BUGA membership might qualify for Cheap Rego

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey James, i think the main problem with our site is that 98% of the vans on here are not show vans, and most of the guys here drive there vans daily, so the ASRF may not apply or be of benefit. A 6cyl here in the stuffed state is around $800 a year and climbing, so i dont know what you do, fuel this morning was $1.46lt. mmmmmm

george.

[LS120]

i can only dream of fuel at $1.46lt as in NZ it's $2.18lt

[Bedfordcrazy]

Word is by xmas it will be $1.80lt.

george

[Worby876]

Given my Bedford is a Motorhome I doubt that I would qualify as a street rod.  (0 to 100 in 5 minutes)

While 98% of the bedfords might be used for other use other than show Vans and street rods,
I see that a number have been fitted out as campers or Motor homes.
All BUGA would have to do is have a special interest group membership...but I get the general drift
this might be outside the current structure of the existing membership.

So I'm making inquiries to see if there is such a thing as Classic Motor home Club here in Australia.
They have them in the UK (lots of Bedfords there) and also in the USA.

I have written an email to the CMCA Campervan Motorhome Club of Australia to see if they have such a
designation.

I will let you know how I get on.

Cheers

[Bedfordcrazy]

Hey Worby, we do, they call it the GRAY NOMADS. 

george

[Big Camper]

Great, keep us updated Worby.  I'm in the process of getting mine registered atm and I would far prefer ~$150pa to ~$600.  Mine is a camper (duh) and I will probably use it about 30days a year, so this Victorian option looks pretty good.  Aother bug in the ointment though, is that the club must be 'State' represented (registered).  That being said, its all about number of participants (dollars) and hassles (effort), it would be worth about $50-100 to me. 

[BusyKiwi]

some moons ago when I was in the old van club if we affiliated with the NZ hot rod assc. we were able to get the perks the hot rodders do.
Maybe if BUGA became a club it could affiliate with the Aus. hot rod club and you guys could get perks.
Some hot rods are like campers, only used X amount of days on the road, others are daily drivers ...

[ben]

sorry but in vic my rego for a v8 van is only 400 bucks a year inc TAC insurance so not worth it for me. and we pay like 55c a litre for gas. vic ios good to us:) ben

[Bedfordcrazy]

Way to go benny, $400, thats what we used to pay for rego 25yrs ago up here. Last yr a V8 rego was approx $1100, and it goes up a certain percentage every year, so i am dreading mine in a couple of months when it's due. Political greed, what can you expect. Hows this for a slap in the face, anna captain bligh drives a nice big V8 chrysler 300C, and guess who pays for it, yep us dumb mugs, the tax payers. Oh well march next year, captain bligh may just loose her ship, and we may start to see cheaper prices up here, lets hope can do campbell gets elected.

george.

[Mark B]

Lol Benny - that's obviously for country VIC. It's still well over $500 for me in the big smoke. Still not as bad as George tho, $1100 is pretty bloody steep!!