I like the structural grommet description!

I posted this on another thread I think regarding the same car issue??? but got no response, I'm still curious if anyone cares to fill me in.

"From reading everything on this site over time I've seen many posts referring to rego's & have been somewhat perplexed.

I kind of feel bad for you guys down under, up here (the US) the only things we seem to have to comply to are emission standards & thats only after a certain year, I think it's 1977 or 78,prior to that anything goes, thats why you can have a 1000HP 68 Chev nova & be street legal. There are laws regarding cat converter removals & things like that & you wont get your car licensed unless it passes emissions inspection. That is unless it fails & you go spend I think $300 & it still fails then you get an exemption & your tabs anyways. So you can still have a POS emissions spewing failed inspection car & get your tabs, go figure!

Other then that the occasional safety inspection if you re-register a car into another state, but when I've done that they never check engine size, or brakes, or anything else other then making sure it has the proper running/brake lights & general safety overall, it's a rather cursory inspection.

You guys must have the safest cars in the world if they check all that stuff! Why are they so strict about this, did too many people go off driving into the outback & die ? Here there's a lot of wide open country but somebody usually drives by to save you butt if your stranded.

I've just always wondered why it seems so difficult to deal with licensing there."