Carjam question... Car licence (X) - Exemption ???

[gmacrae]

Hi guys. I'm looking at a car, and carjam tells me (with an orange warning light) that;

"The vehicle has been issued an exemption licence. The vehicle cannot be driven on the road with this licence."

...

Licence is (X) - Exemption

...what does this mean? It says the registration is "Active"

any ideas?

[Zestripper]

It just means the rego is on hold

[Di]

Exemption = on hold

if you know you won't drive you car for more than 3 months and you don't want to keep paying registration, you can then apply for an Exemption Licence which cost nothing

[gmacrae]

Exemption = on hold

if you know you won't drive you car for more than 3 months and you don't want to keep paying registration, you can then apply for an Exemption Licence which cost nothing

I get that, but it lists it completely separate to "registration" - if rego was just on hold, surely that would be listed under registration?

http://www.carjam.co.nz/cms/2008/10/27/licence-type/

You guys are certain of what you're saying? Just checking, dont want any dramas if im buying this thing

[Zestripper]

I am certain. It's what my cars on hold show up as also. Think of it as an exemption from paying for continuous vehicle licensing. I am curious to know exactly how a restoration licence differs from normal exemption though, there's no option for it that I have seen on the ltsa transactions website and I always assumed they are the same thing

[BZG Wagon]

Exemption = on hold
if you know you won't drive you car for more than 3 months and you don't want to keep paying registration, you can then apply for an Exemption Licence which cost nothing

I get that, but it lists it completely separate to "registration" - if rego was just on hold, surely that would be listed under registration?

I think you're confusing registration with licencing.

You only register a car once (generally). And from then on you pay licencing (although licencing is typically referred to as 'registration').

[Al]

I think you're confusing registration with licencing.

You only register a car once (generally). And from then on you pay licencing (although licencing is typically referred to as 'registration').

This.

[gmacrae]

ahh roger, cheers lads

[RS13]

Is there a 3-month minimum for putting rego on hold? Cost anything? So basically when you're ready to put the car back on the road, you just fork out the money and the rego (well, licence!) starts again from the date you paid it again?

[Boosted_162]

Is there a 3-month minimum for putting rego on hold? Cost anything? So basically when you're ready to put the car back on the road, you just fork out the money and the rego (well, licence!) starts again from the date you paid it again?

Basically, 3 month is the minimum term, if you relicence it before 3 months you just backpay to when the last reg expired. You wont pay any extra money than if you kept it registered the whole time, but if it ends up being over 3 months your new licence begins from that date.

[BZG Wagon]

I'd be fairly dubious about buying a car which had it's rego put on hold somewhere in it's history (unless it was a classic of some sort).

Makes you wonder whether it's had some significant work carried out on it (new engine or rebuild, pannel beating, etc. etc).

On a side note I don't get why people advertise things like 'new engine' or 'engine rebuilt at 100kms'. I find it a complete turn off.

[RS13]

On a side note I don't get why people advertise things like 'new engine' or 'engine rebuilt at 100kms'. I find it a complete turn off.

Same. For me, that means either not looked after or thrashed to the point of engine failure, both of which mean the whole car is going to need work.

[Brawler]

On a side note I don't get why people advertise things like 'new engine' or 'engine rebuilt at 100kms'. I find it a complete turn off.

Same. For me, that means either not looked after or thrashed to the point of engine failure, both of which mean the whole car is going to need work.

Unless its a subaru or has a rotary engine, I would say 90% of those auctions would list that lol

[iOnic]

I'm the other way tbh. If I know the car has been rebuilt (and there's solid proof) then I can talk to the people that did the job and they'll have a good idea on the condition of the rest of the car and also detail what exactly they did at the time. Beats buying an unknown car and hoping it's not a ticking time bomb. If a car needed major work I'd rather it happened before me and I got to reap the benefits than to me.