DOTARS Insider

To gain respect you must first show that you are worthy of such. "Get a Life" & "Key Board Warrior" and such incitfull words of wisdom as "tell me how long a piece of string is" really show the maturity of some forum members. Arguing the merits of the posting i can accept, after all that is the actual purpose of a forum in the 1st place but personal barbs i will not tolerate, be I be a newby or long termer.

Interesting stuff, my understanding of a trade plate is that they are fairly relaxed in their use and can be used easily. Obviously you dont possess a trade plate. Their use is far from relaxed. As some car dealers have been using them to avoid registering a demo, the authorities have been clamping down on their use. You can be pretty well guaranteed that if a cop see's a trade plate in use after hours and on weekends they will question your use of it and they usually report it to the state rego authorities. nice, since you edited your post I will reiterate that no car can leave the docks without a VIA. so what if some cars are sitting on the docks? no one is driving them, and I don't know of any R35s in this position. I have no idea of any R35's on the docks. It was nothing more than a comment. Also, how is the hoon law part of P Plate restrictions? If a P Plate driver is in one, perhaps he has restrictions removed for some legal reasons and unless he is laying rubber or making unnecessary noise what is the issue? Apparently in Victoria some of the cops in the trouble areas have been using the power restriction rules as a backstop to the anti hoon laws. The argument that if a P plater is in a "hot area" with a "hot car" then they are engaging in hoon (their words) activities. as for your point about illegally importing cars as parts I don't personally know of anyone foolish enough to try this, it is totally illegal and penalties would be quite harsh if you were caught. and if as you say the car was for legitimate race use then why not just import it as a race car with the appropriate VIA? Youd be surprised at how many cars exist in this manner. Around the corner from me in Punch Bowl there is a certain shop (alledgedly) that curently has 2 race cars in their position that were importhed in this manner. And last point. For so many sightings, were are the pics video's that everyone keeps talking about? Sound like chinese whispers to me.

I have checked with my source and has confirmed that when last checked (a few weeks back) there was only 3 VIA's issued. 2 for race/rally and as previously noted Nissan's motor show car. He also confirmed that; 1. Nissan have started the process to gain full import approval looking towards a March 09 on sale date - No surprises there as the Nissan boss said that at the motor show a week or so back. 2. If a car is imported under a race/rally VIA it is not permitted on the road in any way shape of form - Trade plate or not. He also mentioned that as ther are now aware that the car has seen road use with a trade plate they will actively seek the trade plate owner. The reason being that a trade plate is for the sole use of; - Demonstrating a new vehicle prior to registration. - Moving the vehicle for the prepertion of a roadworthy (ie repair) or gaining registration. - Testing or evaluation. Given that the car can never be registered then the above points ar void. And out of left field, it was mentioned that If indeed a P plater was driving the car in Melbourne they would enact the hoon law and confiscate the vehicle given the P plate restrictions. & 1. Apparently there is no restriction on bringing a car to Australia without a VIA. I was told that there are hundreds of cars sitting in Custom's compounds around Australia awaiting VIA's to be approved. 2. There are cars imported (illegally) into Australia in containers under the guise of parts (front cut / rear cut etc) Obviously they can never be registered but they will find there way to race tracks etc.

i stand re-corrected. 3 cars have been imported with VIA's The rest are pending (and as i have been told) will be pending for a loooonnnnggg time (race/rally excluded) And did i not i say that the Donut king was Race/Rally? Please post the pic's or point me in the direction of the photos and keen to see the number on the trade plate.

Lets get a few things corrected. A car can only be imported into Australia with an appropriate VIA. From my contacts 3 VIA's have been issued for R35's. 1 x Nissan Australia (Melbourne Motor Show) 1 x Donut King 1 x NSW company (unknown name) I have been told that Nissan have special a special VIA that allows them to register the car under certain conditions. The other 2 vehicles have been imported under the Race/Rally regulations via Perth. I have also been told that if either of the non Nissan cars are used on the road (with trade plate or not) that the owner faces immediate confiscation of the car and the owner and/or driver faces very stiff (corporate level) fines. If as other forum members have noted that a car has been seen on the road, where is the Video footage and photos? In an age where every one has a phone with a camera, how come we don't have any evidence of a car in Chappel Street? Sounds like an urban myth to me. Why would you risk a 150K plus car on the road when it shouldn't be there?