is buying a car easy here??
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Feb 1st 2009 | 7:26 pm
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
You dont have to, but as it is so easy, and makes a usefull form of I.D. it probably makes sense to get an Aussie license
Feb 1st 2009 | 8:10 pm
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
On the subject of buying cars, we're going car hunting this weekend as our old banger has .... banged! It has passed away and gone to the great scrapyard in the sky... god rest it's engine
Up til now I've always bought from new so this will be my first time shopping for a second hand car on a low budget - so it will be an experience! Hopefully not a bad one
Feb 1st 2009 | 10:39 pm
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
Its also handy not to change it, if for some reason you happen to get the wrong side of a man with a speed trap, they cannot issue points to a non AU license
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Feb 2nd 2009 | 5:54 am
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
In Victoria it is 5%
In WA (Up to $25,000) 2.75%
In QLD it is :
In QLD, you need to prove identity to register a car. Normally a Drivers licence will do that, but for those without a licence:
from http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home...otor_vehicles/
In WA (Up to $25,000) 2.75%
In QLD it is :
- 2.0% Hybrid and Electric vehicles:
- 3.0% Other vehicles with 1 to 4 cylinders
- 3.5% Other vehicles with 5 or 6 cylinders
- 4.0% Other vehicles with 7+ cylinders
In QLD, you need to prove identity to register a car. Normally a Drivers licence will do that, but for those without a licence:
from http://www.transport.qld.gov.au/Home...otor_vehicles/
will try and get a small banger!!
Feb 2nd 2009 | 7:44 am
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
You don't so much as "change" your licence as get a QLD one in addition to the one you have - that's assuming you are in queensland! It's quite handy having it as ID.
On the subject of buying cars, we're going car hunting this weekend as our old banger has .... banged! It has passed away and gone to the great scrapyard in the sky... god rest it's engine
Up til now I've always bought from new so this will be my first time shopping for a second hand car on a low budget - so it will be an experience! Hopefully not a bad one
On the subject of buying cars, we're going car hunting this weekend as our old banger has .... banged! It has passed away and gone to the great scrapyard in the sky... god rest it's engine
Up til now I've always bought from new so this will be my first time shopping for a second hand car on a low budget - so it will be an experience! Hopefully not a bad one
Feb 2nd 2009 | 7:49 am
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
wow didnt know about the stealth tax ,i mean stamp duty ,lmao,so to confirm this is something else seperate to the rego and the insurance ?cheers swagman
Feb 2nd 2009 | 8:15 am
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
I didn't know about it either and I did ask my australian husband if there was anything else you have to pay other than the agreed price with the garage and he said "no" - so that would have been a nasty shock through the post! I'll be having words with him!! So I need to bear this in mind, when we go car hunting, thank heavens for this thread saving my budget!
Feb 2nd 2009 | 4:25 pm
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
I didn't know about it either and I did ask my australian husband if there was anything else you have to pay other than the agreed price with the garage and he said "no" - so that would have been a nasty shock through the post! I'll be having words with him!! So I need to bear this in mind, when we go car hunting, thank heavens for this thread saving my budget!
As the figure isn't very large, once you agree a price with the saleman and they are doing the paperwork, tell them that you expect them to pay the stamp duty
Feb 2nd 2009 | 7:34 pm
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
Don't be too hard on him. The last car we bought, the duty was paid by the Car sales company, so sometimes we never even know about it.
As the figure isn't very large, once you agree a price with the saleman and they are doing the paperwork, tell them that you expect them to pay the stamp duty
As the figure isn't very large, once you agree a price with the saleman and they are doing the paperwork, tell them that you expect them to pay the stamp duty
Feb 2nd 2009 | 8:28 pm
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Re: is buying a car easy here??
at OH... not at money grabbing bar stewards! 
Em x
