P Platers & Integra Type R

I know that Queensland doesnt have laws like that, you only have to look at the owners of some of the more sportier vehicles to realise it too!! Its pretty sad to see such young people engaging in 'spirited driving' and ending up wrapping their car or themselves around a pole. :( Its certainly not the first time its happened to someone close to me. :thumbdwn: I guess we just need to realise that any car can go fast tho!

For those states that do have those kind of laws in place see it as a life saver... Im sure you dont want to end up 6feet under at 18.

why not add a few subs to the car to lower the power-to-weight ratio =D

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Originally Posted by vtml

Of course insurance also has every single right to not pay you any compensation because you are driving the vehicle "illegally".

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Interesting.... The problem is why are they insuring p platers that have cars on the restricted list.

It would make things a whole lot easier if they just didn’t insure P platers with high powered cars. Unless they are for race use only which would count out most of the big insurance company’s anyway.

But I suppose then again those people that took notice of the piece of paper you sign actually says "It's up to you to keep up to date with new laws"

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Originally Posted by IRI

I came off my P's last week, had my type r for nearly a year now and never had any problems, and before that I had a TT ZX for a year and a half without any problems from the Po Po. Depends if they catch you driving like a dick or not, coz if they do, they'll fu(k u hard.

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Spoke to VicRoads today, they were pretty unhelpful just saying that they have the formula and that its my responsibility to work it out.

They also said to speak to the local police station about what the fine would be like if caught driving it etc.

VICROADS ---> A high powered motor vehicle is defined as a motor vehicle (not a motor cycle or motor trike) which:
has a power to mass ratio which exceeds 125 kilowatts per tonne; or
has an engine capacity which exceeds 3.5 litres per tonne of the unladen mass of the motor vehicle.

Don't have the exact calculation but the DC2R is 141 kw with a weight of 1087kg, therefore it seems to be in the restricted list.

It sure is making me think twice about buying the Type R now.

CORRECTION ---> Just found out on the RACV web site that the DC2R is 130kw/per tonne (damn 5kw over)
http://racv.goauto.com.au/mellor/mel...l?OpenDocument

"IRI" -- have you been pulled over by the police and you didn't have any problems or did you somehow manage to elude them for all that time?

Also, the lady at VicRoads said that its very unlikely that they will give out an exemption to drive a high powered car, saying that if it was for business use they would require a letter from the employer saying why I would have to drive a high powered car etc.

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Originally Posted by tommytendulkar

well its all done for safety..... thats why Vic has the safest roads in the country (that is considering population).....

....i remember a few yrs ago p platers driving rex's weres wrapping themselves around poles weekly.... some of teh crash scenes were horrific..... put a high powered car in inexperienced hands and u got trouble....

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All done for safety you say.... That's what they say about all those faulty speed cameras you guy's have there. I fully agree that it helps, but in the end, if I want to be a dickhead in a datto or a type r, it wouldn't matter cause I would kill just as many people. Vic roads have shocking record for deaths.

If the gov was serious, they would make driver training compulsory at a high school level or something. Supervision could be the answer. Not practicable, but it would have a major effect. Same as restricting night time driving. It is way too easy to get licenced.

""IRI" -- have you been pulled over by the police and you didn't have any problems or did you somehow manage to elude them for all that time?"

Never in my 3 and a bit years of driving have i ever been 'pulled over' by a cop. Only time I've spoken to the police while in my car is at a boose bus taking a breathe test. Then again I'm not black or asian, so i dont get picked on by the police ;)

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Smoking the tyres off the line our test car accelerated from zero to 100 km/h in just 7.8 seconds and covered 400 metres on the Calder Park test track in 15.7 seconds.

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Do they know how to drive this car????

most import car would eat a type R, do they not realise that. I couldnt get insurance for my fourby cause it was turbo. wtf.

Silly rule IMO

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Originally Posted by BIZ22Y

Silly rule IMO

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getting fined for driving a type r if ur a p plater... thats the strangest thing that i have eva heard... melbourne is full of wierd things... its like they are another county.. hehe...but still pretty cool there

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Originally Posted by ੮®ப

getting fined for driving a type r if ur a p plater... thats the strangest thing that i have eva heard... melbourne is full of wierd things... its like they are another county.. hehe...but still pretty cool there

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