Qld Transport Minister Slams Imports

[JUNR34]

sooner or later they will be the ones that will vanish from australia..... to china .. where they belong

Man not even China will want them ...

Honestly what would a transport minister know about an import. Hes just saying all this because thats what alot of the general voting population support. Its sad to say that if you drive an import you would be placed in the sterotype "hoon" category straight away because of some idiot's action while driving an import. Especially Skylines which are unfairly singled out from all the other imports, its like their favourite word to include when describing bad driving ,street drags etc. Alwell I guess we just got to show then that we can drive sensiblely and know to leave our testosterone for the tracks where they belong, that will shut them up eventually.

And yeah I respect all marks and models but I dont understand why does all the holden and ford look so damn ugly , I would hate to work in their designing section.

[grigor]

Yes the recent wankfest to reduce the roll toll has come up with all the old chestnuts, big fines, double demerit points, and of course their favourite, hotted up cars.

The only bloke with a sensible comment was Dick Johnson, "Don't blame fast cars, blame slow drivers".

The car licencing system is a complete joke, doesn't even do a 100kph highway driving test.

As for idiot Lucas, simple, vote him and the rest of Beattie's drongoes out.

[gcar]

The only bloke with a sensible comment was Dick Johnson, "Don't blame fast cars, blame slow drivers".

Yeah Nice try.

It was "Dont ban high performance cars... ban low performance drivers"

[grigor]

It was "Dont ban high performance cars... ban low performance drivers"

Thanks for the correction. I was so fumed at watching that crap show I muffed the only bit of smart advice.

[scathing]

Especially Skylines which are unfairly singled out from all the other imports, its like their favourite word to include when describing bad driving ,street drags etc.

Waah. Waah. Waah. Have a bit of a whinge. "I drive a Skyline and The Man hates me. Woe is me."

Every Nissan coupe gets picked on, whether its imported or not. You reckon Z32, S14 and S15 owners don't cop shit just because they're Australian delivered?

[floody]

"I am also concerned about increasing numbers of second-hand Japanese vehicles being imported into Australia they've got to sell them out of Japan due to pollution rules,"

I would love to see his evidence to back his claims.

[gcar]

It was "Dont ban high performance cars... ban low performance drivers"

Thanks for the correction. I was so fumed at watching that crap show I muffed the only bit of smart advice.

haha, no worries mate, i learnt you just gotta laugh at those show

[scathing]

"I am also concerned about increasing numbers of second-hand Japanese vehicles being imported into Australia - they've got to sell them out of Japan due to pollution rules," he said.

What he conveniently forgets to mention is that Japan's registration laws are designed specifically to weed out cars older than around 5 years (I think its 5 years, its some low number). It doesn't matter if the car's modified - a dead stock Corolla is still not financially viable to register in Japan.

A stock 10 year old grey import is still going to be a lot less polluting than a stock XB Falcon, or a 30 year old Mini, that they're quite happy to keep on the roads.

But then a polly has never let the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth get in the way of cheap political points among the ignorant masses.

[Rezz]

What he conveniently forgets to mention is that Japan's registration laws are designed specifically to weed out cars older than around 5 years (I think its 5 years, its some low number). It doesn't matter if the car's modified - a dead stock Corolla is still not financially viable to register in Japan.

Japans registration laws are the way they are primarily for pollution - or so it would seem. The spiralling registration costs after a car hits 3 years old are just as much to do with keeping the car factories afloat (and the economy) as they are keeping a young, less polluting car fleet on the roads. This 'throwaway' mentality is pretty much the same for consumer electronics too... just so happens to be the other big industry in Japan.

Maybe that transport minister just got his new Holden Caprices ass handed to it by a humble Starlet GT?

[' Max Power]

That is also a fair point.

If the politicians are so concerned about pollution, how come they have to be driven around in Caprices and LTDs? Big inefficient fuel guzzlers that often only have the politician and the driver on board!

Not bad is it!

[predator]

I think in some ways it comes down to some young person driving an old car faster than say an older person who has spent $50k+ on their brand new HSV, etc to get similar performance levels... worse of all the imports are less than $20k for the most part, so there is "how the hell can they drive a car with that amount of power, and yet it costs 1/3 the price of my car?". Then comes the "they just aren't experienced enough, those sorts of cars are unsafe, etc, etc" to justify in their own mind why younger people shouldn't be driving these sorts of cars.

They can throw things up about pollution, it being dangerous, but in the back of their minds I think that is getting their ticker.

Its affordable performance, and that is what makes the older generation nervous.

[HannahMc]

They're politicians. Why would they want to lose what could potentially increase Queensland's economy to various foreign countries?

Too bad Ford stands for Fix Or Repair Daily

[AzzurrA]

or Found On Rubbish Dumps

or f**ked on Race Day

or Flipped Over Russian Dunebuggy

or ......... (there's about 11ty billion of them)

[noise]

Importing cars is bad for Aussie economy its only a matter of time before they shut the whole thing down...

Having said that.... I rather my 96 model skyline than a new XR6T or SS, with money left over I can buy a "house."

Importing and exporting together actually raise the standard of living of a country above where it would be if it did not import or export.

[MK2]

Someone aught to remind the retard that Australians have been driving around in so-called 'domestic' cars since cocky was an egg that are pretty much assembled in Australia and thats about it. Most of the R&D, parts and everything else all imported, we just slap them together, usually badly if the newer Holdens and Fords reliability is anything to go by.

There are a couple of exceptions in this in terms of local cars, but by and large theyre not exactly great examples of workmanship. Find me a local product with the build quality, price, reliability and performance of a japanese car and I'll buy it, goodness knows I've spent the last 17yrs as a licence holder looking for an equivalent, think the closest I came finding one is a rebadged 323 called a laser

(And that folks is just damn sad!)

[Turbo Tim]

I think this sort of thing makes me annoyed to own a skyline. Getting lumped in with some of the crowd which drive them like complete and total knobs and have very little idea about what they are driving.

I really think it is the one thing I hate about owning a skyline, everyone expects you to be a hoon, drug dealer or similar. The random crap of people yelling out gets a bit annoying, even in the 6 weeks or so I have had it. Its gotta be the thing I hate most about the car.