Great news for road bikes!

**tuscan** · 17th June 2004, 08:49

Choice!

My rego's due on the 7th of July

The ACC levy for all vehicles seems to have reduced - does this mean they are going to up the levy on petrol?

**James Deuce** · 17th June 2004, 08:54

Originally Posted by tuscan

Choice!

My rego's due on the 7th of July

The ACC levy for all vehicles seems to have reduced - does this mean they are going to up the levy on petrol?

You are one switched on cat! It'll either be that or 100% excise duty on tyres.

**Deano** · 17th June 2004, 08:56

Originally Posted by Jim2

FARK

My rego is due in 2 days.

F__k LTSA and the horse they rode in on.

Take the chance and hold off registering it. If you get pulled up for it, plead ignorance (might need to flash your titties though). A reasonable cop may give you a month to register it....at which time you might also get the lower fee...but knowing the LTSA they would probably backdate the fee and charge the higher levy ....bastards...

**scumdog** · 17th June 2004, 09:20

Originally Posted by Slim

Yup, especially when you're paying for more than one vehicle registration (and therefore more than one ACC levy), but there's only one of you to get injured.

I know, that sucks, me & mrs S.D. have 4 car & 1 bike on the road (not always the same 4 cars!!!) and yet we can only drive 1 each.

Mind you all but 1 of the cars is 40 years+ old so rego is 1/2 price - and if rego runs out and you don't get round to registering it for a few months the rego isn't back-dated (i.e. unlike "modern cars the rego isn't continuos)

**k14** · 17th June 2004, 09:39

Originally Posted by Deano

Take the chance and hold off registering it. If you get pulled up for it, plead ignorance (might need to flash your titties though). A reasonable cop may give you a month to register it....at which time you might also get the lower fee...but knowing the LTSA they would probably backdate the fee and charge the higher levy ....bastards...

Doesn't work like that. You have to pay from the date your rego expires no matter when you register it. You could degreister it for a month, but that is probably getting a bit excessive and would definately cost more money.

Only way to do it is to register it for 3 months and then after 3 months you will start to save money. Although that still will probably cost more cause you have to pay the ~$6 admin fee regardless if you reg it for 3 months or 12.

**FROSTY:Me** · 17th June 2004, 09:41

Yea I always thought you should register the driver/rider
not the vehicle.
Register the car/bike once and have regular WOF checks still but it must be the rider that has the appropriate reg fees paid.

**James Deuce** · 17th June 2004, 09:46

Originally Posted by XJ/FROSTY

Yea I always thought you should register the driver/rider
not the vehicle.
Register the car/bike once and have regular WOF checks still but it must be the rider that has the appropriate reg fees paid.

So simple it must be pure genius - and therefore unlikely to EVER be adopted by ANY government anywhere.

It would actually be quite simple to linked registered owners and registered drivers too.

I'll vote for you.

**riffer** · 17th June 2004, 10:04

Could be solved by an annual driving licence fee.

Of course, that doesn't go along with the "lifetime" licence either.

Oh hang on, we don't do that anymore do we.

My $0.02 anyway. We should pay an annual driving licence fee for each category we have.

**Omega1** · 17th June 2004, 10:08

Yay!! but Bugger!!
I have just renewed my rego on the Seven!!!!!

**merv** · 17th June 2004, 11:31

Here's the low down on the ACC website and yeah they are reducing the levy on my cars too, yippee http://www.acc.org.nz/productslevies...m-1-july-2004/

What I haven't found yet is a schedule for the total rego cost as nothing seems to be on the LTSA site for that.

**Deano** · 17th June 2004, 12:13

Originally Posted by k14

Doesn't work like that. You have to pay from the date your rego expires no matter when you register it. You could degreister it for a month, but that is probably getting a bit excessive and would definately cost more money.

Only way to do it is to register it for 3 months and then after 3 months you will start to save money. Although that still will probably cost more cause you have to pay the ~$6 admin fee regardless if you reg it for 3 months or 12.

Yep, just checked with the LTSA (what lovely hold music they have - Irish accordian ditty) your quite correct K14 - sux though that they won't pro rata the new fee from after the 1 July - thats beuracracy for you.

**Slim** · 17th June 2004, 12:19

Originally Posted by merv

What I haven't found yet is a schedule for the total rego cost as nothing seems to be on the LTSA site for that.

Mmmm. I had a gecko too, but couldn't find it.

It is, however, printed on the registration bill they send you every year, somewhere near the bottom & the total, there's a break down of the cost. If you've got an old one floating around, check it out.

**Slim** · 17th June 2004, 12:24

OMFG!!!!

LTSA are working in the 21st century & you can now re-licence your vehicle on line (with a credit card) and they'll post out the wee licence label! And you can change your address too.

https://www.ltsatransact.govt.nz/

**James Deuce** · 17th June 2004, 13:17

Originally Posted by Slim

OMFG!!!!

LTSA are working in the 21st century & you can now re-licence your vehicle on line (with a credit card) and they'll post out the wee licence label! And you can change your address too.

https://www.ltsatransact.govt.nz/

Ditch the credit card crap. Can you use internet banking?