Cars in Australia

When you get to Australia, you understand that a car is not a luxury but a means of transportation! Here everyone moves, and Ferrari, Porsche or your grandfather's Rolls-Royce are just a hobby or a matter of family pride. And this is despite the fact that the Australian automotive industry has come to an end, more on this here https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/20/world/australia/holden-automaker-factory-closes.html?searchResultPosition= fourteen

If you need to "impress" someone (usually Arabs and teenagers), then you can "rent anything for a day or two." This does not affect the bulk of the population.

Given the distance, sometimes, you just can't get to the right place without a car. You can, of course, take a taxi - but that’s a little expensive, by public transport - time and dependence on the schedule.

You can also buy a used car at numerous specialized car yards or through the newspaper's private advertisements. The range of prices is very large, from 1000 AUD - to infinity. Everyone chooses to their liking or "according to the wallet."

Having bought a car, every happy owner must receive an annual (valid for 12 months) state registration, without it, you are not permitted on the roads.

Australian State Vehicle Registration

Having bought a car, every happy owner must receive an annual (valid for 12 months) state registration, without it,  you are not permitted  on the roads. Also very popular ldv for sale qld Nobody "plays with this" here - you won't get around problems, no deputy certificates, all sorts of "crusts" and "business cards" will not help.

After 12 months, registration must be repeated for the next year.

So, ask your neighbors where the nearest garage  licensed to carry out technical inspection is. In this garage, your car will be carefully inspected, and if everything is in order, a certificate (Pink Slip) will be issued for 27 AUD, which confirms the serviceability of the car and the possibility of trouble-free operation. If something is wrong, you will be told what needs to be replaced, tightened or lubricated. This can be done here, if not, then elsewhere.

After that, you must buy the compulsory insurance for personal injury and personal injury from road traffic accidents (Green Slip).

This insurance covers medical treatment for a pedestrian or other driver who is injured by you. There are also green slips that cover your treatment, as well as treatment for your fault. This insurance policy is sold by insurance companies and major banks. In the telephone directories, you can find special phone numbers, which will list all the offices that sell green slips and its price. Usually, the price is within 400 AUD.

With these two papers, you go to the nearest branch of the state registration office (RTA), pay 232 AUD - registration fee - and receive a certificate of registration and a sticker on the windshield of your lucky purchase. Pensioners are exempt from paying the registration fee.

Car insurance in Australia

Insurance on the car (Comprehensive insurance) can be arranged in many insurance companies. The price depends on the model and year of manufacture of the car, mileage, condition, etc. Each office has its own formulas and tables by which the price of insurance is calculated.

The insurance covers the cost of all damage caused by you to another car and damage to your own. If the incident happened to be your fault, then you pay a fee (access) for the police investigation and go to the nearest pub to drink beer with the owner of a smashed Mercedes. He, in turn, prays to God that his car is recognized as "unrecoverable". Your insurance will "restore" your horse and buy a new Mercedes for your new drinking companion. Everything! In Australia - don’t worry, nothing bad happened except that you lost a 20% discount on insurance! Now, everything is in order.

Situations:

1. If you are an accurate driver and do not have road traffic accidents that are your fault, you automatically receive a 60% discount on insurance.

2. You were the culprit of a car accident - next year you can count on a 40% discount on insurance, regardless of which company you take out. You are in the main police computer.
   
   Each trouble-free year returns you a 10% discount, that is, in a year, you get a 50% discount, in two years - again 60%.

Whoever is not interested can make 3 accidents (for example, slightly crumple the wing) during the year. Three access for 600 AUD each and loss of the discount. Next year - you will pay "in full."

Yes, you don’t need to buy this insurance at all, but then the next "OUCH!" - and you will pay the owner of the car "in full", plus legal costs!

Attention! Advice:

When arriving in Australia, take a certificate from your traffic police that you have not had any traffic accidents for 5 years.

We translate, provide - and get your 60%, like all law-abiding Australian citizens.