Anyone Driving A Turbo Under New P Plate Law's ?

[Na boy]

Hi guys as you probably know the p law's in qld have been changed.They are now 125kw per tone i think.

So is anyone driving a turbo yet on there p's?

[The Dan]

I drove a turbo when I needed to P once. Does that count?

[Na boy]

lol sorry for the triple post internet was dropping out.

The misses is diying to get out of her magna and wants a r32 or 33 but has 8 months left on her p's.

[The Dan]

You can make a baby in that time. That should take her mind off it

[The Dan]

Seriously though, the laws are the laws. If she's able to drive them on the new laws, what's stopping her? Why does it matter if others are doing it? (which I'm absolutely certain there are dozens at least in brisbane)

[Cadmoon]

I would suggest she waits and saves up her money so she can get one when she comes out of her P's and then will have some cash to chuck some mods on it. The issue of just doing it is that you will have NO insurance, not even CTP, and you can be up for serious amounts of money.

[Na boy]

If you hold a P1 or P2 licence you may be eligible for a certificate of exemption to enable you to drive a high-powered vehicle.

You may apply for a certificate of exemption if the vehicle you wish to drive meets all of the following:

• has a turbocharged or supercharged engine that is not diesel powered
  
• has a power-to-weight ratio of not more than 125kW/t
  
• does not have any other features of a high-powered vehicle as outlined below.
  
• an engine that has a power output of more than 210kW as per the manufacturer's specification
  
• a modified engine that must be approved under section 13
  

The power-to-weight ratio means the ratio (expressed in kilowatts per tonne) calculated by dividing the car’s maximum engine power in kilowatts by the kerb weight and multiplying the product of the division by 1000. For example, the power to weight ratio of a vehicle that has a maximum engine power of 195kW and a kerb weight of 1667kg would be calculated as follows: (195÷1667) × 1000 = 117kW/tonne

Has anyone tryed this on here and have any info on how they went about it?

Edited July 19, 2012 by Na boy

[RandomHero83]

If you hold a P1 or P2 licence you may be eligible for a certificate of exemption to enable you to drive a high-powered vehicle.

You may apply for a certificate of exemption if the vehicle you wish to drive meets all of the following:

^This,

I would apply for the exemption first as the way it is written does not imply or state that you can drive one of the below vehicles but that you may apply for an exemption to do so.

[BigBoyDan]

^This,

And before this get a quote for insurance, clean the shit stains and go buy a pulsar

[Na boy]

Are you speaking from experience Dan ?

[Cadmoon]

I have seen a few threads on boost about it, its seems to be a bit if stuffing round. The 33 GTST is 128.6 kW/T and the 32 is 123 kW/T (just by some quick stats on the net). Give it a try mate but there must be a reason you don't see many P platers driving turbos on this exemption.

[Na boy]

Yer thats about the same maths i got, ill take a look on boost thanks.

[BigBoyDan]

http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/400362-getting-licence-exemption-in-queensland/

[89CAL]

Just wait. I mean why bother now when you can go nuts in 8 months and get whatever you want without having to go through all the crap

The laws are there for a reason. Not just to piss people off

[t5iv]

It would be advisable to wait the 8 months. Insurance will rip you a new one and it will give you more time to suss out the market. Most decent sports cars are less than 1.5t which means that you'd only have a vehicle that produces less than 187.5kw...

[sneakey pete]

hey, R32's only produce less than 187kw!

Yes, R32's are P plate legal under the law changes, and there are P platers driving around on them. For the low powered exemptions you no longer need a reason, unlike the work exemptions etc from before.

So, if she really, really likes r32's, just buy one. if she'd rather a r33 or a silvia or something else over the limit, the choice is obvious, wait 8 months because she can't legally drive it yet.

edit: i see that you already own a r32. she could apply for an exemption and drive that, for example, providing it isn't modified to some extent...

[Na boy]

i see that you already own a r32. she could apply for an exemption and drive that, for example, providing it isn't modified to some extent...

Yer had my 32 about 7 years now, but its been moded most the time it runs a t70 lol

[Na boy]

Just so you guys know im not trying to get my red p plate 17 year old misses into a skyline she's 22 and been driving my car for years.

We are only trying this because her magna is on its last legs and i dont know if it will hold on for 8 months.

[sneakey pete]

Well, like i said, any car with less power to weight than 125, and less than 210kw total qualifies. So r33's are not possible. R32's are. Silvia's aren't. Other cars? i don't know, you probably need to go find otu their specs and calculate the ratio on them.

[Na boy]

Yer all over it now been talking to a few guys about it thanks for the help