Bris, the other thing to comsider is that you will have to change your license if you wish to register a car in any other state. I couldn't register the Stagea in QLD with my Vic license, so had to change it. If you have a car registered in another state, you can continue to pay the rego on it, just get the form sent to someone's address that can forward it to you. We did this with Nat's car for almost 2 years, with her rego going to her parents.