So i'll elaborate on my abrupt ending on the previous post.

In Australia we currently (well actually forever) have, for want of a better word, a contest, where each state tries to outdo the other in policies/regulations/legislations by considerably upping the stakes. I'm sure plenty are familiar with these type of moves as its more or less how politics works.......just one, long winded pissing contest.

Like the vast majority of the world, we live in a country that from the outside looking in is very easily brainwashed, molded and manipulated by what they see and hear being communicated by media of all types along with state and federal goverments.

We've had a problem for a while now where the word 'Hoon' gets thrown around a lot and used as more or less an umbrella that all modded cars (be they old, new or somewhere inbetween) and the vehicle owners get thrown under when talked about in the media and unfortunately now the general public. Some states like NSW were smart enough early on to realise people needed to drop the allegiance shit in relation to brands and all come together to protect the common interest and they have done well for themselves with both having their voices heard, obtaining political backing and having a say with how new laws etc are shaped in relation to modified vehicles.

An election 'promise' was made by our now state leader that he would bring in what he called the toughest hooning laws in the country if elected, to those who aren't wearing ear muffs and a blindfold it was pretty obvious to see it was merely a poor way of smokescreening to take peoples attention away from what else they've been up to. Without going into a shitload of detail, Australia in general has a very big problem with law enforcement deliberately picking out modified vehicles out on the road and making life very difficult, whether they are fully plated (legal) or not. The QPS has submitted changes to their very own Powers and Responsibilities to the QLD Committee and openly admit to the exercise being done purely because of said election promise. Our law enforcement  has a rather ordinary record of defecting things that are legal or making things up on the spot to prove they wave the bigger stick, the concern among the communities is that giving them as much power as proposed (where the courts are more or less circumvented and all powers put in the officers hands) makes this already 'up for interpretation exercise' that much worse.

Anyway this shit has been thrown around for quite a while now but since the start of the year has gained a lot of momentum in terms of actually being put through, the same could be said for the increase in opposition (though it seems to bother them little). The main reason for my very slow progress (i've now had this shell for 3yrs+) and often taking large breaks along with a change in direction when i re-enter the torture is purely because of this attitude and the dwindling number of dudes i know personally who actually still have rego and drive regularly as opposed to having de-registered and just trailer to track. It makes it very difficult to see any light at the end of the tunnel and also makes motivation very hard to come by when what you were essentially working towards is becoming harder and harder to invision because of bullshit knee jerk reactions that don't solve the social issue its trying to police in the first place and the propaganda machine that is the media, who will (much like the policy makers) lie, cheat and steal to drum up publicity.

I think that more or less sheds light on why after all this time i still haven't managed to finish :)