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there is some talk going round that victoria is going to have (i dont know if its GOING to happen, or if its just being considered) a law that p platers cant drive turboed, supercharged or V8 cars...

and there is (apparantly) going to be some tough penalties eg: cops can confiscate your car and you dont get any thing for it...

my fingers are crossed that it wont happen cos i JUST got a loan approved and im gunna buy an r32 gts-t.

if its passed then who else is up for blowing up parliment house ??

(i joke, i joke).

disapointed- James.

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no idea. hopefully there is some way of keeping it. i only started this topic from what i have heard other people say. not read in the paper or anyhting like that so it might not even be true.

Hey,

I think it'll be similar to these in N.S.W. Restrict these who got his P's on the date the restriction (if this ever happens).

So any P plater who already owns 1 should be alright, and cops doesn't like governments idea because too many cars to police around.

I think the proposed law is utterly bullshit because the law want to ban all turbocharged cars while allowing high-revvy n/a 6-cylinder/rotaries for P-platers.

Just my 2c.

Grant

Blanket bans definitley weren't the smartest things ever thought up.

The Daihatsu Copen is banned in from P platers in NSW because it's turbo.

All Turbo-Diesel cars are are also banned the same way.

They need to make a more concise list like Victoria already has, some of the cars that are banned from P platers in NSW would be traffic obstructions without the turbo.

So many different threads have been done on this over the past couple of years in different rooms.

My 2c:

There is no need for a P plater of any age, whether it is 18-21, 47-50 to have a car that they are looking at banning. Someone with little or no experience needs something forgiving. A big BHP car will not give you the room to escape that inexperience.

Coming from a pedestrian/public transport user you are now faced as a driver with weather conditions, other peoples actions in vehicles, other distractions in the car etc. Big power is not something else a p plater needs to contend with.

I started with a 1.1 litre 4 speed manual and I am glad I did.

It will be too hard to police though with the amount of resources needed to monitor it being enormous.

The only way I see to make it work is through insurance and make it an offence to drive without insurance.

Rant over :P

sigh. these kind of laws do not work.

there are N/A cars out there that will flog some turbo and V8 or supercharged cars. sure they might be expensive, but should having money exempt you from the law?

and as soon as you hit 22, its ok, you're an expert driver, so go buy a GTR ....

riiiiiiight

hmmm

well I think the power restictions are sensible: eg. 125kw/tonne limmit.. and I thought that this was fine.. I think that this blanket banning is crap.. because as people have mentioned there are many cars that are not that powerfull that are turbocharged, and many NA cars that are powerfull...point being, if this is true, it's most likely politcal propoganda aimed at the middleaged for votes.

exactly. i think the power to weight laws in vic make sense (yes im choosing to disobey them) but this blanket style law is just a quick fix.

and it wont fix a thing. it will just see more holden and ford p platers working the 6cylinders and getting big numbers out of em

example, you can take an EF falcon, take it to Jim Mock at JMM, spend $5k and have 180rwkw. no turbo, no supercharger, no v8.

do it in a BA, and you'll be pushing much bigger rwkw, but witha little extra weight

dezz as soon as u hit 21 and get off ya p's it doesnt make ur an expert driver like you said, HOWEVER :D it does mean you've had 3 years driving experience... and everyone does more crazy stuff on there p's :P

so atleast it would make ppl get most of the crazy stuff out of the way in a slower car ;)

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