Thread: Vic Red Plate Scheme

Originally Posted by gromit

What 'red tape' ?

I run a Club and there's no red tape once the Club is registered.
There would be costs associated with running the website though......


Colin

upkeeping the club paperwork (mandatory AGMs etc)... signing and posting out the logbooks. There is a lot of car people out there that aren't "club people" if that makes sense. So they have found themselves a nice little niche where cars lovers can access the scheme without having to deal with a car clubs. Car clubs are brilliant for retired people. i love tinkering with cars, and run out to the shed every chance I get ... but trying to find the time to also get to club events and meetings .... Nah, not going to happen while workiing full time with 3 young kids and already something on every single night of the week.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

upkeeping the club paperwork (mandatory AGMs etc)... signing and posting out the logbooks. There is a lot of car people out there that aren't "club people" if that makes sense. So they have found themselves a nice little niche where cars lovers can access the scheme without having to deal with a car clubs. Car clubs are brilliant for retired people. i love tinkering with cars, and run out to the shed every chance I get ... but trying to find the time to also get to club events and meetings .... Nah, not going to happen while workiing full time with 3 young kids and already something on every single night of the week.

AGM's only need to be ....."anyone want to apply for any of the comittee positions ?" "any other business ?" Pass the beer....

Because of their format the Red Plate Club need to receive & post out logbooks, ours are signed in person (the beauty of a small Club).
I'm working full time, have 4 kids and running a Club is a doddle but to be fair we don't have meetings except for the AGM.
I do occasionally put out a newsletter as a couple of the members have moved and we don't see them so often.

Back to an earlier point......it isn't hard to form and run your own Club with a few mates. Most people can't be bothered.
From the info on the Government website, link posted by Mick88, there are a lot of single entity Clubs, ie. one person has formed a Club for themselves. AGM's would be brief and unless they have a split personality there wouldn't be any politics.


Colin

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

What a money maker! $100 bucks a year per member .... Good on them! They deserve if for the effort and red tape involved

From memory, with that Club, there is also an initial fee per vehicle ($50 from memory) to get it onto the CP Scheme.

Being a remote member is probably very appealing to a lot of people. Being involved in clubs is not for everyone, and as previously stated, if your not retired and have a young family, often there is minimal time to spare for club meetings and activities. Some clubs don't appear to be sympathetic to this, demanding "X" amount of attendances at club meetings, club activities, vehicle display days, etc. per year, or they will not sign off and stamp your paperwork for the following twelve months CPS registration.

Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by gromit

AGM's only need to be ....."anyone want to apply for any of the comittee positions ?" "any other business ?" Pass the beer....

Because of their format the Red Plate Club need to receive & post out logbooks, ours are signed in person (the beauty of a small Club).
I'm working full time, have 4 kids and running a Club is a doddle but to be fair we don't have meetings except for the AGM.
I do occasionally put out a newsletter as a couple of the members have moved and we don't see them so often.

Back to an earlier point......it isn't hard to form and run your own Club with a few mates. Most people can't be bothered.
From the info on the Government website, link posted by Mick88, there are a lot of single entity Clubs, ie. one person has formed a Club for themselves. AGM's would be brief and unless they have a split personality there wouldn't be any politics.


Colin

Don't get me wrong .... I'm just using that one car club as an example. We made a carclub .... wow ... a lot of years ago, days after the new scheme came in. There is only about a dozen of us. Absolutely brilliant. I don't see rorting. Honestly most of us don't drive the blooyd cars much as they are always in bits or waiting on time/money (ie: we are all average car people). all I'm saying is if you don't want to start/run your own club ... the red plate club allows easy access to drive your classic car.

I find the "runs" and cars and coffee type events far more interesting than a lot of club run car events. You get all sorts of people and cars there. rather than the same people everytime. I'm always stunned by the variety of cars that will turn up to a local cars and coffee .... where on earth are they all hidden? ... its amazing what is around when people are actually allowed to drive and enjoy there cars due ot the permit system we have.

Originally Posted by DoubleChevron

You get all sorts of people and cars there. rather than the same people everytime. I'm always stunned by the variety of cars that will turn up to a local cars and coffee .... where on earth are they all hidden? ... its amazing what is around when people are actually allowed to drive and enjoy there cars due ot the permit system we have.

too right! but frm my SA experience, hardly any are on club plates.

Originally Posted by Eevo

too right! but frm my SA experience, hardly any are on club plates.

I've found the opposite. Most people can't afford to have multiple cars on full registration. With 45 days costing about $80 a year, a huge number of enthusiasts have permitted all of the toys ... and those they could afford to register, have moved them sideways onto permits.

You will find once you have cars on a permit, you drive them nowhere near as often as you initially expected. Its just the nature of the beast. when its 40+degrees, a modern car is better, when its 5degrees and pouring rain, a modern car is better (there goes 6months of the year for starters).

Originally Posted by Eevo

too right! but frm my SA experience, hardly any are on club plates.

I'm not surprised given the rules around SA club rego.

NSW is so simple and cheap($46 a year) 60day logbook system, with club rides where you don't have to fill in the logbook and you can improve things like brakes and suspension to help with safety.

Now in Tassie there are two systems SIand Vintage(SPECIAL INTEREST) like normal rego but you don't have to be in a club but have a logbook that needs to be filled for each ride(100 days), vehicle needs to be 30yrs old, rego is about $160 a year.

Vintage rego, 30 logbook days plus any club rides, $90?? like NSW where logbook doesn't need to be filled in on club rides, vehicle needs to be 30yrs old, rider/driver needs to be in a club, can't modify vehicle.

Originally Posted by Redback

I'm not surprised given the rules around SA club rego.

whats special about the SA rules?