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What do I get for paying twice the rego of a small car?
Understood ranmar, but my Falcon ute at 2840 GVM does no more damage to the road than any other family sized sedan/4WD etc.Yes I do 50,000km p.a. but that just means I pay more fuel excise than the average Joe as well.Banks are the same as gummint, if you make money, your fees go up.And don't start me on Merchant fees for my mobile eftpos device!
Understood ranmar, but my Falcon ute at 2840 GVM does no more damage to the road than any other family sized sedan/4WD etc.Yes I do 50,000km p.a. but that just means I pay more fuel excise than the average Joe as well
Heavier the vehicle, the more damage they do to the roads per kilometre travelled, well known civil engineering fact. Which is why heavy transport pays such high fees. That, and the fact that they are using a state resource to generate income. Same holds for the banana-bending complainant above, you are using a state resource to generate income if your vehicle is classed as commercial. The extra wear is by a magnitude in multiples of tens, IIRC. Have seen the numbers, can't accurately recall now, easy enough to look it up. And your Mux will wear it more than your wife's little Hyundai. Particularly as your GVM/GCM is around double the little car. I'm sure I've made myself unpopular here in stating that, but i've always enjoyed playing devils' advocate. :-)
I might be wrong but didn’t Valkie state a little while ago that he also bought another small vehicle to drive daily to keep the KM’s down on the MUX he loves to drive so much. So then paying more rego fees.That’s an interesting concept in itself
Finally, one can only drive one vehicle at a time.So why do we pay registration on all the vehicles.Why not pay a single registration fee/ licence fee where you can drive any vehicle on that licence/rego.It would ensure that insurance, registration and licence were always covering any vehicle driven, do away with a number of other isses as well.