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Didn't look too hard, mine was hiding near the dummy grid whilst I watched a couple of races whilst the skidpan group were on lunch :P

Hey Ben,

yeah, couldn't do much walking with the 3 yr old so didn't have a good look. Went down to the skip pan for a while, and his eyes lit up with all the round tailights:-)

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I am not too worried about paying for a tow vehicle and trailer cos i was wanting something to tow trailers as well as an every day vehicle to drive to work. I am thinking of getting a 4wd ute or something to tow with and also carry the motorbike around in.

I was thinking of spending like $10k any ways on a good tow vehicle. I will worry bout the trailer later. I figured that i might be able to just hire a trailer from the local servo when i do need to take the car somewhere. Then when i can afford it i will buy my own trailer.

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lol bump for this thread.

RTA just sent me the renewal on the rally car.

not only do I have to fill in and send back a form to say the car is roadworthy (no inspection), but the bloody rego fee changed again. $54 including greenslip for the year.

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Hahah bollocksn hell, this is what i wanted to do, was thinking of importing a new 32 gtr, putting all the good shit off my current car onto the race only and then sell the regesterable one. But thats for a later date now i guess..

the rally rego sounds good, do you have to actually compete in events tho?

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well it would be a big waste of time if you didn't. considering an NC licence costs about $500 a year (cancles out the rego saving if you are purely doing this to avoid regular rego) and you cannot just drive the car around whenver you please. you can only use it for specified journeys. like to the workshop, to the track, etc. not "to the rocks for laps" or "to meet up at liverpool maccs". so unless you are competing competition rego is a waste.

actually the NR license is only $190. I think its a real good option since even if you only use it for club days, you can

import it without compliance. save say $4k

drive it to mechanics

drive it to events

and it only cost $54 per year.

justbe careful with rental trailers, every one I've ever seen has been a swaying, crap tyred death trap.

the only sensible thing to do with a trailer is buy a new one. second hand ones all suck too. we paid $2k for ours second hand and then another $2k fixing it after. Not to mention $1k in good rims and properly rated tyres (came with retreads which killed themselves pretty regularly).

How do you organise driving the vehicle to/from mechanics etc. Do you have to ring anyone? Do they ring your mechanic/whomever to confirm you have a booking etc or?

ie can I just jump in my race/rally rego'd car and drive to wsid on a wednesday night or do I have to ring up 3mths in advance and get approval from someone?

you ring a 1900 number each day before you use the car and go thru a set of questions. no further proof etc required. I do get pulled up a bit and the cops never know what the rules ares - so I always carry all the paperwork with me.

sorry I wasn't clear. It is a recorded service you give them name,cams license, rego, purpose,date etc then write down a 4 digit permit number. no actual person.

They define it as "competition, practice and mechanical service" which covers everything you said and anything I've ever wanted to drive it for. Perfect option I reckon, especially now I know how easy and cheap rego renewal is.

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