P plater driving DC5 R

[aaronng]

its not vic roads you have to worry bout its the boys in blue pulling you over (the ones that no there stuff) happend to mate who can according to vic roads drive a vs exec 5l , got shafted in it by cops apperently they have some sort of lise of cars and yer he tried to take it to court an lost.

Here is the list.
If you got your P license BEFORE 1st July 2007, you use the power to weight ratio:
http://www.arrivealive.vic.gov.au/node/199
That means no DC5R, no S2000, but you can drive a V8 if it is under 125kW/tonne

If you got your P license AFTER 1st July 2007, you use the banned vehicle list:
http://www.arrivealive.vic.gov.au/node/197
This means you can drive the DC5R and S2000 but you cannot have a V8, eventhough the V8 is a 1.0L and makes only 50kW.

I recommend you print out the page that is relevant to you and keep it in your car. It would have helped your mate if the VS 5L V8 was under 125kW/tonne, that he got his Ps before 1st July 2007 and he had a copy of this document with him to show the cops.

Edit: VS Exec 5L has 168kW and weighs 1448kg, giving 116kW/tonne. So IF he got his Ps before 1st July 2007, it would be legal to drive that car on Ps.