Buying a GTI in SE QLD

[Corey_R]

From my experience you need temporary registrations in both states that you will be driving the car in.

Specifically, you will need temporary registration to drive the car on the road in the state you buy it in....until you reach the border.

From there you will need temporary registration in the state you live in until the car is registered. As mentioned, the registration process for a car from another state requires a roadworthy check by a certified mechanic prior to the car being registered.

So the costs add up:

1 X Temporary Registration in state of purchase
1 X Temporary Registration in state of destination
1 X Roadworthy check in state of destination
1 X Regular Registration fee in state of destination.

After buying a car from Victoria (I live in Hobart) I decided that if I ever do it again I'll just organise with the owner and drive the car with vic plates and mail the plates back when I arrive home. This only works for second hand cars however.

Luckily I found a Pirelli in Hobart a few weeks ago so didn't need to buy a car from interstate again this time around (was certainly planning to!).

Anyhow.. hope that helps with decision making.

But you're talking about purchasing in Victoria! As Maverick and I have both found out, purchasing from Victoria to take to another state is such a pain, neither he nor I went through with it. But these other guys are indicating that purchasing in NSW and taking up to QLD or to ACT is a different story.

[flappa]

I'm pretty certain the transit permit allows movement between the various states and territories, except, WA.

I didn't need anything more the a VIC permit to move my new Campertrailer from VIC through NSW to the ACT.

[AdamD]

The dealer I spoke to was adamant that a permit purchased in NSW would get me through NSW, and across the SA border to Adelaide, legally.

Of course, it's all hearsay until someone pulls out the relevant government doco.

[SpeedBird]

I'm pretty certain the transit permit allows movement between the various states and territories, except, WA.

I didn't need anything more the a VIC permit to move my new Campertrailer from VIC through NSW to the ACT.

Correct, in NSW a UVP is valid in all states and territories except WA.

And its only $19 to get one. Plus a CTP.