Oops. Don't know what i was thinking of there. :D
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It depends where you going to end up. I bought in NSW and live in Melbourne. All I had to do was pay the guy, drive to VIC and take it to VicRoads and get the plates changed (after forking over the stamp duty and rego fee). I had to pre book the VicRoads visit and they took the NSW plates and sent them back. Was very straight forward.
Your local road authority should have an explanation on their website.
So if I want to fly to Melbourne do the deal and drive it back to Brisbane? What is the best way?
If Qld does what NSW does then you won't get any rego refund from cancelled interstate rego.
Okay, maybe I need to buy it unregistered. Get the rego & CTP taken off the price. Get an unregistered vehicle permit and drive it home.
I bought my D3 in Sydney, transferred the rego to me, drove it home to Queensland, got a safety certificate, went to transport department with proof of purchase, paid the stamp duty (way too much) & rego, gave them the plates then applied to NSW RTA for a refund on the registration part then applied for a refund of the CTP insurance from the CTP provider which was all successful eventually. It was basically on the QLD & NSW websites but difficult to find so I found it better to actually ring them to get all my questions answered.
Cheers, Murray
i'd say dont do it Dealer yes private no, someone on here brought a car from Vic and it blew up an engine on the way home to NSW :( i dont think it was a dodgy deal just bad luck and you have no insurance claims.
As for owning a V8 mine has 230,000ks and it goes great. After those ks i have fitted a new suspension compressor and it currently need new shocks and lower control arm but with what i payed im happy to spend that on it.
Bought my D3 on Friday and drove it from Vic to Qld over the weekend. Seller insisted on keeping plates so I got an unregistered vehicle permit from VicRoads - cost about $50 for 14 days.
Must say it drove extremely well - ate up the k's. :)
I don't think the compressor has been updated - how do I check for that?