Almost an MPS. NSW P-Plate laws.

[ford.boy]

Gday guys, been a long time between drinks.

I have a couple of things I need cleared up here, hopefully in a hurry.

First, I've managed to come across a great example of a Mazda 6 MPS, and I'm looking to buy it (should be happening in a couple of days, give or take). A couple of issues with that though-

-It's a turbo and I'm on my Ps for the next few months. A minor sticking point would be me not being able to drive the thing for that time because it's a Turbo. Is there any way around this? I highly doubt it, but I thought here would be a good place to ask. Maybe appeal to common sense from the RTA. (BAHA, yep. That's gonna happen) Yes. I'll have a whinge about that. It makes less power than any FG Falcon, has more airbags, 4WD, ASM, traction, the whole lot. I'm not buying this cause it goes like clappers, I'm buying it cause it's DAMN nice for the price and mechanically great. What I can't work out is why a car like this isn't allowed, when an FG is fine. Or a Golf R32 is allowed when the GTi isn't. The way air enters the combustion chamber simply shouldn't have such a massive weighting whether or not someone is able to drive a car when a 40 year old kingswood bomb is OK. </rant>

-Even if I can't drive it, and I'm happy to garage it for a while.. can I even register the car? Can I even buy it and sign the papers? Or will I need to get a family member to do that for me?

Its very much a rule to ridiculed in my opinion. And I know that I'm jaded a little by this experience, however it's not common sense at all. Any info that you guys have would be fantastic, thanks a bunch