| Buying a car may be the biggest investment
of your trip. Minimum buying price and maximum selling price is your
aim. Some Car Market vehicles are privately owned by the people selling
them, nearly all are travellers. Here are a few helpful tips.
1) Buy a car registered in the State that you
will sell it in. You will find it easier to sell. This does not
apply if you are selling back in our Car Market, it can be registered
in any State of Austrlia.
2) Buy a car with at least three months registration
left after you are going to sell it and make sure it is registered
in a State that you will be travelling through, so that you can
arrange new, or transfer of registration. Not all States transfer
registrations by mail.
3) In States where registration is cheap, it helps
to pay for 6/12 months registration, if there is less than 3 months
left when you go to sell. We give free advice on which States are
the cheapest and easiest to do this.
4) DO NOT buy a car from unlicensed dealers who
are hanging around hotels, hostels or on the streets of Kings Cross,
offering cars for sale. They are breaking the law and in many cases,
as previous travellers have found, when you get back you will not
find them. You will also have trouble with the registration as the
unlicensed dealers do not put their names on the registration papers.
Only buy privately from a person who can prove by a photographic
licence or passport that they own the car. All Kings Cross Car Market
cars are owned by the seller.
5) WARNING There are now a number of people, advertising in hostels, offering cheaper mechanical inspections of vehicles for sale. Most of these people are not qualified mechanics, and do the inspections on the street. Make sure you see that the person you use to do any mechanical check for you is a licensed mechanic with a licensed workshop. Ask to see their Licence to carry out Mechanical work. Most of these guys are in fact unlicensed car dealers selling their own cars or cars for a car dealer.
6) Kings Cross Car Market has a good range
of cars, Wagons and Campervans in Australia, many with
camping gear (this may save you up to $500).
7) Each State has different rules for transfer,
registration and insurances. Kings Cross Car Market has all the
transfer and registration forms for all the States in Australia.
We also have the phone numbers to check that the car you are buying
is not stolen, has had the registration cancelled for unpaid fines
or has money owing on it. Have a credit card ready if you want a
certificate of proof, which costs around $12.
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