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Paid $1.33 a liter yesterday Chris... I remember back in the days of 75c/Liter being considered a little expensive..
My rego costs me $1016 for 12 months... and $563.20 for 6 months... When I lived in Victoria it was $475 for 12 months, regardless of the amount of cylinders... My V8 cost the same to register as my inline 6 turbo, same as my V6, same as my 4cyl turbo... same as my twin rotor turbo.. Up here, someone driving an RX-7 1.3L twin rotor turbo pays about $550 for 12 months, where as I with a 5.7L V8 pay $1016. This is apparently because the V8 is worse for the environment, and we pay compulsory 3rd party insurance, and they see a V8 as being more dangerous than a 1.3L turbo rotary...
In my experience, the V8, despite its cubic capacity, emits less gasses as it purrs down the highway doing 1450rpm @ 100kmph than a rotary does screaming along at 4000rpm @ 100kmph... Which one is a safer vehicle? the one that has constant, smooth delivery of of its 225kw of power throughout the rev range, or one that is seemingly gutless until 4000rpm when it comes on boost and then all of a sudden has a burst of 350kw of power? The one that is predictable, easy to handle, and weighs 1.5t, or the one that is completely unpredictable, a dog to handle and weighs 1t, with more power than the aforementioned?
Its a joke...
V8 drivers pay more to register their cars, they pay more to buy their cars, they pay more to keep fuel in them, they pay more to repair and service them... After all that, when you're my age, with tattoos and a shaved head in a V8 commodore, you get all the wrong kind of attention from the boys in blue whether you're doing the wrong thing or not... All these taxes and revenues apparently go into making the roads better, and making them safer... However... I challenge you... If you can find me a single 5km stretch of road within 80km of the brisbane CBD that is not uneven, bumpy, cracked or pot holed, I will indeed eat my own soiled shorts...
Welcome to the sunshine state, We rip you off left right and center, we have a law against anything that can be considered as people having a good time, we charge $2000 for personalized number plates and there's not a damn thing you or anyone else can do about it.
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