Buying cars interstate?
Discussion
Yep. You only pay stamp duty in NSW and should have no involvement with the other state. The other vendor will have to hand in the rego plates in their state, so you will effectively have to buy an unregistered car and have it shipped over. The vendor will be keen to do this as they get whatever the value of their remaining rego is, refunded. Note that for example VICRoads have absolutely no connection with the RTA so don't expect to be getting help from them. Then in Sydney, you will have to obtain a blue-slip. Now, this is fine, depending on what you buy. In my case a supercharged MX5 so they would not give me a blue slip without a NSW engineers report (reports from other states are typicaly not accepted unless something is very clear cut). If you are buying anything modified or out of the ordinary this is important stuff - legalities vary from state to state and the last thing you want is to be stuck with an unregisterable car. Note also that whilst you can get a dodgy pink slip very easily, you will never ever ever get a dodgy blue slip. Once you have your blue slip (which usurps the pink slip) it's just the same as re-registering & purchasing a car at the same time in NSW - blue slip, green slip, cash, except you get some shiny new plates for it.
But heed my advice above re: modified cars.
Cheers,
Stu
But heed my advice above re: modified cars.
Cheers,
Stu
I bought my car interstate (Victoria and I live in NSW)
Would I do it again? Without a shadow of a doubt. I also traded in my car at a dealership so got a refund on 11 months rego and on the greenslip as well.
Very easy process.
I drove down the Melbourne, took the plates off my car, the dealer took the plates of the new car (he was cheering for the reasons outlined above) paid no stamp duty in Vic, got a unregistered vehicle permit (dealer organised and paid for it) and drove back up to Sydney (and driving on toll roads without an etag in a car with no numberplates is a cheap journey).
Blueslip process was really easy - used a local trailer centre funnily enough who had a look at the car, VIN check and signed it off without a hitch. Getting it registered in NSW only took about an afternoon of my time.
If the right car comes up interstate again and it passes inspection I wouldn't hesitate to buy that way again.
Would I do it again? Without a shadow of a doubt. I also traded in my car at a dealership so got a refund on 11 months rego and on the greenslip as well.
Very easy process.
I drove down the Melbourne, took the plates off my car, the dealer took the plates of the new car (he was cheering for the reasons outlined above) paid no stamp duty in Vic, got a unregistered vehicle permit (dealer organised and paid for it) and drove back up to Sydney (and driving on toll roads without an etag in a car with no numberplates is a cheap journey).
Blueslip process was really easy - used a local trailer centre funnily enough who had a look at the car, VIN check and signed it off without a hitch. Getting it registered in NSW only took about an afternoon of my time.
If the right car comes up interstate again and it passes inspection I wouldn't hesitate to buy that way again.
Make sure you get a full report on the cars history from the people who supply them from every relevate state. REVS I think is one of them. Somebody where I normally live nearly bought a car from a Dealer on one side of the country only to find it had been written off on the other side of the country. This was not an old car either, it was quite a recent vehicle.
Edited by motomk on Monday 10th August 12:10
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