Australian Cops Shut Down Ken Block's Gymkhana Nine Before It Happened

[sb27]

[QUOTE=No Party Hats;51049221]Oh man you are super cool, they definitely deserve to lose projects that can easily become tens of thousands of bucks because people don't understand that some folks actually know how to drive[/QUOTE]

Gee if they are going to waste tens of thousands of dollars on their car, they could at least be smart enough to do so within the limits of the law if they are going to drive it on public roads.

And that's the thing. Many people do work on their cars, and the cops don't have any problems with them. The cops are more-concerned about eg wannabes who cut off their mufflers.

[Animosus]

[QUOTE=sb27;51049281]And that's the thing. Many people do work on their cars, and the cops don't have any problems with them. The cops are more-concerned about eg wannabes who cut off their mufflers.[/QUOTE]

Cops target people who have done work properly all the time though, I've seen people getting defected for "illegal modifications" even after having proper engineering certificates for those modifications.

Hell, my brother's brand spanking new prado (as in, got it from the dealership with less than 10km on it that day) got a defect for the tyres supposedly not fitting correctly as they were having a 4x4 blitz that day. Brother took the car over the pits a couple days later without changing anything and passed.

[evilweazel]

Jeez. I knew about p plates and etc. But i didn't realize they were that bad until now.

My first car was a lightish 5.9L V8 from the 70s, with drum brakes and no traction control or assists like most of its equivalents today would have; yet I managed to never get a ticket, accident, or any infractions.

It'd really bum me out if I was stopped from owning the vehicle I wanted to due to really heavy restrictions like this.

[Baconheart]

[QUOTE=FlandersNed;51046840]Actually this is no longer correct, most states now run on a power to weight restriction. P platers can't drive cars with a power to weight ratio over 130kw/t.[/QUOTE]

Depends on the vehicle's age in Queensland, if it's from 2009 or older the old no forced induction, no more than 7 cylinders rules apply, if it's 2010 or newer you've got the flat kW/T limit.

This has resulted in a situation where some cars have 2009 models which are not p plate legal because they have a turbo but 2010 models that are p plate legal because they don't make much power, even though the only difference between the two is the model year.