Registration Questions

[No Crust Racing]

I'm on the hunt for a track/drift car at the moment but want it to be road registered so if I need to I can drive it around town or to the track or whatever.

Some things I'm not clear on, and I hope someone else can enlighten me, if a car is reg'd in another state that can't be transferred into Vic can it? My understanding is you can cash in that rego and then you have to get a full new rego in Vic? Is that right? Also if a vehicle has a current RWC in another state, is it valid in Vic?

The last gray area for me is engineers certificates, as plenty of the cars I'm looking at have had mods or different engines put in. Is an an engineers certificate from another state valid in Vic?

Thanks guys, don't wanna roll up to Vic roads and be told I can't reg the car is all.

Cheers

[iamhe77]

I'm on the hunt for a track/drift car at the moment but want it to be road registered so if I need to I can drive it around town or to the track or whatever.

Some things I'm not clear on, and I hope someone else can enlighten me, if a car is reg'd in another state that can't be transferred into Vic can it?

No

My understanding is you can cash in that rego and then you have to get a full new rego in Vic? Is that right?

Yes

Also if a vehicle has a current RWC in another state, is it valid in Vic?

No

The last gray area for me is engineers certificates, as plenty of the cars I'm looking at have had mods or different engines put in. Is an an engineers certificate from another state valid in Vic?

Don't know for sure... I hear the voices now "Never Assume"

Edited February 26, 2009 by iamhe77

[No Crust Racing]

Cheers, thanks for that.

Anyone sure on the engineering side of things?

[Ant97GTR]

Ash will no doubt be the fountain of knowledge on this but as far as I'm concerned as long as the engineer concerned is a registered engineer able to sign off on automotive modifications the certificate should be valid.

Why not contact Vicroads and ask?

[No Crust Racing]

Then Ash should get in here

Side note: love your avatar! Got the full clip?

[R31Nismoid]

Give me time - one mod issue at a time

The car vs VASS engineers vs VicRoads - all depends.

Depends on the car, level of modification and so on. One key issue is exhaust noise - mine was checked as part of a VASS Engineers Cert - a drifter isnt going to be quiet so you'll have issues there no doubt.

Also a RWC will be hard to get for modified cars. Lots of 'usual' RWC places wont touch highly modded cars simply because they are run of the mill mechanics that dont know anything. They dont want to spend the time reading the VSI's (Vehicle Standards Information) and so on, and as they are signing off on the car, they are not willing to put thier license to the test.

If you could tell the car, mods and so on... then that makes life a lot easier.

Basically a dedicated drifter is going to be near on impossible to get registered unless you do it dodgy, and then you bring another can of worms into it if you happen to get pulled over etc.

[No Crust Racing]

OK Thanks heaps for the info.

I've been focusing on cars with minimal mods and that are already road worthy and reg'd to make things easier but we'll see how we go.

I think for simplicity I'll also stick to Vic cars unless a mega deal pops up.

Forgot to mention: I've stopped looking at hard core drift cars and been watching mild modded road cars instead as I suspect I'll have less hassle with these.

Edited February 26, 2009 by ActionDan

[R31Nismoid]

If you wanna go full drifter - no rego, trailer. Its the single easiest way. Better deals for cars that way too which would easily let you buy a trailer

[No Crust Racing]

Nah I'm after something I can drive on the street too if the need arises but that I can still have fun at the track with and slide a bit. I'm not out to win comps or anything just have some fun and tie me over til I buy a 34 GT-R in a year or two. Just sick of rolling my daily with nothing fun to play with =\

Edited February 26, 2009 by ActionDan