WARNING: 15 year rule changes

[haste]

thats tight, especially if you have already purchased the car

[Duncan]

My understanding is that the legislation hsa not changed, it always said 15 years old. the change is the practice of working 15 years on month of manufacture not year....if this is the case they have every right to make the change with no warning...

[Soulja]

i dont know why everyone is acting like this is new NEWS, it has been going around for about the last 2 months!

[predator]

rumours have flown around Soulja, but it hasn't actually been confirmed until now.

the change is the practice of working 15 years on month of manufacture not year....if this is the case they have every right to make the change with no warning...

Well its probably just enforcement of the rule they've decided to do, which yer, probably is fair if it is actually "15 years old" as in the car is 15 years old, not 14 years and 8 months, etc. As long as they don't change it further, which I am sure they will do when they can get it through..

[NXTIME]

I wonder what will happen to all those cars that have been bought already and placed into "free storage until they are eligible for import" as some importers have advertised?

There is a very good chance that they will be a source for thieves, especially if they are sitting around for over a year.

[Soulja]

NXTIME, i think if u had your car in storage u wouldn't be that smart cuz i was told that the car where store outside not undercover

[EnricoPalazzo]

I think the reason they changed the 15yo rule to month built now is to give them extra time to intoduce a 20yo rule and abolish the 15yo rule. By introducing this new rule, that has given them an extra 6-8 months in which we cant bring in all the good cars that we want from japan. Then sometime next year they car introduce perhaps a 20yo rule and give it 6months to come in. This will allow the newer rule to come in before all the good 89 cars can get here.

This is what i think will happen. I hope it makes sense

[Soulja]

EnricoPalazzo, some how i dont think that will happen

[Cubes]

Obviously they have been keeping an eye on orders and how many cars are due to enter the country. Possibly a huge influx this is why the rule has been introduced.

[JimX]

What I can't figure out is who stands to benefit from the government stopping these cars coming in a few months early? It's just like the government being a total pain in the arse for absolutely no reason.

[T0nyGTSt]

Why didn't they do this last year?

Why are they being so painful now?

T.

[meggala]

you guys dont realise it jsut like with the rule change when people were waiting 2 months plus for compliance plates its designed to discourage people from importing and calling it too hard. so the peeps change their mind and buy a local sh1t box

meggala

[Guest]

The 15 year rule is being enforced not changed as RAWS is a enforcement of some of the CPA rules to limit the amount of imported vehicles.

A lot of people went to the 15 year rule after they lost CPA so the rule makers are just moving through the hole process they have of importing sport cars not family cars.

People have been pushing the system to long so the rule makers are just standing up and saying enough is enough.

A 2003 Ferrari 360 or 1999 Supra TT is a sports car not a Hilux Surf and that is what the whole system is their for.

[predator]

What I can't figure out is who stands to benefit from the government stopping these cars coming in a few months early?

If you think about it... DOTARS themselves are the ones that benefit, as they don't have to deal with hundreds, if not thousands of 15 year import approvals in the first month of next year. Now they can deal with them ad-hoc as they come up over the year. That probably was purely been the reason why - to lessen the workload.

People maybe should get too carried away with it all..there may actually be no "conspiracy" behind it all. It could just be ensure they can adequately process all the cars coming through. Only way to really find out is to wait and see.

[meggala]

yeah just noting on dotaors site the wait is now 30 days for an import approval to be processed

it was 23 a few weeks ago

cheers

[Muz]

Ceratinly sounds like a typical legislative nightmare and obviously one that is being generated by the so called local manufacturing lobby.

[fatz]

30 days for approval

wtf

and i just bought a car

[meggala]

hahaha yeah fatz you not a virgin to this. I jsut checked the dotars site today and I had another one come though last week which was over 3 weeks.

better send that letter off man

dont put it on a boat till you get the paper work either

cheers

[Muz]

Hmmmmmmm, I can see a lot of people getting hurt here. I guess the price of those cars currently sitting in dealers yards is going to start growing as demand exceeds supply.

[Duncan]

yeah, when i spoke to them yesterday they said they were working on applications from 4th August!