Hi fellow ozbargainers,
I just wanted to understand the process of buying a used car from a private seller in NSW and then bringing it to VIC.
So its a Volvo XC60 and the trim and model year are exactly what we are looking for. Given that there is a shortage of even used cars now, I am open to buying it from interstate.
In this case being a private sale, how will this process work? The sellers seem to be genuine but I will make no assumptions. If we go ahead, how we do protect ourselves from being scammed. How does the money exchange work and what is the legal entity that indicates that we are now the new owners of the car? We will fly down to NSW (Covid permitting and do the transaction in person).
Assuming this goes ahead, the car has a NSW rego until Nov 2022 which is probably useless to us. So is the correct procedure that the sellers remove the plates and return to the NSW version of Vicroads, while we get a temp rego to drive it to VIC so we can get a fresh rego on it? And if we do bring it in with the NSW rego, what is the grace period for us to register the car here?
I am a bit clueless about this and googling has not given me clear answers yet and so looking to the collective advice of you smart folks here esp if you have experience with this.
TIA!
seems doable. but good luck with that. the wait times at vicroads can be quite ridiculous depending on the centre. I would actually go directly to a non busy vicroads here and ask.
Selling without any rego and reregistering here is an absolutely pain i believe, even if you have an rwc done here, as vicroads need to physically inspect the car?
i'm thinking, regardless, the nsw guy will need to hand back his plates, get his rego part payment back, and you basically lose out on the rego paid (not a big deal in the scheme of things).