Car Registerd As Sedan But Is A Coupe? Help?

[hop1308]

hey guys, i've got a r34-gtt and have had it for quite a while, i bought it fairly cheap and now im a bit paranoid beacuse i looked at the PPSR check and the free rego check of my car, and while the number plate and all is correct, it says

body type = SEDAN

when infact, my car is a 2 door coupe?

Can anyone provide some insight or thought into this? Is this hard to fix? What could the reasons for this be? or how will this effect me?

Thanks heaps guys.

[Gts-t]

Don't worry mate skylines are sedans with the rear doors welded up they are not a true coupe

Just call your local transport dept and I'm sure they can change if and will probably send you a new rego label if it says sedan on there

[GeeDog]

Our R33 Coupe is registered in SA as a sedan, as is my V35 coupe. I think if it isn't a truck, ute or van, it will be a sedan - it is the government after all.

[warps]

that's right - a lot of coupes and even hatches are registered as a sedan. All of the VTI-r Honda hatch rego papers I've ever seen (EG and EK) have shown them as a sedan.

[GTR-N1]

RMS in NSW stuffs up all the time!!

Some walk into wk thinking about clock off time.

Even my '99 GTR is notated as a 2011 build (when in fact that was the year of compliance)

[niZmO_Man]

Even more trouble to change it apparently (in NSW).

[Iron Chef]

Sedan is just the generic term the government uses to denote most vehicles that are for private use.

[hop1308]

wow thats a relief. i got pretty paranoid last night, ran outside at 3am and tried investigating if the car used to be a 4 door or something and got rebirthed. late night does crazy things to the mind lol

thanks again guys, i shall sleep easy tonight.

Edited February 13, 2014 by hop1308

[Bennis]

I had a LWB (4 door) Nissan Patrol, that said coupe on the rego papers... The RTA just changed it though and said it was an error in data entry. I dont think it really matters.

[GTR-N1]

wow thats a relief. i got pretty paranoid last night, ran outside at 3am and tried investigating if the car used to be a 4 door or something and got rebirthed. late night does crazy things to the mind lol

thanks again guys, i shall sleep easy tonight.

I was deemed "paranoid" once, but that didn't mean there was no-one following me!

[hop1308]

I was deemed "paranoid" once, but that didn't mean there was no-one following me!

haha yeah, im one of those guys that will stop indicating until the last second, or make unecessary turns if theres a car thats been following me for too long.

thanks again everyone, good to see that the RTA has failed us all collectivly, once again

[Quigs]

My 32 GTR is regod as a sedan and to avoid complications I'd just leave it . I went to get mine changed when I looked at the rego papers but my mechanic said don't bother with it as it can be a very painful process to fix it. Not sure why but the RMS tends to make simple tasks very hard for no apparent reason.

[Scott Black]

to fix it, its just a matter of going to a blueslip place and paying for an update of details, like $20, then next time your sent rego papers it will say the correct one,
HOWEVER being a skyline in nsw your car is a SEDAN, as in nsw the Coupe shape code is for 2 seater only,

even looking at the proper rvd for the s14, http://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/rvd-pre1999/data/pdf/10042.pdf its listed as a 2 door sedan.

and its not the rms that puts them in like that, its the mechanic that does the blueslip when its regoed, as they put a shape code on the blueslip that the rms staff enter into the system.

i know as i do blueslips (well AUVIS e, safety check)

[evil_weevil]

similar with CTP for NSW.

when I used to work for Shannons and did CTP, we had to ask what the code was on the rego paper for shape.

9 times out of 10 it was all SED where as people go 'eerr nah bro its a coupe aye cuz!!'

Im lucky, my Santa Fe classed as a WAG, and is cheaper for CTP/rego than a 4WD such as landcruiser

as others have said, dont worry - all good!

[Plattsy]

my 2 door hatchback k11 micra is a sedan, according to this backwards government.