Thread: My New TDV8 RRS. Travelling Brisbane to Central Coast

Hi Chilly,
Congrats on the purchase, a very wise move, one you will not regret.

Getting back interstate, what an interesting topic, I have bought I think it is five vehicles interstate, all Land Rovers. I have never managed to drive one back what I would regard as legally for many different reasons.

The closest I came was SA where I popped into a local post office with filled in transfer papers, I paid what I had to do and left. I was of the belief that once I had done this I could drive around in WA until the SA rego ran out then put the vehicle over the pits. It wasn't until I went over the pits that I came to the realisation that a WA licence holder can't legally own a SA registered vehicle. After the pits I put WA plates on, they let me off the stamp duty because I paid that is SA and had proof.

The RRS sport I bought in NSW from a yard, just as I was about to drive off the sales guys started to remove the plates, asked him what he was doing he explained the rules, legally he had to remove the plates selling to a WA licenced driver.

In the end they accidentally forgot to remove the plates and I posted them back to the yard when I got back to WA. There is no legal way I could find to get a vehicle back to WA driving it back that is. If I did the transportation by train I could then get a moving permit to move the vehicle home in WA and then to the pits again on a moving permit.

I did insure the vehicle in my name with the plate I had on it for the appropriate value, legally I don't know how credible that was I didn't ask for fear of the answer I might get.

I don't think you can do it Chilly, now you have asked the question and found maybe the answer you didn't want you know, you are now knowingly now doing something wrong. It is all to do with the drivers licence state and the vehicles registered state.

Driving an unlicensed vehicle and in my case I would have been driving an un-plated RRS thorough three states, how long would it be before I got stopped? As it was I got breathalysed going through Mildura, that nearly resulted in a loss of primary containment.
Once you get it home and legal you'll be living the dream.

Cheers Marty.

Some 7 or 8 years back i flew to sydney and purchased a vehicle went to the motor registry and obtained a permit to get it home here to Tas . It had certain stipulations like taking the most direct route home. Was a std form and quite commonplace i guess because there was no confusion at the desk and we were sorted within a few minutes.

Jc

If you're flying up I would jump on a train from the airport to Fortitude Valley station. Next to the station is a Queensland Transport office. Then either get a taxi to Grays at Eagle Farm or go public transport.

Ok, checked with qld. Can get unreg vehicle permit to drive home. A few costs with it. Not exact figures but $30 per day for permit. $50 for insurance day one then $1.

So, hopefully all good for travelling home. Green slip and full comprehensive insurance paid!

Would love to get it blue slipped on way home....any recommendations for where to go?

Chilly

Originally Posted by Chilly

Ok, checked with qld. Can get unreg vehicle permit to drive home. A few costs with it. Not exact figures but $30 per day for permit. $50 for insurance day one then $1.

So, hopefully all good for travelling home. Green slip and full comprehensive insurance paid!

Would love to get it blue slipped on way home....any recommendations for where to go?

Chilly

Make sure you check what happens when you get to the border,you will probably need a NSW permit.
When I was looking at S/H D4s to buy a victorian vehicle I had to de-register it,get a vic permit to the boarder which covered SA from memory,then had to have a WA permit for WA.
I ended up buying new in WA.
Andrew

I thought you had a week to transfer rego after sale. Isn't that right?

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Originally Posted by DiscoMick

I thought you had a week to transfer rego after sale. Isn't that right?

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In SA it's 14 days. When I sold my Puma to WA just signed over the transfer papers and off he drove to WA. As far as I know he then just took it in and got it WA reg. I was worried at the time he would have trouble as it was pretty well modified but in pics he sent me it was still as I sold it to him

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