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If there were no changes to ADR emmission rules then yes your engineer is correct. Problem is the ADRs are changing every couple of years so unless there is a concession from vicroads then you will be limited to engines from the start date onwards.
For example in my case I can take advantage of a concession for start build dates prior to 1/1/05. My start date was 2003 but I'm using a motor from 2002. I could've used a motor back to 2000 as your engineer suggests as there were no emission changes to ADR's from 2000 to 2002.
Hope all this helps.
From my experience you need to ask specific questions to engineers or else they may rattle off generic info. They should know all this stuff as it's their job but I've come across an engineer who needed to think twice before answering.
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