Interstate purchase

[CR34TION]

G'day guys,

I wanted advice on purchasing a car from interstate. Has anyone done this before? I would like to know how it all works, such as organising inspection, transferring rego, transporting it back.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Sid

[pushead]

you had a dream last night didn't ya sid? hangin for a line i see

correct me if im wrong guys but as far as registration goes, i beleive it has to be NSW plates unless you fully unrego the vehicle and somehow truck it down to Melbourne get the RWC and register it under VIC?

[Snowman]

Well this may or may not be helpful information. But my last car was SOLD interstate to a guy from Adelaide. Now what we did was a risk to him if he decided to drive stupidly.

I cancelled my registration on my car but didnt hand in the plates (basically if you cancel your registration you get a refund on your remaining rego. But you only get the refund when you hand your plates back. However if you dont hand your plates back for a month or more from when you cancel your rego you still get the full allotted refund)

So I cancelled my rego - let him drive back to Adelaide with my cancelled plates on so he could do everything he needed without trucks etc - then he sent me the plates back in the mail. It all worked fine for everyone... but it only happened cause I was a nice bloke who did the guy a favour, and because the guy driving with cancelled plates didnt drive in a manner to draw attention to himself.

Thats the easiest way if both parties are good.

[CR34TION]

So i have no option but to drive back without rego?

Can i get it rego'd in Vic prior to bringing it back?

[Snowman]

No - each state needs its own roadworthy from what I can gather. So a Vic roadworthy needs to be done by a vic certified agent.

[Snowman]

But I admit that I didnt fully investigate all the options on this as it wasnt my problem. There may be some way to do it - I dont know. But thats how the guy that bought my car did it.

[CR34TION]

Maybe i just get it rego'd as nsw, then i don't have to follow the tight vic rules...haha

Anyone else purchased a car from interstate?

[ylwgtr2]

get an unregistered vehicle permit...or just send it to vic by a truck...easy....

[R34GTT-R]

purchased a Z and bluebird interstate.rego no good to you when ya get it back.cash in rego in the state ya buying it and get it taken off the price of car.then get a permit from RTA for highway use and drive it back to vic then get full roadworthy and register here.

[CR34TION]

Thanks dudes, now i just have to figure out the cheapest way there... it would at least be 2 round trips on the weekends.... as i would have to get somebody to inspect it fully during the week... prior to me picking it up.

[SS8_Gohan]

So what is the car in question if you don't mind me asking? Miss the 34 at all?

[CR34TION]

Of course i miss the r34.... now that i'm in a position to buy one again, i can't find one:(

[xRHETTx]

I was going to buy a skyline from NSW so i investigated this a while back. I was going to fly up, buy the car, get proof of purchase, drive down to vic.

Then hand the NSW plates in to Vicroads, they give the registed owner the refund (the old owner), then you have to get a Vic RWC and get new rego. So its still registered to the old owner when you drive it interstate, but as long as you have proof of purchase you can hand the plates in yourself.

[Daz]

Unregistered vehicle permit is the way to go