O/T: Vicroads are an odd lot

My father has just purchased yet *another* classic car (1962 Ford Consul Capri - a 2 door version of
the Consul) which already had club plates.

Off dad heads to the local Vicroads office to transfer the club rego. $70 to change over the rego to
his name, no probs. Then they gave him a choice. He could keep the CH plates that are already on it
or he could get new plates supplied.

$80 to keep the old plates, zero cost to have new ones.

What the.....?!?!

 

That sounds like he was hit with a transfer fee 'coz the plates were a one-off for the previous owner.
The new plates would have been standard issue with the next number available to the computer. There was
probably a third option, that he could choose new one-off plates for himself and be charged a fee for
the privilege.

Here in NSW special plates have a transfer fee according to the number of digits. Single digit plates
are almost $8,000, two digit plates about $7,000, and down the scale they go as digits increase. This is
not to buy the plates off the previous owner, it is merely the RTA fee to transfer them to the new name.
Cash Cow Inc.

Kim

 

who would want conhead plates anyway

i would be paying to get rid of them

 

Nah, the old plates were run of the mill classic/historic club plates.

 

No, the CH plates are special club registration for unregistered or
unregisterable cars (which must be > 25 years old) and the registration only
applies while driving to or from club meetings and on club events, which
effectively restricts use of the car on the roads to Sundays and public
holidays.

Nev..
'03 ZX12R
'02 CBR1100XX

 

I'll be more than happy to have a 12-digit numberplate on my truck then! ;-)


BTH

 

Very funny, J5.

How about I have to have you got rid of? Hmmmm?

ConEhead

 

In NSW you couldn't transfer them anyway. Historic plates (provisional rego
for over 30YO in NSW) actually belong to the club that issues them, not the
RTA or the vehicle owner and can't be transferred to a different owner. Of
course if the new owner is in the same club, theres no reason why the same
plates couldnt be issued. Vic uses a slightly different system in detail.
You can use the vehicle if you are transporting it for service, say taking
it to a mechanic or repairer, but the trip must be notified to the club
registrar, so a record is kept.

 

That sounds like a good way to counter front number plates and speed cameras. By
the time the camera has managed to fill the frame with all the digts the bike has
already passed it.

Kim