Buying A Car Interstate. Few Questions

[eightsixboy]

Hi all,

Im looking at buying a cheapish project soon. I've found something I like but its in SA.

The car is currently registered there and it had its compliance done there also last year.

Basically I just want to know if its just a matter of me getting a rwc here in Vic and then rego or if because its not an aussie delivered car if I will have issues with complaince related stuff.

I have heard its pretty straight forwared buying an intersate car but thought I'd ask just incase.

Cheers.

[IOWNU]

You'll just need RWC and rego.

Would be handy to have compliance paperwork, just in case, because Vicroads aren't the brightest bunch.

You should be fine though.

[Odium]

Of course it also depends on how modified it is, if modified at all... chassis cut for intercooler piping, etc...

[eightsixboy]

Its stock as a rock, so no need to worry bout anyhing dodgy like cut holes etc.

[SMOKEYV35]

you will also need to present the car to vic roads for a visual inspection, which will mean booking an appt at a location that can do that - you can't just present the RWC and pay the stamp duty and transfer as per a previously vic rego'd car. Other than that it is straight forward.

Have a look at CEVA for transport rates. I got a car from Syndey to Melbourne, depot to depot on a CEVA truck for 160 last year.

[xALmoN]

not sure about from SA, but if its from sydney, then dont buy it.

[blind_elk]

you will also need to present the car to vic roads for a visual inspection, which will mean booking an appt at a location that can do that - you can't just present the RWC and pay the stamp duty and transfer as per a previously vic rego'd car. Other than that it is straight forward.

I believe that is incorrect. I did a car from NSW a while ago (3 years), and because the car was unmodified from original rego - basically original engine / chassis / VIN numbers - it wasn't necessary to have it inspected. Just take the old plates and a RWC to a Vicroads office, and pay the appropriate fees.

[SMOKEYV35]

That may be the case if the vehicle was already registered in your name in the other state. Vic roads says you need to do all the the things you do and that in some cases a RWC is required - and to call for details. Clear as mud! <br /><br />All I know is that last year I bought a car from Sydney. To get it registered in my name I had to a)get a RWC b) book an appointment for inspection c) the inspector asked me to bring the vehicle round to inspection bay to check numbers. <br /><br />It was a 2008 Mazda MPS with no mods, so not like the kind of car to raise alarm bells. I remember all this clearly as it was around the time all the hail damaged cars were getting VIVs and every inspection center was booked out for 3 weeks - so I had to drive to ballarat to get a slot.

[xALmoN]

So his easiest shotnis t get it registered in his name in SA, keep it that way for awhile, then rego transfer?

[SMOKEYV35]

So his easiest shotnis t get it registered in his name in SA, keep it that way for awhile, then rego transfer?

You any register a car in a state you don't live in, and it's an offense to own a car registered in another state when you reside in another.

Basically car must be in your name registered in the state you live in.

[xALmoN]

And how would they know when you can just easily go to your bank, change your address to your mate's place, and tell the vicroads or equivalent there that you're there temporarily to find a job/internship and would like to register the car you just purchased in your name there.

[bilaldabab]

If its registered in SA, and the VIN and engine no. match up with Vicroads, then you just need to make an appointment to get new plates and rego and also hand in the RWC. If the VIN and engine no. dont match up, you'll be asked to bring the car in for an inspection. You can find out exactly what scenario you have to deal with by calling vicroads and quoting the engine no and VIN to them. I am in the process of doing it now. Lucky for me, everything matches up so they don't need to inspect my car

[Miss-R34]

I believe it's fairly straight forward if the car is stock as a rock. We got a heavily modded car from Sydney which needed an engineers certificate and that was a nightmare and a half (it didn't help that it didn't have a vin number and had to go through the stolen vehicles unit for verification prior to be registered)

I would not use CEVA transport, they are rotten to deal with and their staff are unprofessional and rude. I organised for my car to be carried from Melbourne to Brisbane in December. I booked, paid and provided all the measurements they required plus more to make sure my baby was carried safely, get to the depot after driving 150kms and was told it was going to be an additional $300 because a mistake made by their staff member and that it would take another 9 days.

Called around frantically and found another company who was going to do it $200 cheaper than the original company, carried my car in a covered truck and even gave her a wash before I picked her up. On New Years Eve. http://www.prixcartransport.com.au/move-my-car/

[Iron Mike]

Easy as piss mate. No issues to worry about here. Needs a RWC just like any other car you buy locally.

[Iron Mike]

it's an offense to own a car registered in another state when you reside in another.

Basically car must be in your name registered in the state you live in.

hmmm don't know where you got that from