Could someone explain the process of buying a car without a RWC in Victoria?
Per the website, you need a RWC to complete the transfer from the seller's name to your name.
If the buyer is to get the RWC, would the car just be purchased and driven under the seller's name until RWC is attained or how does it work?
Per the website, you need a RWC to complete the transfer from the seller's name to your name.
Correct - no roady no rego into your name.
would the car just be purchased and driven under the seller's name until RWC is attained or how does it work?
The seller with the car rego'ed in their name goes and gets a roady in their name.
They sell the car to you and hand over roady and rego papers, you sign the forms and go to Vicroads and transfer it to your name
Buying a car with no roadworthy could end in tears with lots more to spend than you may realise as in thousands..
YMMV
I've been thinking about selling my car for a while now, but I'd only sell it without RWC, simply because the RWC is only valid for a period of 30 days and I might not be able to sell it right away.
I would suggest finding an agreement with the seller, for example, once you agree on the price, you can pay for the RWC yourself and then deduct the cost from the sale price.
If you a buying a car with no RWC you either:
1. absolutely confident in your mechanical knowledge of the car and can take the risk to pay the associated costs to obtain an RWC
2. You are not looking to register the car
3. You have no idea what you're getting yourself into
im the 3rd option
Me too
Technically, you have 14 days after the 'date of sale' to let Vicroads know the cars changed hands. From there, you have 30 days (?) to get a RWC and present it to Vicroads - or they'll suspend the registration.
It used to be pretty common for the seller to leave it all in the hands of buyer, so plenty of people took advantage of that and took as much time as they needed to get a RWC. Now days though, the seller can lodge a 'disposal of vehicle' notice online (and more and more people are), so I wouldn't count on being able to wrought the system