Vicroads bans P platers from 6 cylinder falcons

23-03-2005, 05:19 PM

Apparently basic mathematics is too hard for them. If you look on this list there are several BA 6 cylinder sedans and they think a AU XR8 weighs 1500kg.
http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/vrpdf...edVehicles.pdf

kiwikid · 23-03-2005, 05:48 PM

an AU XR8 weighs 1550kg

santoitaliano · 23-03-2005, 05:55 PM

scared me for a moment there...

23-03-2005, 05:56 PM

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Originally Posted by kiwikid

an AU XR8 weighs 1550kg

Theres no way its that light with the V8 and the heavy IRS, it even lists it at over 1600kg on the rego.

kiwikid · 23-03-2005, 05:58 PM

must have a body in the boot as the last rego i checked had 1550kg...

23-03-2005, 06:05 PM

What series? I have a series 2.

lv619 · 23-03-2005, 06:10 PM

Yeah, i'm pretty sure the AUxr8 were about 1550kg as kiwikid said.

needfordspeed · 23-03-2005, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by santoitaliano

scared me for a moment there...

Same! I was getting ready to crack it.

Racecraft · 23-03-2005, 06:15 PM

Redbook list the auto as 1548kgs and the manual at 1500kgs... I know it is not gospel but it is ballpark

Casper · 23-03-2005, 06:31 PM

Std dry kerb weight for an XR6 HP (live axle) is 1530kg. Add the V8 (+20kg) and the IRS (+ approx 40kg) and electrics (+10kg) and there is no way on earth an AU XR6 will tip the scales underneith 1600kgs

zetec · 23-03-2005, 06:34 PM

Hey at least the Typhoon is legal according to that list!!!!!!!

As for the ute, looks like all the young P-plate tradies are stuffed.

Steffo · 23-03-2005, 06:41 PM

Suddenly I'm starting to like crappy *** NSW. At least here we're allowed BA XR6s.. just no turbos or V8s on our red Ps only (12 months).

23-03-2005, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by zetec

Hey at least the Typhoon is legal according to that list!!!!!!!

As for the ute, looks like all the young P-plate tradies are stuffed.

Im gonna buy a dodge viper, loos like I have to stay away from their other car the VIPERPERFORMANCEVIPER

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Mike Gayner · 23-03-2005, 06:46 PM

Jeez these laws seem ridiculous - restricting the sort of car you're allowed to drive? Makes no sense. Not that NZ is much better - on a restricted liscence you can't drive between 10pm and 6am or carry any passengers.

zetec · 23-03-2005, 06:52 PM

Next thing we'll see Commodores losing sales on the used market and used Astras becoming the killing weapon of choice. In 5 years they'll ban P-platers from driving anything with 4 tyres and then they'll ban driving altogether. Then they'll ban having children so there's no more P-platers and no more need for cars with more than 2 seats, then finally they'll just give us all hospital beds to drive around in because we'll all be brain dead by then anyway... God Bless Victoria

T_Terror · 23-03-2005, 07:15 PM

My god thats so ridiculous. I rememba the old RestrictedVehicles list which had hardly any cars on it. Looks like someone actually sat down and calculated which cars can and cant be driven.

Nice to see there arent many imports there, an Integra isnt allowed though?!?!

Time to get an interstate licence methinks.

Lukeyson · 23-03-2005, 07:37 PM

AU2 XR8 sedan auto is 1620kg

23-03-2005, 07:37 PM

rules rules rules IM bloodey sick of them. It all dependes on how you drive and were u live. I drove a 351 when i was on my p plates even had the 5.8 litre badges on the side not problem. I will have to say they did do me once 4 a stuffed windsreen and 2 bald tyres but didnt say any thing about the motor and they even cheaked the engine number so they knew the size of motor . Dum pigs.

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santoitaliano · 23-03-2005, 07:43 PM

p-platers of the future will all be driving smart cars, or for those who cant afford one.. golf carts... well at least if you play golf it will be handy...

Oh then it will be resticted to batteries 9v or under...

TIKFD6 · 23-03-2005, 07:50 PM

Thats the funniest thing ive read all year.
:P

XRchic · 23-03-2005, 08:29 PM

Come to SA, you can drive what you like on whatever licence you have! And you dont have to be on your Ps for half your life either! No curfews...

FreezeR · 23-03-2005, 08:49 PM

Uh oh, i better watch out then....Just picked up a XR6T a few weeks ago

thats for work.
Ive already been pulled over once, and the police didnt say anything about it. Pretty lucky i guess.

23-03-2005, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by FreezeR

Uh oh, i better watch out then....Just picked up a XR6T a few weeks ago

thats for work.
Ive already been pulled over once, and the police didnt say anything about it. Pretty lucky i guess.

The police don't seem to know about the power law. There was a senior police official on the radio recently and he claimed there was no such law and the heraldsun ran a story demanding power restrictions on Victorian P platers.

XRQTOR · 23-03-2005, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Steffo

Suddenly I'm starting to like crappy *** NSW. At least here we're allowed BA XR6s.. just no turbos or V8s on our red Ps only (12 months).

Since when. Not that it affects me, but it's a bullshit rule. Both my cars have been xr8's and im still alive and kicking. The car/power has nothing to do with the death rate of P plater's.

kiwikid · 23-03-2005, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by XRQTOR

Since when. Not that it affects me, but it's a bullshit rule. Both my cars have been xr8's and im still alive and kicking. The car/power has nothing to do with the death rate of P plater's.

exactly, its the WAY they drive not what they drive.
people still die in 1.5lt cars...

XRQTOR · 23-03-2005, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kiwikid

exactly, its the WAY they drive not what they drive.
people still die in 1.5lt cars...

I was just as stupid as the next bloke in my old xr8 but i knew my limits and the cars limits. Im now 2o with a MKII xr8 and find it hard to insure, NRMA and just cars are the only 2 that will quote on it. It seems all the dickheads buy wrx's and still manage to crash them, it's not that their fast its that the drivers dont know how to drive them. A bloke i know wrote his off the other day, came thorugh a round about in the wet and decided to dump the clutch from redline in 2nd. It wa sonly a matter of time b4 he wrote it off.

Duffman · 23-03-2005, 11:49 PM

Qld rocks you can do 110 in a 100 zone without too much concern and the radars let you go and us p platers have no restrictions at all. Iv never crashed or gotten a fine or nothing and the cops have never pulled me over. Good old qld...
It sucks as iv driven v8s and so on and don't do anything crazy but plenty of people do which ruins it for everyone. Luckly im off my p's in 2 months anyway.
Though I dont fang it or rip skids as its a public road just drive normal, if you got pinged for doing 3km over that would just drive me insane I don't know how you people can stand it!

darkfang888 · 23-03-2005, 11:53 PM

We here in NZ don't have any problem with restricted (P in Aus) drivers using 'coons. At least I think so, coz I ain't got no probs with my EA2 Fairmont sedan and that weighs over 1500kgs if I'm correct.

Duffman · 23-03-2005, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by XRQTOR

A bloke i know wrote his off the other day, came thorugh a round about in the wet and decided to dump the clutch from redline in 2nd. It wa sonly a matter of time b4 he wrote it off.

I 'might' be moving the au off for a wrx in a few months and people like this stuff insurance for the rest of us. Im 20 no fines/crashes yet id be charged extremely high for insurance. Surprising to think what people are on when they do stuff in the wet. I just don't bother on the roads way to easy to crash iv hit a gutter once not doing it again. Track is way better no speed camers though im sure the cops would love to set one up.

darkfang888 · 23-03-2005, 11:56 PM

Oh if you're talking about INSURANCE then we got the same probs here, mainly with drivers under 25. No-one will insure us unless you got mega-bucks.
Maybe I should read the entire threads... Na.