Historic rego

[wbute]

Pretty simple really. If it passed rego check it's all good. If it does limited k's and is over 30 years old it gets cheap rego. This will get a lot of classic cars out of sheds and in turn stimulate small business' such as dyno tuners and mechanics. It will have no effect on late model car sales as no one can afford to run these older cars as daily drivers anyway.
Now with historic rego, how much does the green slip cost?
As far as I can see clubs and rego need to have no connection whatsoever.
I think perhaps clubs like the special number plates. They have no point really.

[Innuendo]

Pretty simple really. If it passed rego check it's all good. If it does limited k's and is over 30 years old it gets cheap rego.

Yep it's that simple. It like everything though will be open to rorting .

[Dr Terry]

Now with historic rego, how much does the green slip cost?

Green slip is included in the $60 per year.

As far as I can see clubs and rego need to have no connection whatsoever.
I think perhaps clubs like the special number plates. They have no point really.

For answers to these 2 queries, see my post above. I think there are many club members who don't like the look of the plates, but they are what we have.

Dr Terry

[wbute]

There is a Sandman myths thread.

That's one cheap green slip. How do they get them so cheap?

[Dr Terry]

That's one cheap green slip. How do they get them so cheap?

The insurance game is all about 'risk'. Can you imagine how low the risk would be with cars only doing say a cruise (on average) once a month. The cars themselves would be in better than average roadworthy condition & the drivers, by & large, middle to older aged, experienced drivers. The vast majority would have an unblemished driving record over the last 10-20 years. The % of hoons would be <1%.
As I understand it, the number of CTP claims on historic rego vehicles (called 'vintage plates' prior to the current scheme), since inception (1959) can be counted on the fingers of one hand. Dr Terry

[wbute]

Yeah I would reckon the actual risk is the same for any car on the road. Once it's out the drive it's at risk. It may go out the drive less often though. The occupants are at greater risk due to poorer safety features. However I am all for cheaper insurances. I just can't see why it's only cheaper for club members. If my car passes it's pink slip it's exactly the same standard as a historically registered car. My driving history has far more relevance than the car I drive. I drive around 50000 km a year. If I got my WB out for two trips a year that is included in those kilometers. I am the risk. Not the car.

[Dr Terry]

Yeah I would reckon the actual risk is the same for any car on the road. Once it's out the drive it's at risk. It may go out the drive less often though. The occupants are at greater risk due to poorer safety features. However I am all for cheaper insurances. I just can't see why it's only cheaper for club members. If my car passes it's pink slip it's exactly the same standard as a historically registered car. My driving history has far more relevance than the car I drive. I drive around 50000 km a year. If I got my WB out for two trips a year that is included in those kilometers. I am the risk. Not the car.

Not so. The more kms a car is driven & the more days it is on the road the higher the risk. Historic rego is worked out to be 2/7 of 'normal rego because on average it is only going to be on the road 2 days max. out of 7. The green slip component is also much lower for reasons mentioned above. It's like comprehensive insurance, if you're 21 years old & drive a VT SS to work every day, do 25,000 km per year & live in Liverpool in Sydney, the odds are that you will have a smash or have it stolen inside its 1st year. If, on the other hand you are 60 years old, retired, drive a Peugeot 206 5,000 km per year & live in Canberra, the odds are much, much lower of having any insurance claim. The cost of insurance policies reflect this risk. Dr Terry

[wbute]

Perhaps green slips should be part of your license fee?

[Innuendo]

Perhaps green slips should be part of your license fee?

I pretty much mooted that once before on this forum and you shot the idea down James!
Insurance should be on every licensed driver and NOT the car. That way you can drive any car (yours or not) and the CTP insurance is covered.
Let's face it you can only drive one at a time.

[Innuendo]

There are guys over on oldholden (I know, I know), who believe that they are a real production thing.

Most believe if it was purchased that way then it was factory fitted.

This particular car I knew up until it was sold by the original owner. I was purchased new with the 149 red fitted. I didn't believe it until I spied the first NSW rego papers and the engine number was correct.
The car was purchased new in late '63. I have never seen the car since. It was sold new in Raymond Terrace the owner was from Taree/Wingham. Blue with a White roof and still retained the EJ crash box. At a push I potentially could find it's original rego number when I next run into them. They sold it to purchase a HZ GTS Sedan (or sold it when they had a HZ GTS) I can't remember the sequence.

Anyway, the Historic rego is a little gray and ATM not suitable for me although "some" my cars fit the formula.
11 miles my FB traveled between regos.... thousand buck a year!