Private Sales

[P1E]

I'm looking to privately purchase a $15,000 car. I've never bought a car before, so I'm trying to avoid any unexpected surprises by asking lots of seemingly obvious questions - like the following:

So far, I've taken the following up-front costs into account:

• Car - $15,000.
  
• Registration - $154/year.
  
• Insurance (third party) - $600/year.
  
• Stamp Duty - $540.
  
• Alarm - $1,000.
  

Is there anything else I might be missing?

[Daz]

Are you looking to import your own vehicle?

[P1E]

Nah. Just buying from the Trading Post...

[mrfrontmount]

Get an NRMA (os similar motoring organisation) report on it!!

[sfitzy]

I know in Vic you need a Road worthy Certificate (mine cost $70) and to pay transfer fees ($600 including stamp duty), then there is repairs to make the car road worthy etc ($250). If the car is unregistered then you have to pay get an unregistered car permit to drive it around from home to workshop. Apart from that I can't think of anything else...

[P1E]

The car's already registered, but I had forgotten to allocate $200 to a mechanical check.

[mrfrontmount]

Body kit

big turbo

19's

bride seats

sub's + amp's

carbon bonnet

GT wing

massive zorst

hehehehehe

[dAVE]

ok - i dont think theres that much point spending 1k on alarm for a 15k car... a cheaper unit for around 500 should do you fine.

I wouldnt bother with mechanical checks by the like of nrma/racv etc... take it to your mechanic and have it properly checked over.

otherwise it looks as if your on the money... also, dont forget if your getting a loan, they sometimes charge u a few hundred bucks to sign up!

[predator]

bloody adelaide.. don't even need a RWC cert to transfer the rego.. and my flatmate wonders why there are not hardly any $500 cars driving around in melb

If u speak to the buyer nicely they can write down the value they sell it to you (within reason) on the sheet to save on a certain tax... although of course that would be illegal...

[dAVE]

yes - predator is right with stamp duty... on my car i didnt even need to show a receipt... but i signed some disclaimer saying that I was stating its true value blah blah blah... so who else bought their r33 for 4500?

[P1E]

I'll offer him $1,000 for the car and $14,000 for the stereo.

dAVE: Would a standard mechanic do a proper job with a Japanese performance car? It's only an extra $100.00 to have a specialist look at it. You think I'd be better off saving my money?

Also, I'd rather over-protect than under-protect my car. Regardless of its value, I can't afford to have it stolen. The one I'm looking to buy already has an alarm, but I am planning to install a Boomerang (or Boomerang clone)... I want pretty much everything but satellite tracking - including remote ignition ( :uh-huh: ). I'm also going to buy a club-lock. Aaand I'm going to have an army of kill switches put in. Then I'll still be careful where I park it.