Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 08:57 pm, by: Darryn Dewar(Mrphreak)
Dave Hart wrote on Tuesday, January 09, 2007 - 05:45 pm:
Not sure of the fine if caught though.
You'd fall into the category of driving an unroadworthy vehicle, and quite likely green stickered (Possibly even pinked if you fail the attitude test) Not to mention you could become very unstuck if it was found after an accident, especially if your insurance company found out.
I imagine they have a charge for evading tax somewhere in their list of nasties.
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 05:39 am, by: Hanré Van Rensburg(Silent_knight)
Yes but how often do people actually get caught with their speedo disconnected? The cops would need to sit with you in your car and go for a drive to see if it works...
If you are smart you just reconnect it come WOF time and put a couple of hundred K's on it and it's all good.
Not that I condone or have taken part in any such activities however...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 09:32 am, by: Mike Triggs(Mikeandimah)
I talked with the owner of a diesel 4WD (an older version of our Wizard) when we were in NZ, and he said it works out much the same to own/drive a diesel as it is for a petrol car in NZ.
Many Aussies own diesels because of their economy, despite distillate being dearer in many places than petrol (up to 20cpl). There are other reasons too, but I wonder why there are so many diesel vehicles in NZ if there is no advantage in running costs?
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 09:44 am, by: Mike Triggs(Mikeandimah)
As an interesting aside (well, it might be interesting to Aussies) I stayed in a campervan once which had a hub odometer. It was something to do with road tax, maybe the Kiwis can enlighten me as to why the mileage couldn't be taken off the odometer at WOF time, or was this a way of paying the tax monthly?
Wednesday, January 10, 2007 - 10:52 am, by: Darryn Dewar(Mrphreak)
If it had a hubmeter then chances are it falls under the COF system anyway (And guessing it was a rental, so it definately does)
But basically it's just division of duty, in much the same vein that they don't involve relicensing with the WOF. RUC's aren't paid monthly as such anyway, you basically buy miles similar to buying time on a prepaid mobile and while I don't doubt some companies do buy enough miles to cover them for the month, most people just buy them as they need them.
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) I stayed in a campervan once which had a hub odometer. It was something to do with road tax, maybe the Kiwis can enlighten me as to why the mileage couldn't be taken off the odometer at WOF time, or was this a way of paying the tax monthly?
