be wary of buying a car from another state.
not so much a stock vette, but a modified car may be a differnt story.
hot rods have a problem like that.
18mths ago, a mate bought a 34 chev truck from sydney.
it runs a supercharged 350 and cost him 98 grand.
as yet it STILL remains unregisted in south oz...
the reason?
the car was bought not as a fully registered car, but as a nsw registered HOTROD.
it ran hotrod plates...whcih is a lot sifferent to regular rego.
the car was fully engineered, but that was 5 yrs ago...the s.a. engineer wont recognise the previous engineers report, as it has different requirements to s.a.
he has thown close to 20 grand extra at the car, and its still not good enough..
e had to have a dyno printout, or the rear wheel horsepower...
so on the dyno it went.
he was asked what was needed..."oh...about 350 at the back wheels is good...try not to go much more though"
so here is the video of 350hp at the wheels...check the revs out... it didnt even make 4000rpm, and was still pulling strong...oops.
that was passed as being the horsepower.
lane change test...
this thing is a truck, its better built than 95% of normal street cars, has all the safety equipment, including BIG brakes...
yet the lane change test involves driving at a determined speed, and simulating a child running on the road...
you have to change lanes at speed...
to do this where i live, he has to rent the airport runway, pay for the engineer to come from adelaide,and then pay for the test... brakes tests were fine, but the lane change with the big rear wheels, and the small fronts isnt doing it much good.
the delema?
to get it passed legally, it will need to be stripped down to a chassis, and rebuilt to s.a. rules.
another mate bought a fully registered 34 chev hot rod from qld... he got the police check and it was rego the same day.
heres the video...best played loud... not many revs there thats for sure.