)

Also you are 21 years of age.. so...power to weight ratio applies in Victoria...not that they(Police) are to interested in that so much.

Good luck

Thanks ...I am 31, so probably dont look that young

[R31Nismoid]

If you can float, then you can keep it all WA easy enough

Its only if its perma setting that you might find yourself with the more painful issues

If your just a contracting then you should be easily over the line.

Especially if you go back to WA once or twice during the melb visit.

How long you over here for anyways?

You better like beers to mate, as a number of us live near where your aiming for

[HypeR33]

If you can float, then you can keep it all WA easy enough

Its only if its perma setting that you might find yourself with the more painful issues

If your just a contracting then you should be easily over the line.

Especially if you go back to WA once or twice during the melb visit.

How long you over here for anyways?

You better like beers to mate, as a number of us live near where your aiming for

Might be a permanent role, but they wouldn't know that right? I have been thinking of contracting for a while first. There is no time limit, but it could be a few years or more The car will then be driven less and less on the road.

No problem with the beer I dont mind a beer or four at all

[R31Nismoid]

I heard something about 20 beers... or maybe even 11ty beers

but i dont remember

[HypeR33]

haha...I can deal with that

Have had a lot of practice with beer drinking over the last 2 years in London

nothing better to do with the crap weather there hehe

[TracidTrax]

be prepared for some ass reaming down here

[KamikazeR33]

just say ur on holidays/work and travel 2 and from all the time... then tell the cop 2 suck u sideways cos there aint crap he can do

also out of curiosity if u get pulled over by a cop n he tells u that u need 2 go c the epa in a few days time and u tell him ur going back to perth b4 that date, what happens then?

[KamikazeR33]

my car is registered in vic altho i dont live in vic... n i work in nsw... cops wont do crappola

[HypeR33]

be prepared for some ass reaming down here

haha what is with the such strict laws there? seems so much stricter than all other states.

just say ur on holidays/work and travel 2 and from all the time... then tell the cop 2 suck u sideways cos there aint crap he can do

also out of curiosity if u get pulled over by a cop n he tells u that u need 2 go c the epa in a few days time and u tell him ur going back to perth b4 that date, what happens then?

Thats what I was thinking...that if I travel back and forth, and will not be long term permanent in Melbourne then I shouldn't have to switch rego over Will see how it goes...if it's bad, she might spend most of the time in the garage...the car that is hehe

[Starionturbo]

Man

I was in your situation 2 years ago.

I used lived in Perth and I had a R32 with a RB25DET that was extensively modded (to say the least).

Brought it here to Melbourne when I moved.

After 2 weeks Got dicked with every fine under the sun, no engineering, turbo, management you name it I got reamed. EPA but no defect.

Ended up sending the car back to my parents in Perth and I sold it there.

If you have WA plates it will only give you more attention. They cant defect you, but they can EPA you.

Its really up to you what you wanna do. You should be pretty safe.

[phunky_monkey]

brighton has porsches and ferraris - but down beach rd i have seen a fair few imports.

This might be a very long way of doing things, but cant he borrow stock parts, install them, get the car registered and what not and then put back the mods? Thats if he wants to have Vic registration?

You still have to drive around with the mods on though, so a major defect results in having to pull it all off again, let alone the EPA.

With the level of modification on the car this would also be a costly/time consuming process.

[saff_cossie]

haha cool I will let you know when I arrive and we can go over the safe areas

what is the problem with driving at night?

It will mostly be a weekender only, and it sounds like tht is the way to keep it

You will be more likely to get pulled over at night. How often do you see cars being pulled over in the rush hour/during the business day vs at night (it does happen but compared to people being pulled over at night is much lower). Most of the pulled over posts I have seen have been from the evening.

Anyway good luck with the move and as a weekender, I would have thought you will be fairly safe anyway.

[HypeR33]

Thanks for the info guys...I will cross my fingers and pray

Ash...definite for those beers

[R31Nismoid]

Want one now? I've only got a few left tho

Will be good to put a face to the name (hopefully i didnt meet you while i was in WA... cause ill feel stupid)

[KamikazeR33]

hidden secondary bonnet release anyone???

oh damn sorry orrificer the bonnet doesnt seem to b opening... ah well. better defect me for that instead of wats under the hood