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was pulled over 4 times over the weekend and everytime accussed of driving a high powered car. i know i know.....me? driving a high powered car? rubbish........nehoo it seems that all the police are now carring spred sheets of all the latest and popular imports on the market. but to my suprise they did not have the R34 Down. when i popped my head aroudn to take a look he turned his back to me. when i asked to see the sheet he refused, wdh? they looked at my Engine and said "yep RB25DET" and looked straight at the R33 on their sheet.

i explain to them that yes the r34 does have the same engine (kinda lol) but its way more heavier (i told them 1510kg) so the power to weight ratio worked out perfect for me. (187/1510=123.847kw/tonne) so they let me off each time. yes i know that the r34 is not 187, but since they were using it, why couldnt i

turns out that my rego says the cars weight is 1320, which i believe is a R32s weightl? and their comparing the power of a r33 with the weight of a r32. i guess in the long run cuz they are the cops not much we can do much but, do any of u r34 drivers out there get the same thing? im gonna pop into VIC roads and ask em why are they mixing my car up.

yes i know i know all the obvious comments and yes r31nismoid that if i didnt drive the car i wouldnt be in this spot in the 1st place but i am :P

so the topic at hand is, r34 owners do u ever get mixed up? and what about the others?

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illegal.

*waits for thread to be locked*

what is illegal? me making this thread? i doubt that. im mainly expressing my story and was wondering if others are in the same situation

and yes this is another andru thread ha ha wo hooo, laughs are over so lets get back to it lol;)

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R34 is around the same weight as an R33.

it makes more power.

therefore, the power to weight is higher.

therefore, it is illegal to drive on Ps in Victoria.

while Vicroads might not have updated their records yet, it won't take long.

shouldn't this be in the vic section?

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R34 is around the same weight as an R33.

it makes more power.

therefore, the power to weight is higher.

therefore, it is illegal to drive on Ps in Victoria.

lol whats your point, we aint talking about that, and just so u know the 34 is a good 20kg heavier :P

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R34 is illegal. Like stated 1000000 times before. Get over it.

You going to call VIC roads and what do you expect them to say?

Seriously you should have been busted each time but you got lucky.

btw 206/1510 = 136kw/tonne

Police dont follow the weight thats on your sticker either. Most r33's have different curb weights on their rego stickers. Mine said 1370.

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