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Chris Rogers Grand Master

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its there to either

1. Waste your time

2. Take more cash

3. Waste your time and take more cash,

its actually there because people found a way around the other rules so they put a new one in place. that said if you are looking for a car why would you not want a stock one to start from. at least you would not end up with a hand grenade like some kids did with the 15 yr R32 GTR..

so instead of popping off , think about it laterally for a sec. if you want something different then you pay a price to have it. fairly simple concept.

xALmoN Grand Master

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The no modifications rule is just a simple blanket ban, not taking into account that cars that age generally will have modifications done to them.

And a blanket ban just goes to show how lazy the people making up these rules are.

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The no modifications rule is just a simple blanket ban, not taking into account that cars that age generally will have modifications done to them.

And a blanket ban just goes to show how lazy the people making up these rules are.

It is nothing like a blanket ban, it isnt targeting JDM cars they are dragged into it, so the "blanket ban" comment is it a personal thought or something you have been officially informed about.

World coming to the end and unvalidated comments mean nothing till it is proven.

xALmoN Grand Master

xALmoN

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It is nothing like a blanket ban, it isnt targeting JDM cars they are dragged into it, so the "blanket ban" comment is it a personal thought or something you have been officially informed about.

World coming to the end and unvalidated comments mean nothing till it is proven.

Isnt that what a blanket ban is? Everything older than 1989, no modifications after 1989, and you have to prove the date of those modifications.

It doesn't even elaborate on what "no modifications" mean, since that could mean anything, like someone has mentioned before, wheels. So its a whole undefined area that just makes it harder for people to get in cars they want.

Click the link on the first page, and read it.

Iron Chef Grand Master

Iron Chef

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lol I think you'll find he did already :P

The point is that currently, the changes are not targeting us, but the wording is ambiguous enough that, if you strike the wrong DoTaRS member on the wrong day, anything non-standard could be enough to get it knocked back.

Mr Eps Grand Master

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well i hate to be the bearer of bad news guys but bitching about it in a sub section of a net forum isn't going to give us our answers...

perhaps it's time we started lobbying our government for change?

seems to work in thailand...

...too soon?

Chris Rogers Grand Master

Chris Rogers

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...sounds to me like Canberra's pollies' revenge against summernats :blink:

yup! stop the cars coming in and it will quieten the streets down a bit - NOT!

still does not stop me grabbing 88 and older cars from NZ.

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