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I'm looking to privately purchase a $15,000 car. I've never bought a car before, so I'm trying to avoid any unexpected surprises by asking lots of seemingly obvious questions - like the following:

So far, I've taken the following up-front costs into account:

  • Car - $15,000.
  • Registration - $154/year.
  • Insurance (third party) - $600/year.
  • Stamp Duty - $540.
  • Alarm - $1,000.

Is there anything else I might be missing?

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I know in Vic you need a Road worthy Certificate (mine cost $70) and to pay transfer fees ($600 including stamp duty), then there is repairs to make the car road worthy etc ($250). If the car is unregistered then you have to pay get an unregistered car permit to drive it around from home to workshop. Apart from that I can't think of anything else...

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ok - i dont think theres that much point spending 1k on alarm for a 15k car... a cheaper unit for around 500 should do you fine.

I wouldnt bother with mechanical checks by the like of nrma/racv etc... take it to your mechanic and have it properly checked over.

otherwise it looks as if your on the money... also, dont forget if your getting a loan, they sometimes charge u a few hundred bucks to sign up!

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bloody adelaide.. don't even need a RWC cert to transfer the rego.. and my flatmate wonders why there are not hardly any $500 cars driving around in melb :O

If u speak to the buyer nicely they can write down the value they sell it to you (within reason) on the sheet to save on a certain tax... although of course that would be illegal...

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I'll offer him $1,000 for the car and $14,000 for the stereo. :)

dAVE: Would a standard mechanic do a proper job with a Japanese performance car? It's only an extra $100.00 to have a specialist look at it. You think I'd be better off saving my money?

Also, I'd rather over-protect than under-protect my car. Regardless of its value, I can't afford to have it stolen. The one I'm looking to buy already has an alarm, but I am planning to install a Boomerang (or Boomerang clone)... I want pretty much everything but satellite tracking - including remote ignition ( :uh-huh: ). I'm also going to buy a club-lock. Aaand I'm going to have an army of kill switches put in. Then I'll still be careful where I park it.

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