"Nauraushaun" (nauraushaun12) 08/07/2020 at 22:32 • Filed to: None

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Blue Zed

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 08/07/2020 at 22:48

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Great color, but the MR2 is more interesting.

Edit: Why does the Z have a different sized front plate?

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/08/2020 at 03:08

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Thank you, it’s mine :)

The MR2 has a slimline plate you can pay extra for, because it’s JDM and has JDM bumpers which aren’t friendly to the big ass regular sized Victoria plates. Mainly on the rear.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 08/08/2020 at 11:39

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Why don’t they just make them the size of Japanese plates?

European plates aren't very friendly to American sized plate holders, but your plates seem like a weird hybrid that doesn't look like any other style. 

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/08/2020 at 17:29

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I guess it’s not a priority since we’re not in Japan ;) I don’t know why we have our own style.

You can now get a Japanese style one though which I think is the Japanese size. Good, since our slimline ones are still too long and require cutting.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 08/08/2020 at 17:34

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The Japanese plate is similar in proportion to the American sized ones and usually don’t require any cutting but just new holes drilled. And my state doesn't require those troublesome front plates. 

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/08/2020 at 17:58

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That sounds very ideal. Even if JDM cars are less common due to having wrong hand drive

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 08/08/2020 at 18:30

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It isn't that bad as long as you don't regularly pass trucks on two lane roads or go through drive throughs. I don't understand why Oz doesn't allow left hand drive cars on the road. Is it only Australia? Does New Zealand do the same? People who would do that are probably prepared not to be idiots because it takes so much effort to import a car legally. 

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/09/2020 at 01:29

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I’m not sure, but I’d hazard a guess that NZ is more lenient. I guess it’s probably a safety thing, but you’re right it’s not like it’s a death sentence to drive wrong-hand-drive. We do have a heap of old Mustangs here that are LHD, and some newer cars that get by with a big warning sticker on the back.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 08/09/2020 at 09:12

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What are the requirements to get away with it instead if converting to RHD?

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/09/2020 at 20:00

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There’s an age requirement which is how the Mustangs do it. Cars beyond a certain age don’t require it. Other than that there’s an exception somehow if you have the huge warning sticker, though I don’t think it’s common for people to have that done for a car they’ll actually use.

I reckon that’s how this photo was taken - 2 LHD 918s in one of Melbourne’s tunnels.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 08/09/2020 at 20:04

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What is the age? I’m curious as to whether it is a rolling or fixed age requirement. Like after 1965 or must be 55 years old?

And the warning sticker is supposed to help how? Wouldn't it be the driver that needs to watch out? I think someone at some point was waaaaaay too paranoid. 

Nauraushaun > Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available 08/09/2020 at 20:11

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I did a search and found this document from Vicroads haha. Curiously it refers to the Vicroads office just up the road from me, I live just off Denmark street, Kew!

You also need a person in the passenger seat who’s capable of watching for approaching traffic. So I guess they’re trying to warn the outside world and ensure the driver has help.

Looks like it’s currently 1989 which is fairly late I think. You also need to fit RHD headlamps and such so you’re not blinding people.

Who is the Leader - 404 / Blog No Longer Available > Nauraushaun 08/09/2020 at 20:37

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That is more lenient than I thought, especially given how many cars were converted to RHD. Interesting.