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Andz:

--- Quote from: ranmar850 on Aug 24, 2021, 05:45:22 PM ---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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I thought road maintenance is included in the fuel not rego. States get money back from Commonwealth via their yearly grant that covers everything. The bigger the car the more fuel you use.

sdouglas:
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

VALKIE:

--- Quote from: sdouglas on Aug 25, 2021, 07:34:19 PM ---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

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I actually have 3 cars in my household.
a small Toyota for daily runaround
My wife's small Ignis
and My MUX

I pay more than my share of rego and road taxes.
But I fail to see what this has to do with the fact that one of my cars costs twice as much to register one car than the others.

This thread isnt about how many vehicles I have.
Its about the blatant cash grab by the grubberment for no real reason.

Ill bet most truckies have a small car to get around with rather than their trucks as well.

Not long ago I was paying registration on 4 vehicles.
When my bike was added
And if a MUX damages the road more than a small car and therefore justifies higher rego.
Why does a motorcycle that weighs less than any car do enough damage to warrant even higher rego fees than a small car, simply because it has a 1500cc engine?

I'm looking forward to seeing what the rego costs will be for the battery powered vehicles, once the greenie grubberment gets enough of them onto the road.
Most of these battery cars will weigh more than the MUX, so they should be paying commensurate registration fees.

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.

As with everything vehicle related.
The grubberment sees cars, trucks and bikes as cash cows.
sadly only a tiny percentage of the fees, charges and taxes associated with vehicles actually makes its way into providing better roads and infrastructure.

The lions share simply makes its way into the greedy grubberments pocket to pay overpaid politicians and public servants.

Aaron S:

--- Quote from: VALKIE on Aug 26, 2021, 08:41:22 AM ---
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.


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This would be brilliant, but will not bring in enough $$$$ for the authorities, so will never happen.

tom60:
Politicians are addicted to money.  There will never be sufficient money to satisfy voter demands.  Therefore they have to think of cunning ways to collect more money.  The day will come when solar subsidies are discarded and fossil fuelled vehicles will pay an addition (and annually increasing) emissions tax.  With some luck and careful planning I'll be dead by then  :laughing7:

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