No license requirement for a classic car?

[OBY]

At what age does a classic car no longer need to be licenced?

[tortron]

in new zealand it always needs to be licenced/rego paid to be on the road

 

at 40 years it becomes "classic". this means a slight change to "continuous licencing" in that it takes a little longer for it to be come deregistered if you forget to put it on hold

[440bbm]

Classic is after 40yrs of age. It is not that it doesnt require rego, it is that it is non concurrent. Meaning you can just rego for x months at a time and you dont have to back pay in between for the months not licenced.
Also you get 2 yrs before deregisters not 12months like normal.

[Nominal]

And it is a lot cheaper.

[OBY]

Thanks, Guys, Ouch I thought it was 20 years. lol

[cubastreet]

Nah 20 years is a new car that only needs a wof once a year.

[440bbm]

21 hours ago, cubastreet said:

Nah 20 years is a new car that only needs a wof once a year.

isnt that when it goes to 6 month warrants from 1 year

[Nominal]

9 minutes ago, 440bbm said:

isnt that when it goes to 6 month warrants from 1 year

Anything from 2000 onwards gets 1 year WOF, it's not a sliding scale.

[Tiger Tamer]

Nice to know you have two years begore it gets deregistered. I have three cars on hold and two have gone past the on-hold date. I used to always get a reminder of when I needed to update the cars, but it seems they have stopped that now.

[Nominal]

2 minutes ago, Tiger Tamer said:

Nice to know you have two years begore it gets deregistered. I have three cars on hold and two have gone past the on-hold date. I used to always get a reminder of when I needed to update the cars, but it seems they have stopped that now.

I just got one today, depends if you have given your email address when you do the renewal I suppose

[Tiger Tamer]

20 minutes ago, Nominal said:

I just got one today, depends if you have given your email address when you do the renewal I suppose

I always did get a reminder but hadn't had any for a while. I tried to check on what the cars statis was. You have to fill in the online form, but it rejects my driver's license number which has always been ok before. I have contacted them about it, but they failed to give me a reason why. I have asked again.

[Nominal]

7 minutes ago, Tiger Tamer said:

I always did get a reminder but hadn't had any for a while. I tried to check on what the cars statis was. You have to fill in the online form, but it rejects my driver's license number which has always been ok before. I have contacted them about it, but they failed to give me a reason why. I have asked again.

If you go to this page you can check any plate without drivers license etc

Check expiry query (nzta.govt.nz)

e.g. for that Trike

[87creepin]

On 27/03/2024 at 16:48, Nominal said:

Anything from 2000 onwards gets 1 year WOF, it's not a sliding scale.

Yet. It is rumoured this will be introduced in the near future…

[igor]

Not surprised. Vested interests pushing for it?

[Nominal]

Vested interests like the mta hate the 6 month wof and the 3 years on new cars so always push the other way.

Possibly the vcc lobbies for a shift to 1 year for all. 

[JustHarry]

1 hour ago, Nominal said:

 

Possibly the vcc lobbies for a shift to 1 year for all. 

Not going to happen.

[Nominal]

9 minutes ago, JustHarry said:

Not going to happen.

Yeah, I don't have expectation of it getting better

[JustHarry]

1 hour ago, Nominal said:

Yeah, I don't have expectation of it getting better

1 year wofs on a classic car are a bad idea imo.

If your getting upset over a 60$ wof then don't own a classic car.

And if the upset is from needing repairs every 6 months then it shows the car actually needs work and isn't safe for 1 year so the 6 month is kinda doing its job 

But if jt passes who cares its probably the cheapest part of owning a classic car

[Nominal]

11 minutes ago, JustHarry said:

1 year wofs on a classic car are a bad idea imo.

If your getting upset over a 60$ wof then don't own a classic car.

And if the upset is from needing repairs every 6 months then it shows the car actually needs work and isn't safe for 1 year so the 6 month is kinda doing its job 

But if jt passes who cares its probably the cheapest part of owning a classic car

It's the hassle factor more than anything.

What makes a 2000 car safer over a year than a 1999?

Nothing, that's what.

It's a stupid rule, but I don't expect a change.

[JustHarry]

12 minutes ago, Nominal said:

 

It's a stupid rule, but I don't expect a change.

That's how I look at it