lock down regos

dunga · 22-08-2021, 11:08 AM

Hi all i have a caravan sitting in my yard that i cant use at the moment due to lock downs even though i live in regional nsw do you think caravan owners that are paying rego and not being able to use them should receive a discount on the next rego as compensation.

Franco Cozzo · 22-08-2021, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by dunga

Hi all i have a caravan sitting in my yard that i cant use at the moment due to lock downs even though i live in regional nsw do you think caravan owners that are paying rego and not being able to use them should receive a discount on the next rego as compensation.

I've got two cars and I can only drive one of them at a time, unfortunately I don't get discounts on my rego for the car that sits in the driveway when I'm driving the other one

**GasoLane** · 22-08-2021, 11:21 AM

How often would you use it without the lockdown?

Edit.....how much is Caravan rego.

lincolnland · 22-08-2021, 11:22 AM

Gov returning revenue bc you cant use it? Good luck with you projects

Citroënbender · 22-08-2021, 11:30 AM

Last year, the NSW government offered trades licence holders a one year free renewal or multiple years at standard rates. Doubt I was the only one to take the free year.

A pro-rated reduction or credit on the road tax component of vehicle registration reflecting the impact of restrictions by garaging postcode, would be equitable.

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Franco Cozzo

I've got two cars and I can only drive one of them at a time, unfortunately I don't get discounts on my rego for the car that sits in the driveway when I'm driving the other one

We wish

**DJR-351** · 22-08-2021, 11:40 AM

Thanks for the laugh dunga, funniest thing i've heard all week

dunga · 22-08-2021, 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by GasoLane

How often would you use it without the lockdown?

Edit.....how much is Caravan rego.

im retired so every day of the year rego about 500 bucks a year

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Citroënbender

Last year, the NSW government offered trades licence holders a one year free renewal or multiple years at standard rates. Doubt I was the only one to take the free year.

A pro-rated reduction or credit on the road tax component of vehicle registration reflecting the impact of restrictions by garaging postcode, would be equitable.

CB. That's so nice of them considering NSW rego / TPI is 4 times the price of anywhere else. Let alone buying custom plates.

prktkljokr · 22-08-2021, 01:30 PM

De-register it and re rego when its lockdown is over, or if you dont want the hassle of re rego, just keep paying it

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 01:44 PM

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Originally Posted by prktkljokr

De-register it and re rego when its lockdown is over, or if you dont want the hassle of re rego, just keep paying it

From memory in NSW, once out of rego it will need to be fully inspected again before it can re regoed and being a sitting caravan there are lots of things they can "find" wrong with it during that re-inspection.
Agree easier to just cop the rego fees.

Now PM Scotty, I have a passport that hasn't been used in the last 2 years.

.:4:. · 22-08-2021, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

From memory in NSW, once out of rego it will need to be fully inspected again before it can re regoed and being a sitting caravan there are lots of things they can "find" wrong with it during that re-inspection.
Agree easier to just cop the rego fees.

Now PM Scotty, I have a passport that hasn't been used in the last 2 years.

I think its the case in nsw that get a pink slip and that buys you another 3 months before needing a blue slip for rego. Still an inspection, but you can keep doing that every 3 months for $42 untill you pay for rego. 3 months out of rego with no pink slip then its in need of a blue slip. They actually inspect things properly for that. If you do get pulled up unreg however heading to the nearest place of inspection, thats allowable, however the trailer is not insured in the unfortunate event of an accident. Or atleast that was the rules in nsw a few years back when i got a trailer blue slipped.

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 02:11 PM

Bit of a hassle, keep taking it the get a pink slip. Anyway don't pensioner already get discounted car/caravan rego.

**GasoLane** · 22-08-2021, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

Bit of a hassle, keep taking it the get a pink slip. Anyway don't pensioner already get discounted car/caravan rego.

Pensioner concession in NSW is free rego, but you still have to pay for the Green slip..... (Compulsory Third Party Insurance)

dunga · 22-08-2021, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

Bit of a hassle, keep taking it the get a pink slip. Anyway don't pensioner already get discounted car/caravan rego.

im not a pensioner not all retired people are on a pension not id say a large majority of caravan owners are working

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dunga

im not a pensioner not all retired people are on a pension not id say a large majority of caravan owners are working

So you are self funded retired ?
Just looking over the NSW rego website and there is already a 40% discount applied to privately owned camper trailers and caravan. I also note their is NO discount for motorhomes and campervans......ummm talk about unfair.

**GasoLane** · 22-08-2021, 02:26 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

So you are self funded retired ?
Just looking over the NSW rego website and there is already a 40% discount applied to privately owned camper trailers and caravan. I also note their is NO discount for motorhomes and campervans......ummm talk about unfair.

Probably because the RMS believes that any drive axles ruins our magnificent roads

dunga · 22-08-2021, 02:28 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

So you are self funded retired ?
Just looking over the NSW rego website and there is already a 40% discount applied to privately owned camper trailers and caravan. I also note their is NO discount for motorhomes and campervans......ummm talk about unfair.

yes self funded. The 40percent discount was put in place because the cost to rego a van in nsw was outrageous totally out of step with other states it is still outrageous but less so than before.

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by GasoLane

Probably because the RMS believes that any drive axles ruins our magnificent roads

Gaso obviously. What a joke.

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by dunga

yes self funded. The 40percent discount was put in place because the cost to rego a van in nsw was outrageous totally out of step with other states it is still outrageous but less so than before.

Wonder why the 40% didn't apply to motorhomes, apart from what Gaso joled about.
According to that webpage, I would be paying approx 2000 per year not including TPI for my motorhome there. Not including plates.

dunga · 22-08-2021, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

Gaso obviously. What a joke.

caravans don't drive themselves they have to be towed buy a already registerd vehicle that's the difference but that is the compromise .

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 02:37 PM

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caravans don't drive themselves they have to be towed buy a already registerd heavy 4WD vehicle that's the difference but that is the compromise .

Of course that wouldn't ruin roads.

prktkljokr · 22-08-2021, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by roKWiz

From memory in NSW, once out of rego it will need to be fully inspected again before it can re regoed and being a sitting caravan there are lots of things they can "find" wrong with it during that re-inspection.
Agree easier to just cop the rego fees.

Now PM Scotty, I have a passport that hasn't been used in the last 2 years.

Re-registering a caravan is easy, If you already own it, its just a inspection

They just check the caravan lights, suspension, wheel bearings, override braking, tow hitch, chains and tyres, already on record is its tare weight, all the measurements, gas, electric, braking certificates, your details and the VIN, its a very simple inspection, which is generally standard maintenance issues before you go on your next road trip anyway, they dont look inside your van at all, they are only interested in the safety and compliance side of the registration.

I have registered many new caravans and re- registered many used vans here in WA for a company based out of VIC, if the van is being presented for its first registration you have to supply gas certificate, electrical certificate, weigh bridge certificate, Braking type and capacity declaration, its a bit more involved as they need to set up a new registration, still not hard its only a caravan.

roKWiz · 22-08-2021, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by prktkljokr

Re-registering a caravan is easy, If you already own it, its just a inspection

They just check the caravan lights, suspension, wheel bearings, override braking, tow hitch, chains and tyres, already on record is its tare weight, all the measurements, gas, electric, braking certificates, your details and the VIN, its a very simple inspection, which is generally standard maintenance issues before you go on your next road trip anyway, they dont look inside your van at all, they are only interested in the safety and compliance side of the registration.

I have registered many new caravans and re- registered many used vans here in WA for a company based out of VIC, if the van is being presented for its first registration you have to supply gas certificate, electrical certificate, weigh bridge certificate, Braking type and capacity declaration, its a bit more involved as they need to set up a new registration, still not hard its only a caravan.

Yep, buillding 2 motorhomes from scratch and registering them in NSW, so well aware of whats involved.

prktkljokr · 22-08-2021, 04:17 PM

Motor home is a totally different inspection to a caravan, its classified as a medium to heavy motor vehicle, and if its a first inspection or new build, they will be checking everything, I dont envy you

, but a caravan that has been previously registeted, its more like a minor inspection, unless its a old clunker.

wodahs · 22-08-2021, 05:08 PM

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Originally Posted by GasoLane

How often would you use it without the lockdown?

Edit.....how much is Caravan rego.

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Originally Posted by dunga

im retired so every day of the year rego about 500 bucks a year

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Originally Posted by dunga

im not a pensioner not all retired people are on a pension not id say a large majority of caravan owners are working

id also say a large amount of caravan owners working or now wouldnt be towing it up and down the road every day of the year thats one hell of a lot of traveling and fuel burnt
tho you may be one thats towing it more often than the average owner

yes i own one a 27 foot van and even tho i keep up the rego and it hasnt moved in years
and i couldnt see my self traveling for a year with out spending time in places not constantly pulling up stumps every day
thats a truckers life living in the bunk even a grey nomad spends time at places

hayseed · 22-08-2021, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dunga

do you think caravan owners that are paying rego and not being able to use them should receive a discount on the next rego as compensation.

Gladys will be bending us ALL over big time next Year & forever after, Trying to make the Budget Balance....

Expect the Price of EVERYTHING to go through the Roof...

Citroënbender · 22-08-2021, 06:26 PM

I’m not sure. Anyone else looking at the NSW daily Covid fine revenue? Most pings are $5K, they’re handing them out like lollies.

Franco Cozzo · 22-08-2021, 07:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Citroënbender

I’m not sure. Anyone else looking at the NSW daily Covid fine revenue? Most pings are $5K, they’re handing them out like lollies.

Doesn't mean they'll get paid though, most of the VIC ones were dropped, even if they don't elect to go to court and it'll drag on for years

**M&Ms** · 22-08-2021, 11:34 PM

If it's any consolation:

Toll road owners aren't getting the revenue they budgeted for,
Fuel companies aren't getting their revenue,
Casinos and gambling venues aren't taking people's money at the rate they normally do,
Car park rorters (I mean owners) aren't able to charge 100 customers $60+ a day for parking in the city,
Taxi drivers aren't slugging people 3 times the Uber rate plus 5% cc surcharge plus secret other charges when they figure you're on a business trip,
Airport cafe's aren't charging patrons $15 for an average sandwich at the international terminal,
Macquarie bank isn't pocketing $15 each time someone takes the train to or from the airport,
Hotels aren't charging their guests $40 for breakfast or $10 for a coffee,
....and the list goes on.....