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Les, your post makes me feel a little better about the land down under and if I do get over there I'm going to look you up and let you try to "poison" me. LOL. As for the swashbuckling thing, we had to kick the crown out before we could get on with the swashbuckling! In your post you talk about getting the cobra community together like the hot rod community. Why not combine to two? In the US, the problems that the two groups face (as far as regulation goes) are quite similar if not exactly the same. That's why SEMA and groups of that nature exist to give our segment of the population a voice in our government and a combined direction for our rules. Now while you're at it you may want to consider adding the late model modifiers as well. Why? Because the problems they face, enforcement wise, will again be very similar to your own. While I'm at it, I have to ask again; what is a "hoon"?
rexee, regardless of your status as an "old guy", if you choose to drive what you do, your problems are the same as the hot rodders, the other cobra guys and even some of the "hoons". To sit back and try to separate yourself based on your age and the fact that you believe your car to be cooler that the WRX is a cop out at best. This statement; "Unfortunately there is a fact – I must comply with the rules laid out in the ADR’s in relation to my Cobra if I wish to drive on Australian roads whether I like or not!" shows a resignation that one doesn't find often here in the states, at least not with car guys. And, yes I know I don't live there and my only exposure to your problems is through this board. However, a basic tenant of a democratic society is the ability to change the rules if a large enough segment of the population deems that desirable. And really that is my only point. Stand up and have a voice. If that means banding together with all of the other car guys, then do it. After all, are you not all facing the same regulations?
Les, your last post summed up my thoughts as well; "That’s what choice is all about."
Steve
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