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Anyone Driving A Turbo Under New P Plate Law's ?

Na boy

By Na boy,
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And the worst part is the government have completely overlooked what types of vehicles they are restricting.

R32 GTST - capable of 0-100 in approx 8 seconds

R33 GTST - capable of 0-100 in approx 8 seconds

Both have a top factory speed of 180km/hr (fast enough to kill a group of cyclists)

The 32 is appropriately braked for the weight of the car and the power of the engine but has no ABS or airbags

The 33 is not allowed but it comes with ABS and airbags - clearly not the safer option for our youth

Now I hear they are thinking of reducing the speed limit in some zones to 30km/hr. How many people are being hit in these f**king 40-50km zones that they need to reduce it further? Are we talking about the 5% of bad drivers that speed through these zones or the rest of us who get caught doing 5km over? Do we have to start firebombing some parliament houses so these f**kheads get a clue of what the real issues are?

1. Inattentiveness

2. Lack of skill or control

3. Unaware of current road rules

yes I said bomb. Bombbombabombbombbombabomb

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And the worst part is the government have completely overlooked what types of vehicles they are restricting.

R32 GTST - capable of 0-100 in approx 8 seconds

R33 GTST - capable of 0-100 in approx 8 seconds

Both have a top factory speed of 180km/hr (fast enough to kill a group of cyclists)

The 32 is appropriately braked for the weight of the car and the power of the engine but has no ABS or airbags

The 33 is not allowed but it comes with ABS and airbags - clearly not the safer option for our youth

Now I hear they are thinking of reducing the speed limit in some zones to 30km/hr. How many people are being hit in these f**king 40-50km zones that they need to reduce it further? Are we talking about the 5% of bad drivers that speed through these zones or the rest of us who get caught doing 5km over? Do we have to start firebombing some parliament houses so these f**kheads get a clue of what the real issues are?

1. Inattentiveness

2. Lack of skill or control

3. Unaware of current road rules

yes I said bomb. Bombbombabombbombbombabomb

I reckon that more mums in 4bys are running over kids in 40 zones due to inattentiveness or the fact that they don't like kids than performance vehicle owners. Seriously, how many people can drive through a school zone at above 60ks when there is that much traffic!!

Agree mate, inattentiveness is the primary cause here? What difference does going from 40 to 30 really make on braking distance? 5m?!

Edit: Why don't they just make a list of cars that you can't drive and evaluate each car on its merits?

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some.will.seek

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I'm driving a 180sx right now on my green P's. Applied for that new exemption the day after it came out! :) I went and got it weighed at a station (normal curb weight is 1220kg and 153kw).. but they got me as 1280kg.. and that took me down to 117kw per tonne. Of course this didn't take into factor my exhaust and at the time, fmic. Which would have put me over the limit.. but I got rid of the fmic (didn't want it to cause any problems in the long run).

So, it is possible. And you don't need a reason! Only been pulled over twice. One didn't even ask me for my exemption, the other did, and looked at it very puzzled. I got a defect, but no other issues there.

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some.will.seek

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You don't need to get it 'checked'. Just prove that the weight and power are both under 125kw. The problem with s13's is that there is no 'official' documentation proving that the car is under.. so I had a look at some old driver's manuals and also got it weighed. Seemed to work. Just obviously remember that regardless of anything, P platers are NOT allowed anything requiring mod plates.. so as long as you don't get your exemption and then throw another engine in there or something stupid.. you'll be fine.

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Mhy33

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You don't need to get it 'checked'. Just prove that the weight and power are both under 125kw. The problem with s13's is that there is no 'official' documentation proving that the car is under.. so I had a look at some old driver's manuals and also got it weighed. Seemed to work. Just obviously remember that regardless of anything, P platers are NOT allowed anything requiring mod plates.. so as long as you don't get your exemption and then throw another engine in there or something stupid.. you'll be fine.

Aww ok well im driving a r33 with just an exhaust thats all..

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some.will.seek

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Ahh yes. Well, I have an exhaust too. Don't think you need a mod plate for those in the first place. It's never caused any issues ;)

On the other hand.. I'm pretty 33's are ruled out for being too powerful aren't they..?

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