I had no illusion about it being restrictive, but if you were to read the conditions, you will wonder why they put up such silly conditions:
Terms and conditions (excerpt) :
...must be registered, operational and functional at the time of surrender.
...only valid for booking and registration of a new Proton...
...customer is responsible for the vehicle to be scrapped deregistered by JPJ with issuance of form JPJK1D... costs to be fully borne by customer
...vehicle to be scrapped must be registered under customer's name for at least 6 months prior to date of application...
My point is, why the fuss over the vehicle to be scrapped 'must be operational and functional at the time of surrender', when the intention was to be scrapped and deregistered by JPJ?
I have a 1983 BMW 728i (untaxed for a number of years) which I was hoping to apply for Classic car status which entitles owner to a huge discount in road tax. By the time it was eligible in terms of age (25 years old) in 2008, I found out that one of the conditions is that the applicant must, besides the car applied for, own another 2 cars. I can understand the condition is to prevent any abuse by car owners in using the cheap road taxed car for daily use. But in most cases, these owners are either people who cannot afford a new car; unwilling to borrow to buy a new car; retirees who kept the car since new and wish to keep for sentimental reasons, or has other cars owned by wife or children which they can use, and so on. In the case of an old BMW, who will want it for daily use and face expensive repairs?
I am now faced with a dilemma (in fact, no real choice) of doing it up for use, bearing the expensive road tax (Rm1,600), which rate structure was fixed on the premise of 'big capacity means luxury car and owned by rich people', or scrapping it with little value because it is ineligible as Proton accepts only Proton old cars which are registered and in running condition.
...only valid for booking and registration of a new Proton...
...customer is responsible for the vehicle to be scrapped deregistered by JPJ with issuance of form JPJK1D... costs to be fully borne by customer
...vehicle to be scrapped must be registered under customer's name for at least 6 months prior to date of application...
My point is, why the fuss over the vehicle to be scrapped 'must be operational and functional at the time of surrender', when the intention was to be scrapped and deregistered by JPJ?
I have a 1983 BMW 728i (untaxed for a number of years) which I was hoping to apply for Classic car status which entitles owner to a huge discount in road tax. By the time it was eligible in terms of age (25 years old) in 2008, I found out that one of the conditions is that the applicant must, besides the car applied for, own another 2 cars. I can understand the condition is to prevent any abuse by car owners in using the cheap road taxed car for daily use. But in most cases, these owners are either people who cannot afford a new car; unwilling to borrow to buy a new car; retirees who kept the car since new and wish to keep for sentimental reasons, or has other cars owned by wife or children which they can use, and so on. In the case of an old BMW, who will want it for daily use and face expensive repairs?
I am now faced with a dilemma (in fact, no real choice) of doing it up for use, bearing the expensive road tax (Rm1,600), which rate structure was fixed on the premise of 'big capacity means luxury car and owned by rich people', or scrapping it with little value because it is ineligible as Proton accepts only Proton old cars which are registered and in running condition.
I believe my car has better value in parts than as a whole. Furthermore, the strong structure of the car is definitely safer than any of the new cars with thin metal or plastic to have better fuel economy.
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