1st Australian Owner Of 2nd Hand Import

[chris86]

For anyone out there who's had a car imported and registered being the first and only australian owner of the car. Is the car meant to be registered as if it was a BRAND NEW car?...eg: a 1996 Nissan Skyline gts25t with 99,000kms on the odo gets a registration certificate that says its a 2007 model Nissan with 100kms on the odo [or whatever ks it has done once it has been brought into the country]

What I want to know is if this is the correct way registration has to be done [For NSW that is] for a car thats just been brought into the country? If not, how does registration work?

sorry if this is a dumb question, I tried the search without any useful results.

[-= SKiZO =-]

Nah mate, where'd you get that idea?

It will be a 1996 Nissan Skyline gts25t and whatever the odometer says. You don't wind back the clock.

It will be first complied and registered in Australia in 2007.

[raz0r$harP.UK]

chris86 see the following link for paperwork /processes regarding registration of an import (read the section 2/3 down the page on registering an imported vehicle):

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/registration/rego_new.html

Basically, for a 1996 GTST, once the car has compliance, you would do the following:

- obtain a blue slip (most compliance workshops can arrange that)

- purchase a green slip (compulsory CTP)

- take import papers + blue & green slips to RTA

- complete application for registration

- RTA may require you to submit to an 'identity check' at Botany or Penrith VIIU, and will book you in for one. They do offer conditional rego until the inspection

- Attend VIIU inspection

- Return to RTA with passed VIIU inspection slips, they will give you full rego sticker.

[sewid]

- RTA may require you to submit to an 'identity check' at Botany or Penrith VIIU, and will book you in for one. They do offer conditional rego until the inspection

- Attend VIIU inspection

- Return to RTA with passed VIIU inspection slips, they will give you full rego sticker.

From what I've heard the RTA identity check is not really optional and everyone does it.

When I registered mine after importing it I was told I needed the identity check done and that the next booking available was in 7 days. At the time if the booking cannot be made within 5 days they must by law issue you with an interim registration label so you can drive the car around until the appointment.

Don't know if this law has changed but some people say they aren't getting interim labels anymore?

[raz0r$harP.UK]

^^ You're probably right with the interim rego sewid. The time I got an interim label was when there was about a two week wait (over xmas). Second time inspection was within three days so didn't bother getting one.

RTA told me that identity check is basically compulsory for SEVS cars, but they don't really bother with the 15 year cars (not that it's much of an issue these days).

[R33GTRVSPEC]

I didn't have that identity check done with my 15yr rule car or my sevs car.

[sewid]

I didn't have that identity check done with my 15yr rule car or my sevs car.

That's cool. I guess it's just random then. I'd say the likelyhood of getting stung is something like 80% though.

[wrxhoon]

That's cool. I guess it's just random then. I'd say the likelyhood of getting stung is something like 80% though.

They say its random but it is not random. This is how it works ( form my own experience that is ): All high risk cars are checked, even if they come from interstate . High risk are generally cars of high value ( cars that are worth re-birthing) that includes luxury cars but of course they don't bother with old cars that are not worth much .

Chris86: Under the old system when you brought a used car in to the counrty and complied it, on the rego paper it would show the year it was first registered here, instead of when it was made. It all changed with the new system though, it will now have the year it was made on the paper.

[CHO50N]

If the car has been registered by a Dealer it can still be registered as a new car, This also means no inspections for pink slips and no inspection of the car at Penrith/ Botany. Just the same as registering any other car into your name.

All that needs to be done in this case is take the RTA form that has been given to you and transfer into your mane, same as usual.

If car is unregistered you must go for all inspections etc.

Edited January 22, 2007 by CHO50N