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[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I'm a bit confused by this. When I bought a used car in Melbourne around 6 years ago I had to get a roadworthy check done I in order to get it registered. So maybe the law has changed since you bought yours?

It also says you need one if you buy a used vehicle:

You'll need a roadworthy certificate (RWC or ‘roadworthy’) when selling a car, re-registering it, or clearing some defect notices.

https://transport.vic.gov.au/Registration-and-licensing/Registration/Roadworthy-certification/Roadworthy-certificate

I remember it beeing quite a pain, too. I bought the car and had to register it online (temporal for 24 h) to move it home. Cost me 50 AUD to do so. Then I had to move it to the roadworthy test a couple km of days later = another 50 AUD. But my battery was dead and I couldn't move it. So 50 AUD wasted. Didn't get them back, since you need to cancel a registion 24 hours in advance. Second time and another 50 AUD later I drove it to the roadworthy ckeck. Needed to change some minor stuff, took them a couple of days. The mechanic tooed my vehicle to my home so I didn't have to pay another 50 AUD to move it back once he was done. But I had to pay another 50 AUD to move it to the registration place.

So I payed 200 AUD on top just to get the bloody thing registerd. On a car that I payed 300 bucks for. Fucking moneysucking fuckers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's right. It needs to have a RWC when you transfer it into you name, and it never gets checked after that.

You'd think from the $900 it costs to register a car for a year, there would be a budget to have a mechanic look over it for 20 minutes.