ANother Example of the Decrepid RTA's Abilities

[TURBOTAXI]

This is what I have been saying. There was never any evidence to support this change.
Just a point of interest, Safari make a turbo kit for the petrol V8 cruiser, makes for a quick car!.

also think power to weight makes sense, what are you going to do in a stock 289 windsor powered fairlane?

[MITCHAY]

We should put it to the RTA what is the basis for the bans and wheres the evidence. Get them to provide facts that say more people have died in high performance cars then Ill shut up. Whats the bet its not more than stocko cars.

[Falchoon]

Originally Posted by Des

Take a close look at all of news bulletins nightly and see how many young people in their Grey Import turbo kill each other and innocent families.

Grey imports are the weapon...err I mean car of choice for many <25yo. Popularised (is that a word?!) by movies such as F&F and computer games. When I was a young fellow <25yo V8s were the choice, 4 cyl and 6 cyl turbos and the like were virtually unheard of. These days the kids think V8s are dinosaurs and a lot of their 4 and 6 cyl grey imports will hand a V8 Faladore it's ar$e on a plate.

Without wanting to open old wounds you just have to look at the popularity and performance of the BA XR6T. Stock it has the same or better performance than it's big brother XR8, spend a couple of grand on Edit or piggyback and it will embarrass a GT or GTS.

The new NSW laws are a joke, no thought was put into it all. Power to weight is a much more sensible idea.

The other silly part is existing P-platers are allowed to keep their hi-po cars, while new P-platers are power restricted. What a nightmare for Police to try and enforce (when they finally get the power to actually enforce these laws!). The law, good or bad, should be applied to all P-platers I reckon.

[Falchoon]

Originally Posted by MITCHAY

Lol move to ACT. Less demerit points, less speed cameras, less cops, less traffic and most importantly BUY WHATEVER CAR YOU WANT!!!!! Plus its a nice place to live.

Dunno about less $peed camera$...and there has been talk of implementing a similar ban on hi-po cars for P-platers in ACT as well. Wether they actually put any thought into it or just blindly follow NSW's model remains to be seen.