Diesel Rego

[ee904age]

My daily is a diesel L200 ute. It's damn handy to have and cheaper than a petrol equivalent to run(fuel & RUC). My problem is the rego cost, next month I've heard its going from the already rediculous $398ish p/a to nearly $500 p/a. As with all rego cost the main component is ACC levies. I dont see how my ute is more dangerous than lets say a V8 Commodore ute (which currently would pay $247ish.

Is there any loophole etc that I can register it legally as anything other than a standard goods vehicle to make it cheaper???

I could put a 1UZ in there and sell the 4D56 then in 2-3 years time probably have broken even with rego costs, but dont really want to do that.

[IH8TEC]

it sucks

[Elmo]

Someone said licemce has a hurse!!

[Dell'Orto]

Install a switch, then it can be your "secondary vehicle"

[Bling]

Pay now for 12 months and worry about it in a year? I knew the rego was going up so slapped 12 months on our cars recently

[Leon]

My daily is a diesel L200 ute. It's damn handy to have and cheaper than a petrol equivalent to run(fuel & RUC). My problem is the rego cost, next month I've heard its going from the already rediculous $398ish p/a to nearly $500 p/a.

Last numbers I saw was that a light diesel was going up $30. Though I did ask the question about a Corolla not an L200

[sleeektoy]

Pay now for 12 months and worry about it in a year? I knew the rego was going up so slapped 12 months on our cars recently

Did you check how much you paid? I just went to pay now for my car rego online and it came up with a weird fee in between the old and soon to be (1st July)rego costs.

Licence Fee* $xxx
ACC Levy* $xxx
GST* $xxx


* = Fee varies with licence period

They are going to get a bollocking on the phone tomorrow and i'm goin to try and get a years rego at the current lower $247.

[Bling]

Latest one was 10th may @ $247.86. Thought it was on here I read about the price increase... might have been Oldschool though.

[rolla_fxgt]

They figured everyone was going to try and do it in advance, and charge it from the day your rego expires, hence the high prices.

I think light utilities are going up more than other diesels

[eViLoNe]

Pay now for 12 months and worry about it in a year? I knew the rego was going up so slapped 12 months on our cars recently

Did you check how much you paid? I just went to pay now for my car rego online and it came up with a weird fee in between the old and soon to be (1st July)rego costs.

Licence Fee* $xxx
ACC Levy* $xxx
GST* $xxx


* = Fee varies with licence period

They are going to get a bollocking on the phone tomorrow and i'm goin to try and get a years rego at the current lower $247.

I read on some news website today, can't remember which, that if your rego expires after 1 July, you'll be charged the new rate, due to it expiring after the hike.

[fuel]

My daily is a diesel L200 ute. It's damn handy to have and cheaper than a petrol equivalent to run(fuel & RUC). My problem is the rego cost, next month I've heard its going from the already rediculous $398ish p/a to nearly $500 p/a. As with all rego cost the main component is ACC levies. I dont see how my ute is more dangerous than lets say a V8 Commodore ute (which currently would pay $247ish.

Is there any loophole etc that I can register it legally as anything other than a standard goods vehicle to make it cheaper???

I could put a 1UZ in there and sell the 4D56 then in 2-3 years time probably have broken even with rego costs, but dont really want to do that.

Basically the ACC levies are going up in all areas. The difference is petrol owners pay their ACC levies via rego and the pump which would be variable with how travelling per year they do. With diesels it's fixed to some degree (I would imagine there's a levy in the RUC's too).

Even with the increases if you're doing much higher milage per annum it still works out better to have a diesel than a petrol. What they've done though is made it more expensive for the diesel owners who wont be using their vehicles as often, perhaps as a secondary vehicle. It's probably going to get people out of their economical diesel vehicles and into more fuel hungry and more polluting petrol vehicles. Way to go government.

[~SlideWays~]

Sonofabitch.

I use my Landcruiser for less than 2000km a year because its a toy and secondary vehicle. Pretty shitty way of doing it, maybe I should sell it put a supercharger 1uz in one no more RUC's and stupidly prices Diesel Rego.

Pain in the ass is that the Rego is due today and its overdue for its WOF if I remember correctly I won't be able to reg it now right? Would it even make a difference if I could do it now?

I tried looking up the new cost but can't find actual figures, does anyone know?

[sergei]

I believe there should a secondary vehicle clause where it is 50% cheaper.
It is unfair to have a daily and a weekend and pay twice if I can only drive 1 car at a time.
And diesel RUC are the extortion. Diesels should be cheaper than petrol.

[1I1]

I believe there should a secondary vehicle clause where it is 50% cheaper.
It is unfair to have a daily and a weekend and pay twice if I can only drive 1 car at a time.

+1

Also with regards to ETS, I shouldn't be paying that twice just because i have two cars!

[~SlideWays~]

I believe there should a secondary vehicle clause where it is 50% cheaper.
It is unfair to have a daily and a weekend and pay twice if I can only drive 1 car at a time.
And diesel RUC are the extortion. Diesels should be cheaper than petrol.

That's faaaar too logical sergei, thinking like that will get you stoned on the steps of parliament.

We get resonable Tax cuts... but then we also get,

Was just thinking about the recent changes...
Tax reductions, thats one good thing but then the bad:
ETS increases petrol, food, power bills etc
GST increases everything
ACC increase to registration
RUC increases
Life Insurance increases due to new govt taxes to insurance co's.
General/contents/house Insurance increased
Dog Rego has gone up.
Council Rates went up
Motherfckn cucumber shortages at Subway.

[CXGPWR]

What about people with lets say 7-8 cars, there is only one of me, but no i have to pay full F*en price for each vehicle.

Thats balls

[~SlideWays~]

Hmm might be worth leaving the race car on hold and get a trailer... wait did they increase trailer rego?

[ee904age]

Yeah, I only do ~3000km a year so it looks like I'm screwed. Time to look for a holden V6 or cheap 1UZ.

[Quint]

Register your truck as an agricultural vehicle*.

Just don't get pulled over.

*In no way do I recommend doing this

Pisses me off that I have to pay full rego for my cars AND insurance for them all, even though I can only drive one. Interesting note, my hilux costs more for insurance than for my supra and the celica with a 1uz (quoted). 2.8Ds are fiercely quick though...

[~SlideWays~]

2.8Ds are fiercely quick though...

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