Re: Encouraging Changi Track News!
MachoMan;649431 said:
COE is expensive, but there is always a cycle. Having a track locally means more people might want to keep track cars instead of a road car. Speaking of this, i have a question. Is it true that If my track car is registered in Singapore, I cannot keep the car in Malaysia for a period longer than 3 months? Meaning every 3 months I have to tow the car back to Singapore before I can bring in back to Malaysia? If this is true, and if the Singapore track is not happening, then it makes more sense to register/import the car directly to Malaysia instead.
Trackcar popularity at the SG track if it gets done, will depend on a range of factors from cost of storage at the track, number and quality of service providers located at or right next to the track, towing rules within Singapore, etc.
Currently taking a non road reg trackcar between SG and MY is a pain and expensive whether you do it the legal or illegal way. The main problem is customs on the Malaysian side. Insurance is an issue, and even the shortest of trips costs a lot cos you have to tow it around. If you take the risk and drive it and get caught penalties can be big and if trackcars are focused to the point of being all out racecars, they just aren't good on the roads, way too obvious. A lot of SG and MY garages who are familiar with all this actually try very hard to keep their sub-pure-racecar trackcars road registered for ease of transport across borders and for transport within MY.
But with regards to your question, you can have a SG trackar in Malaysia for up to a year, if you apply for the extension. After that you have to bring it back, but you can return to MY almost instantly after crossing back into SG.
Getting a fully legal Malaysian trackcar is one option that I need to explore more thoroughly too but also means that all your service providers will have to be Malaysian. Have to make a whole new bunch of friends so you're not cornered by too few. Haven't really started on the research, but from what I understand there are only a few companies that have licenses to import non road reg cars. Mofaz racing is one of them I believe.
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Any doubts about which car is faster at the racetrack has been put to rest
Sorry golfgti, but the racecars have almost nothing to do with the roadcars..just look at the specs mate. The FIA runs performance balancing (different weight limits, restrictors, boost levels, fuel capacity, etc.) to level the field and sometimes they get it right, sometimes not, depending on who you ask. The argument is unending.
