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Random # 308: EH Premier / SI Rego Rant!

This stunning EH has all the fruit and more:  awesome duco, sparkling chrome, nifty bonnet louvres, a floor-change 'box, fabulous wheels, and disc brakes all round, as well as all the niceties that accrue from being a top of the line Premier .  Its owner has  contacted me since this was first published and says that its powered by a supercharged 3.8.  It's probably fair to say that it is immaculate and exactly the style of car that special interest registration was intended for, although the owner says he’d describe it as “a neat and tidy cruiser.”  So is it immaculate?   What, exactly, does immaculate  mean?     According to everyone's best friends at Google, the term immaculate is described as "perfectly clean, neat or tidy."  That makes sense, doesn't it? Not if you're administering the special interest provisions of Section 85 of the Vehicle and Traffic (Driver Licensing and Vehicle Registration) Regulations 2021, it seems.  The classic car scene is a