Roadworth/Safety Certificate

[monstersinthedungeon]

Our car is in for a roadworthy today, the mechanic asked me if I am keeping or selling the vehicle. I have been asked the same question before when getting a roadworthy and don't understand the relevance - surely a roadworthy is a roadworthy regardless of what your intentions are?

Do they make it not as strict if you're keeping it, or something?

[cherry*135]

e-safety check that should be ^^

[azureline**]

Woops, Qld charge around $67.depends who does it. I paid $98 for a mobile guy to come to our home and do one.

[monstersinthedungeon]

We're in Qld, so yes, only need one if we're selling (which we are). It cost $66.55 (apparently the amount is set by the Govt., not the testing station)

The reason you may need one if you're not selling (in Qld) is if you let the rego. lapse - then you need a roadworthy to re-register the car, even back into your own name.

The real kicker is that you also need to pay stamp duty again - effectively you have to 'sell" the car back to yourself and the govt. takes their cut (stamp duty) for a second time!  (Learned my lesson the hard way some years ago on that one!)

[azureline**]

Oh well, thanks for the heads up.... I currently have 2 cars..... I intend selling one but dragging the chain, the small children are trying to get me to keep the Ford "cos it is faster and it's red, with a spoiler, it's a really cool car" but I hate it! Too low.... too cool.

[cherry*135]

If in QLD you only need a roadworthy when selling (as az said) why would they ask you if you are keeping or selling the car? Most people would be selling. Why would someone keeping their own car get a roadworthy cert if it is not compulsory to do so?

[azureline**]

like she said.... if rego lapses.......

[cherry*135]

Cancel my last post, I missed reading a bit of yours monsters.

How rude having to pay the stamp duty again!

[azureline**]

Are you sure about the stamp duty? I bought a car from my son, it was stamp duty exempt, so surely stamp duty for your own car would be exempt? I know they charge a fee though for late registration.

[monstersinthedungeon]

Definately had to pay the stamp duty again, even though I was only re-registering it into my own name.  This was some years ago now (seven, eight?), so maybe things have changed? 

The rego wasn't just late, it had completely lapsed, it was a hell of a run-around, had to go into Suncorp to get Third Party Insurance (couldn't do it online), then take it to get safety check, then to rego place to re-register and REPAY (grrrr!!) stamp duty. Will NEVER make that mistake again.