Tuesday, Mar 20, 2007 at 20:31
Hi Chris,
Your Troopy didn't come from Lander Toyota at Blacktown too did it?
Mines a 5 seater RV and the first year of NSW rego expires on the 22nd March, yep Thurday. It too had originally been dealer registered as an 11 seater Bus.
I noticed an odd charge of about $80 on the papers, it was called a "HVIS Inspection Fee" short for "Heavy Vehicle Inspection Station Inspection Fee" due one month prior to rego renewal. After visiting a couple of RTA offices around the place and listening some varying levels of waffle and bullsheite I eventually visited the local Heavy Vehicle Inspection Station. The lady behind he counter looked at the papers, asked me a couple of questions and said, "this is crap, the dealer stuffed up"
The RTA lady requested the original rego application form from Blacktown RTA just to make sure the RTA hadn't made the mistake. This would have been ideal as they would have changed it on the
spot and refunded a fist full of cash. But no, the dealer stuffed it.
So, off to a blue slip inspection station I go where the guy looked in the window and counted the parking spaces for arses, read the compliance plate and came up with the same number, 5. Odd that. Then charged me I think $20 for the piece of blue paper.
Back to the same RTA lady I go, she changes the rego from a body style of Bus to a body style of PVF, whatever that means. The real killer is I got an RTA refund of $16, I was charged a Pro-Rata amount on the $80 inspection fee I never asked for, never wanted and never received. How good a business model is that?
So fast forward to a couple of weeks ago when the renewal arrived. The Troopy is coming up to its first rego renewal and in big letters is printed "Inspection Required"
Off I go to see my mate the mechanic for an inspection and his comment was, "that's right, it's a commercial, all commercials have an annual inspection regardless of rego type"
At least I got rid of that annual trip over the pits and the road tax component of the rego dropped dramatically.
My green slip was $273, how's that compare with yours?
Best one is my motorbike, 600cc registered as a Solo, no pillion pegs only the rider and the greenslip on it varies from $388 to $670 !!
God I love the RTA and their partners the Greenslip Insurers.
Geoff
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Follow Up By: Gramps (NSW) - Tuesday, Mar 20, 2007 at 21:49
Tuesday, Mar 20, 2007 at 21:49
Geoff,
Who was your green slip from? Bloody Lux was around $373 !!!!!!!!!!
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Follow Up By: Geoff (Newcastle, NSW) - Wednesday, Mar 21, 2007 at 07:59
Wednesday, Mar 21, 2007 at 07:59
Hi Al,
I got two prices, the original Greenslip was through Allianz and they wanted $276 to renew it. My comprehensive is through AAMI and they quoted me $273 so I ran with them.
I assume you are aware you can go to: Green Slip Quotes for comparison of insurers.
Geoff
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