Lefty1
02-02-2008, 08:11 PM
Hello,
I have just moved to Queensland and driving a 5 cyl find the way registration fees are worked out in Queensland a bit odd. I have just written to the Hon John Mickel MP, regarding this issue. I imagine I am not alone in paying extra to drive a socially responsible vehicle because it has 5 cylinders and is placed in the more expensive 5/6 cylinder registration fee bracket.
I hope if others were to write to the minister he may reconsider how registration is charged on vehicles which in my opinion should be in the cheaper registration bracket.
Regards
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Registration/Motor_vehicles/Registration_fees/
Email to Minster:
Transport@ministerial.qld.gov.au
The Hon John Mickel MP
Minister for Transport
Dear Mr Mickel,
We have just moved back to Queensland and of course have started to transfer our two cars over to Queensland registration. I find it odd that the price of motor vehicle registration in Queensland is derived from the number of cylinders a motor vehicle has. One of our cars is a European 5 cylinder and so the registration is set in the 5 / 6 cylinder bracket despite the fact it is only a 2.5 Litre motor.
I find it strange that a car with a 2.5 Litre motor can cost as much to register as a 4.0 Litre and yet another car with a 3.2 Litre motor but in a 4 cylinder configuration is put into the cheaper 4 cylinder bracket. I am not alone in this as a number of small European vehicles with motors in the 2 - 2.5Litre category are 5 cylinder machines.
I am thinking it would make more sense to look at the cc capacity in line with the number of cylinders of a motor vehicle when deciding registration fees.
I have just moved to Queensland and driving a 5 cyl find the way registration fees are worked out in Queensland a bit odd. I have just written to the Hon John Mickel MP, regarding this issue. I imagine I am not alone in paying extra to drive a socially responsible vehicle because it has 5 cylinders and is placed in the more expensive 5/6 cylinder registration fee bracket.
I hope if others were to write to the minister he may reconsider how registration is charged on vehicles which in my opinion should be in the cheaper registration bracket.
Regards
http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home/Registration/Motor_vehicles/Registration_fees/
Email to Minster:
Transport@ministerial.qld.gov.au
The Hon John Mickel MP
Minister for Transport
Dear Mr Mickel,
We have just moved back to Queensland and of course have started to transfer our two cars over to Queensland registration. I find it odd that the price of motor vehicle registration in Queensland is derived from the number of cylinders a motor vehicle has. One of our cars is a European 5 cylinder and so the registration is set in the 5 / 6 cylinder bracket despite the fact it is only a 2.5 Litre motor.
I find it strange that a car with a 2.5 Litre motor can cost as much to register as a 4.0 Litre and yet another car with a 3.2 Litre motor but in a 4 cylinder configuration is put into the cheaper 4 cylinder bracket. I am not alone in this as a number of small European vehicles with motors in the 2 - 2.5Litre category are 5 cylinder machines.
I am thinking it would make more sense to look at the cc capacity in line with the number of cylinders of a motor vehicle when deciding registration fees.