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VALKIE:
Just recieved my rego renewal today.

My wife got hers a couple of weeks ago.

The MUX is more than twice the rego cost of her little car, what a ripoff.

Do I get twice the road to use?
Do I get twice the rights on the road?
Do I get twice the parking available?
Do they maintain the bush tracks I drive on?

Noooooo, its just our wonderful grubberment grabbing as much cash as they can for doing what they do so well.....nothing.
What do I get for paying twice the rego of a small car?


I live on the Central Coast.
Our roads are some of the worst maintained roads in the state.
I need a 4x4 to even navigate the goat tracks they laughingly call roads.

The "highway" from Wyong to Newcastle
Has more patches than a patchwork quilt convention.
Is bumpier than a honeymoon hotel bed.
Has more holes than a politicians electoral campaign.

And yet I pay double what a small car pays.

But I guess I shouldn't feel too bad.
I know what a truck has to pay in registration........Now that's the biggest ripoff there is.

wj957:
I hear you Valkie, loud & clear.
Up here in the Banana Republic, a six cylinder with CTP Ins is $950.
But if it just happens to be a ute (for commercial use) you can add $100 to that.
Now my specific use for the ute puts it in a category that is heavily regulated by our Banana Transport Dept.
Add another $400.
But said heavily regulated industry, is normally affiliated with heavy transport type vehicles.
So now, to legally drive my little 6cyl ute I need an "Industry Authority" (blue driver's license) that costs me another $100 p.a. (But I can't drive a truck).
And then my business has to be registered annually with the BTD (not ASIC) ................... for $ (?)
BTD required a one-off business premises registration for $400.
BTD now requires an annual inspection of my ute for $86.
BTD requires I get an annual independent inspection of a single piece of equipment, test & certification costs $100. Replacement & certification only costs $50. Go figure.

Aaron S:
Even though we can’t go for a drive down here in Sictoria, our rego (in country Vic) is $670 a year.
That’s registration fee and TAC insurance.
Both our ‘09 Hyundai and ‘21 D Max. Always been the same cost regardless of vehicle type.

We have a jump in costs for boat rego, our 3.9 mtr is about $40 a year, the 4.2 is $85. I think the 4 mtr mark is the increase in costs.

yvesjv:

--- Quote from: VALKIE on Aug 24, 2021, 10:44:58 AM ---What do I get for paying twice the rego of a small car?

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Here in the never never, I think it ramps up in $$$ because of the cc size.
The bigger the engine, the more they clob us.

But during and after the wet season, the NtRoads crews must travel thousands of kilometers identifying/marking road hazards followed up by fixing them.
I like what they do for us and hope they get paid well for this huge task.
 

ranmar850:
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. :-)

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