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Old 17-04-2010, 10:49 PM   #1
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Wanted to know if anyone has a hatchback and on on your rego label does it state its a sedan? Mine does at the dealer all there hatches were reg as sedan couldnt work it out. Maybe a simple explanation.
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Old 18-04-2010, 12:01 AM   #2
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yeah mines like that as well. dont know why.
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Old 18-04-2010, 07:56 AM   #3
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Yeh same, my mate brought a mazda 3 and same thing. I don't think they use hbk anymore
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Old 18-04-2010, 01:29 PM   #4
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Same here.
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Old 18-04-2010, 01:41 PM   #5
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A friend has a Mazda 2, also says Sedan.
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Old 18-04-2010, 09:11 PM   #6
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Thx for the feedback ppl
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Old 19-04-2010, 03:04 PM   #7
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I've never noticed to be honest, but now i'm gonna go have a look.
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Old 19-04-2010, 06:23 PM   #8
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i noticed this a while back and when i contacted the rta they informed me that they dont actually have a hatchback selection on there system.
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Old 20-04-2010, 03:38 PM   #9
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Quote: "............they don't actually have a hatchback selection on their system".

That's exactly the response I got when I questioned them at my local RTA Registry.
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Old 21-04-2010, 03:05 PM   #10
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you'd think they would updated their system due to almost half the car market is after a hatchback now?.. hmm lazy people. sedans are better anyway :
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Old 21-04-2010, 05:17 PM   #11
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That all seems innocent enough doesnt it.

But - years ago I had a Torana hatchback stolen. Those days, they were able to type hatch in the box, so that's how it was registered.

Years passed, and the car was lost, as far as I was concerned.

A friend in WA actually found the car on an enthusiast site in a "build" thread. He saw the mods that he and I made some 20 years ago!

After initial excitement, I found that the car had initially been found in outback WA, and was held in a police yard. A year passed, and it was then legally auctioned off
with police plates to this fella. He registered it in WA, and they put SEDAN on the rego.

I never gave up searching in the first 5 years you know, and the SA police tried as hard as they could for me searching data bases. Remember data bases were crap back then too. No Torana HATCHBACK was ever found fitting the description going by rego checks...

So a harmless thing now, but who knows down the track. Not quite the same league.
An SS hatchback goes for around $60K these days!!

****es me off that they are so limited, and lazy for that matter that they cant "type" hatchback.

Oh, in case you're wondering, no I never got it back. All legal it seems, regardless of proof of previous ownership.
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Old 18-05-2010, 07:37 AM   #12
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will have to see if s.a. rego is the same. got a permit in nsw on the weekend and they gave me the same story. he even turned his pc screen around so i could see. no code for hatchback.

most rego companies are about 10yrs behind the 8 ball though. motor reg in s.a. took forever to get eftpos/credit card system. used to have to pay cash all the time.
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Old 18-05-2010, 05:45 PM   #13
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I think SA has been like it for ages, my parents 1985 toyota corolla (hatchback) has sedan on rego papers they say its been like that the whole time.
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