Club plates ?

dfoyl · Post by **dfoyl** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 5:58 pm

Just received my annual VicRoads rego...$597.70. I bought my Brumby 7 years ago next week, and have done a little over 40,000km in that time (from 159xxx to 201xxx). I think the first year it was sub $400 (certainly cheaper than the 4 door car in the same household).

So, I'm looking at club plates as an option. I saw a Toyota Corona and a Mazda something junk last weekend with club plates. If KE70 Corolla's can have them then I think the Brumby should be a shoe-in.

To get club plates obviously you need to belong to a club. Does anybody know of a suitable club (can be a generic Japanese car club, I don't think the Subaru club in Vic offers it as they are more tuned towards events where people go offroading)...

tambox · Post by **tambox** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:18 pm

Do you know the club plate rules?
Find out first before you rush in.
I know a few people that got club plate rego, for the price, but didn't realise its uses were so limited.

hydrowill · Post by **hydrowill** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:18 pm

There are more subie clubs than just the 4x4 subaru club of vic.

Most clubs will require the car to pass a roadworthy before giving the ok, and will possibly say no if you are joining just to get on club plates.

Once you have the ok say hello $100 rego and 90 days of the year to drive (almost every weekend of the year). Not really allowed to drive the car to work though as one of the restrictions.

tambox · Post by **tambox** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:28 pm

Club rego restrictions are much better these days.

http://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/Home/Reg ... ermits.htm

As long as your car is 25 years old or more.

dfoyl · Post by **dfoyl** » Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:39 pm

I know the reg's, a colleague at work has several Holden's on club plates (mostly 70s). The rules have changed quite a bit since the old days of "only on club trips".

The problem I have found is some clubs want 30 years or more, and the Brumby is at 24. So if I find a club in the next 6 months that accepts at 25 years (which is the VicRoads requirement) this can be my last year of paying full rego on the Brumby, which is really only a weekend vehicle (very occasionally work), or when travelling interstate...

YouTube · Post by **El_Freddo** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 12:20 am

One thing is that you need a RWC every year, some clubs do this in-house, others require a mechanic to do it.

The in-house clubs want to see your vehicle to get to know it, after this they'll generally look over it and sign it off when the time comes

Cheers

Bennie

B00sting · Post by **B00sting** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 5:54 pm

my rego just came in its only 487 for the brumby lol.
my other car is 680 or something.

dfoyl · Post by **dfoyl** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:17 pm

Where are you located suburb-wise ? I'm outer eastern Melbourne...30km from city centre.

B00sting · Post by **B00sting** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 4:37 pm

Vermont South.
But it's registered in the country.

steptoe · Post by **steptoe** » Tue Aug 13, 2013 6:10 pm

Would that mean if someone bought B00's ute, transfered ownership to an urban Victorian address, the Vicroads would hit buyer up for the difference in costs with a pro rata efect - like what happens if a non pensioner buys a pensioners car with a years rego - able bodied non pensioners get hit up with the difference !