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Taz wrote:wankers out there wanting to go fast

Sahin wrote:Taz why are you complaining... You don't even have a license

Taz wrote:I dont doubt that the INTENTION of these laws are not good and true but does anyone seriously think for a moment that P platers will look at these rules and fist pump that they can buy a sh*tty 1.3L holden cruze turbo or something similar?
It also leaves it wide open with regards to weight - what theyre going to dyno and weigh on the road or pop the car in round the corner to a weighbridge every car they suspect might be over?
All p platers are going to do is find these allowed turbo cars and tune them up to exploit this PMR crap.
Another good point is that p platers generally dont have tens of thousands of dollars to spend on a brand new low displacement turbo engine, let alone want to, so if people are going to buy those cars, then they have the money to do them up.
If cops already have a hard time determining whether a car has a turbo or not, then determining whether a car is tuned, is meant to have that turbo etc etc is going to be much harder a task (been asked numerous times, almost every time im pulled up if my car has a turbo, and if im sure after they have taken a look under the hood...)
Im sorry but i just dont see less restrictions, specially on something like such a broad and volatile as PWR and turbos a good thing.
Its just gonna be too easy to strip out unseen dead weight and do a couple of mods on a turbo car to exploit this - "but officer the plate is on the car it is legal" - are they REALLY going to check for absolutely everything on the car??
Enough rambling though, i think where i stand on this issue is clear.
Yes the Intention and for some it will be a sensible, welcomed lift on a what should be a silly restriction but there are just too many wankers out there wanting to go fast for it to be effective on a target audience

Taz wrote:They are stating that any production car that rolls off the line with less than PWR will be legal provided it has that plate.
In saying this i reckon manufacturers are going to take advantage of this, and produce a few cars that are damn well near that figure to appeal to the p plate community - the cars that are going around now like that golf are not going to be the ONLY cars forever to be allowed.
It just doesnt make sense that they would turn on the fan for future sh*t to most likely get thrown into. That and the fact that the only real benefit it p platers being able to somehow afford brand new 2012+ models of cars which are crappy anyway.
All i can say is, watch time prove me right.

silverGPX wrote:LOOOOOOOOL

phi-tec wrote:id be more worried about the p platers with the 200kw cars

Astron_Boy wrote:

phi-tec wrote:id be more worried about the p platers with the 200kw cars

Somehow this rings a certain kind of bell.

Taz wrote:Yes but manufacturers are more than likely going to want to profit off this and im sure somewhere down the line there will be some commodore of falcon or some f**king sh*tty car making just under the PWR limit on little bosst, then p platers are gonna come along and up that boost etc Its natures way. Guess we will all just have to wait and see what happens when you give a baby a set of keys (metaphorically speaking of course)

Bennoz wrote:You're all assuming that all P platers mods their cars...

There are some normal ones out there ya know.