MR2 turbo p plate laws

What state are you in dude? NSW has changed their P plate restrictions on August 1st. They're now power to weight restricted, still with exceptions for cars deemed high performance e.g. Fast acceleration.
You can search banned and allowed cars from this site. http://roadsafety.transpo...icle-restrictions.html
Looks like ST185 GT4s are allowed, ST205 are banned.
Turbo SW20s are still listed as contact RMS. I sent the rms an email a few weeks ago asking to clarify as when I did the calculations a turbo SW20 came in just under the 130kw per tonne so I was hoping my girlfriend might be able to start driving it!
They eventually replied with a generic response that said those cars are being reviewed keep checking the website for updates... Useless!

Hey I live in NSW and thanks for replying so soon. I appreciate it and man, very convenient relevance that you asked the RMS yourself regarding your turbo MR2 haha! Still doesn't make sense to me why the ST205's are banned while the bigger monsters of rally (wrx sti and the evo) are street legal in Australia. Is the 3sgte a joy to drive on the mr2? I really want one but I'm also really concerned about its age and mileage and if it's easy to maintain. Being a 1997 ST204 with a 293,000km mileage owner for the past few months, I've just blown a lot of money on it with maintenance and it may seem cheap to everyone else but it's been hard on my savings. I'm still 18 with a minimum wage job at subway and having to replace the radiator, power steering hose, new rims (since the key for the nuts broke and the nuts are incredibly rare) and etc.
Please message back if RMS has managed to approve the MR2 and would also like feedback about the car from a few owners here. Thanks again for the reply WHITCHY, really appreciate it!

Evos & Stis aren't p-plate legal. Less likely MR2 turbo will pass due to the tricky handling. I'm surprised s15 au spec is p plate legal now.

you can't import the st205 unless you owned it privately and are bringing it over.

but your defintely allowed to drive one of the 77 locally delivered or handful of imported ones that are here if you own one.

To be honest unless they're very well hidden I would avoid turbo timers and blow off valves on a street driven car. They're a sure way to get the police to pick on anything they can. I would generally be against turbo mr2 owners on their p's on a whole note, as they're very tricky compared to any other car they've likely driven, and enough people kill themselves in far less tricky cars.

MR24U
well.....if anyone has now noticed all turbo mr2's are BANNED which kind of sucks because the valve of mr2 turbo would have jumped alot

Yeah, would definitely increase their value/rarity as the inexperienced drivers would wrap them around trees and power poles.

Say What!! MR2 Turbos are illegal!?!? Since when??