Re: [DML] (Australian) Dream is over :(

[William T Wilson <fluffy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 8 Jun 2004, goportpower wrote:

> Well, just as i thought things were going nicely for getting my car 
> to Australia, I find that Department of Road Transport (SA), tell me 
> that I cannot register a 20-22 year old car being left-hand drive. It 
> needs to be at least 30 years old and there is no way I can afford 
> another $20k for a conversion. This confuses (and infuriates) me as I 

I'm an American, so I don't know the rules in Australia.  But I do know 
that bureaucrats are the same way everywhere. :)

It is always easier for them to say "no" than for them to say "yes."  We 
in the US have similar trouble getting emissions certification for engine 
swaps and imports, even when everything is actually legal.  If they tell 
you something is OK but it really isn't, they get in trouble.  But if they 
tell you something is not OK even if it actually is, then that is your 
problem!  They are not interested in your well being at all.

Normally what you have to do is find an enthusiast club that does similar 
things, or do your own research, after all the regulations are always 
public information.  Once you are armed with the facts you can force them 
to give you the right answer.




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