Pulled over by police, with expired rego

30 Aug 2023 Oberon, New South Wales

Daylesford + Junee 2023

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We drove from The Blue Mountains to Oberon, where we were pulled over by the police. It seems that our registration has expired! We were kicking ourselves 🤦. The reminder would have been posted to our business address, which we only check every few months, because we are road tripping. But we should have had a calendar reminder for it anyway, or at least just realised. We collected the car on August 31, 2022, but I guess Tesla registered it a few days beforehand.

The officer was very kind. No fine, but he told us we couldn’t drive anywhere until we renewed the registration.

Easy to do, on-line, right? It took us ages to find the CTP (green slip) policy number, since Tesla has organised it originally. NRMA Insurance website told us it was undergoing maintenance. We used the chat feature to get help, which suffered slow responses and the support staff also experienced the maintenance issue.

Thanks to The Hub Pizza for sustenance while we sorted all this out.

Eventually all done, just as a hail storm rolled into town. We copped some small hail on the drive or towards Bathurst. No damage.

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Ray Virta via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

I noticed the same with my Y
Picked up 5th August 2022, but rego started on the 4th.
But Services NSW App is kind enough to send a couple reminders.

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1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 31 Aug 2023
  
  Ray Virta Unfortunately, since the Service NSW app is linked to my individual details, it doesn’t remind me about the car, which is owned by my business.
  
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2. Ray Virta via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
  
  Tesla Tripping
  Bugger,
  
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Matt Koerber via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

SHIT!!! Thanks for reminder 🤣🤣

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Evert Numan via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

Wow, nice weather at Oberon for this time of year. Hope you enjoyed. The road out via the caves can be a little dicey too, but I'm sure the Tesla handled it with ease.

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Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

Our car was registered on 7th August and delivered to us on 11th August.

I guess you didn't keep the original registration certificate in your glovebox that should have been in there when you picked the car up 🤪

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1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 31 Aug 2023
  
  Kylie Gilroy That’s like a paper thing, right? 😉
  
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  1. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping yes but imagine if the cop wasn't nice and had fined you because you didn't have the reminder in your glove box, rego is dearer in NSW I see, mine cost $716 for 12 months.
    
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  2. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 31 Aug 2023
    
    Kylie Gilroy I might be paying a bit more because it’s owned by a business 🤔.
    
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  3. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping ahhh yes
    
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  4. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping actually if you physically went and got your car your paperwork might not have been in the glovebox, our car was VIP delivered to us 😉 so all the paperwork was in our glovebox
    
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  5. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 31 Aug 2023
    
    Francis says “Well, aren’t they fancy up there, with their VIP delivery” 😉
    
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  6. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping I wasn't flying to Brisbane that's for sure, Aaron and I both had Covid this day too 🤦🏼‍♀️ so the truck driver parked him in the garage and there he stayed until we got better.
    
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  7. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping tell Francis, Tarquin is getting wrapped in burnt orange soon, I'm so excited.
    
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  8. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 31 Aug 2023
    
    Kylie Gilroy Ah yes, I remember the sad Covid story of your delivery 😞
    
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  9. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 31 Aug 2023
    
    Kylie Gilroy Ooh, nice. Cost?
    
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  10. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping I was quoted $4500 that's without door trim but they are temporary closed 🤷🏼‍♀️ so just waiting on a quote from someone else, I know a guy around the corner got his Y wrapped and it was $6000 I post a photo it's stunning and even nicer in real life.
    
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  11. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping
    
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  12. Kylie Gilroy via Facebook ↗ 9 Sep 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping he's all booked in for next month, deposit paid I'm so excited, total cost is $5250
    
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Helen Van Hulst via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

Some days are diamonds…some days are stone!

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1. Rowena Newton via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
  
  Helen Van Hulst love that quote, Helen. So true
  
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Melanie Brodhurst via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

so in the Service NSW app I noticed there is now a notification preference to be notified when rego is due for renewal. Turn that on coz you’ll be even older next year and definitely won’t remember! love from your younger sister - 😂

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1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 31 Aug 2023
  
  Melanie Brodhurst Oh you are hilarious! 🤪
  
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2. Francis Brodhurst-Hill via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023
  
  Melanie Brodhurst Ha ha Mel! Coz it’s registered through the business, we haven’t yet figured out how to do that but you’re right about his age though. Next you’ll have to leave him little post it notes everywhere!
  
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Melissa Jane via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

If you choose Katoomba, Leura, Blackheath region, to settle in, you will get all 4 distinct seasons
☀️🍁❄️🌷👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

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Mel Legge via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

We had to organise the CTP and rego for our car the other week, and there was some issue with the NRMA page. It would get to a certain point in the process, then just refuse to load the next page.

I was in a hurry at the time, as I needed to get the rego sorted so I could drive to work. I ended up getting the CTP through Allianz. It ended up being about $5 cheaper than NRMA, as well.

I also noticed that the rego was due about 4 days before the anniversary of the date we picked our M3 up.

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Peter Hofland via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

You’re finally in my neck of the woods. Same happened with my Y just a few weeks ago, thankfully received an email from service NSW once expired.

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Rachael Campbell via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

Bathurst is lovely. Spent time there in the past year.

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Rodney Lister via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

How did she enjoy Bathurst? And just wondering if they gave you a fine?

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1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 31 Aug 2023
  
  Rodney Lister Fortunately, the cop didn’t give us a fine. We were very grateful.
  
  We were in Bathurst a few months ago, when we took a few laps of Mount Panorama. Francis was lucky to not get a fine then 😉.
  
  I will post our brief stop in Bathurst shortly.
  
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Jill Clarke via Facebook ↗ 31 Aug 2023

Wow! Amazing luck to not be fined- I am glad you got that sorted!

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Peter Johnstone via Facebook ↗ 8 Sep 2023

Too late but you didnt need to go find a ctp number

Go to the comparison website

https://www.greenslips.nsw.gov.au/

Headsup for others , our is up for renewal and did the comparison and found the nrma renewal was near $400 over for us

The reason being is the renwal covers anyone 21+ and we are 40+

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1. Tesla Tripping eTripping.au 9 Sep 2023
  
  Peter Johnstone Of really? I didn’t realise that CTP price varied according to driver age. Good to know.
  
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  1. Peter Johnstone via Facebook ↗ 9 Sep 2023
    
    Tesla Tripping yep its one of the questions on the comparison website
    Number 1 rule of insurance , never pay the renewal without checking quotes
    
    Otherwise known as the lazy tax
    
    Insurance often has a new policy internet discount which you dont get with the renewals
    
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Dan Oliver via Facebook ↗ 10 Sep 2023

Get you email reminders setup! I own a number of vehicles for my business! Would be screwed with out the email reminder.

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