buying a 2nd hand car tips and hints

**lmfamglia** · 03-10-2007 07:45 PM

when do cars need to go through an pink slip inspection?

**koitsuu** · 03-10-2007 08:09 PM

when they are older than 3 years i believe... need to be done before you can rego it

**lmfamglia** · 03-10-2007 08:20 PM

oh ok so if i buy this integra i would have to get a pink slip inspection?

**Q_ball** · 03-10-2007 10:31 PM

Doesnt matter how old the car is - in NSW, everytime you go to re-register a vehicle, you'll need a pink slip.
If you a buy a 2nd hand car that has rego left, then you wont need one until the next time you need to renew it.

**lmfamglia** · 03-10-2007 11:12 PM

oh ok then i get it now, thanks dude so for example the rego expires next year feb i wont need to renew pink slip till then?

**bumskee** · 04-10-2007 09:15 AM

nope you don't have to do pink, green and reg till feb.

**kelviN** · 04-10-2007 09:02 PM

Originally Posted by bumskee

oh craps, I just wrote a reply.. and accidently closed the window.. *nice*

anyways, I had one of the vehicle purchase inspection guy come over today, prompt, friendly and was very informative.. he said the car was well looked after so there wasn't much to discuss, but yeah give him a call

check it australia
1800 207 347
bernie was his name (i think that's how u spell it)

I called other places too but he was the only one who could squeeze me in at such short notice, I called him in the morning today.. and he was also the cheapest.. $145 flat fee I think..

I had my car checked by check it australia. It's a nice waste of money in my opionion. For that price they simply check the car for like 30minutes and just look at simple stuff like panel repairs, different colour panels, stone chips and stuff. However they were not skilled enough to diagnose an old timing belt which was most important to me. They sed "from the drive of the car most likely its been done". I took their word and waited a couple thoudsands kms b4 i went to hanny's where it took 10 seconds to tell me if its been done, as the engine mount bolt has never been touched. My engine could have stuffed up

as it was quite overdue

**bumskee** · 04-10-2007 09:26 PM

oh really? The dude that came over looked at my car for over an hour, went under the car front and back, checked pretty much everything with a test drive at the end.. but he did mention they are more into looking at previous accident checks, so he did spend ages checking the panels and paint jobs too. Suppose I've only had it done once so..

**lmfamglia** · 05-10-2007 06:32 PM

got the car checked today and apparantly it needs a new srs module or something along that line which is going to cost $900. seller is a nice guy and we agreed to go halves to get it fixed