GoldCoastOrBust

Back in 2004, on a recce trip I bought two cars ready for collection when we arrived - this didn't cause any problems with insurance or registration etc even though I didn't have a permament address.

This time, I've just bought a car ready for us to collect on arrival and the dealer are having issues registering the car in my name as I don't have a permanent address in Australia, just a booking in a hotel for a couple of weeks while we look for a rental property.

Did anyone else run into this problem? If so, what was the way around it?

Thanks

PS Rational for buying, is that if I rent a car for 2 weeks, that's 400-500 pounds off the budget for a new car - which obviously prefer to spend on something I will keep.

Red_V_Roger

In NSW it has to be registerd against an NSW driving licence..but think you may be going to QLD?

GoldCoastOrBust

Yeah its QLD, there's all sorts of ID forms, typical style, two from A, one from B etc. Included is foreign passports, visas, credit cards etc...

ginstwin

Is that correct?
I dont have a NSW driving licence , i am here for 6 months using a uk licence. I am currently looking at buying a car as rental is really high. But before i buy can anyone please confirm whether i would be allowed to.

GoldCoastOrBust

Its been registered to my name, the resort we are staying at confirmed the booking and that was enough to register it...

furkew

we did the same in 2007 when we arrived.

Car was waiting at the airport.

Saved us money on rentals, but just as important, we didnt have to traipse around dealers for 2-3 days with two kids in tow before we found a car that suited us.