To ship my car interstate or to sell and buy a new one ?

**dogtooth** · 21-03-2011 07:14 PM

Hi guys,

What about sending the car over by rail ? Anyone had any experience or recommendations ?

Cheers
Dogtooth

**chichichibo** · 22-03-2011 01:34 AM

i would suggest shipping your own car to Perth unless you have plenty of time driving from east to west...it's not smart to take your holiday just for sending your car to WA, unless you got a lot of accumulated annual leave....i would use those holiday for other purpose else......
and when considering getting an interstate vehicle into WA:
1) you have to go through all those steps in registering your car in WA, such as vehicle examination UNLESS you own your car for more than 12 months.
2) vehicle here in WA is more expensive than in Eastern States ( as i wanted to buy an interstate vehicle from NSW/VIC previously too)
3) Moreover, you may also make some profit by getting your car to WA, and sell it here

coz sometimes, for the same quality vehicle, you can always sell at a higher price here in WA.....for instance, Honda Civic Sport, with the same odometer, year, model, etc, the 2nd hand market price here is higher than that of the eastern states.
anyway, considering the re-sell value of your car, i think, you can simply ship your car over to WA, but not to sell yours and buy another one here in WA. and bear in mind that there are lots of bad quality car in the 2nd market now due to the floods, and these vehicle will spread through the whole australia.

**chichichibo** · 22-03-2011 01:38 AM

and i have checked before, shipping from melbourne to perth cost about $1500, door to door....
some are cheaper, charging around $800.....depends if there is any insurance covered, and depends on the type of transport, coz there are covered truck, and non covered truck. It is better to get your car shipped covered as those stone chips all the way from east to west might damage your car (if you love your car).

**dogtooth** · 28-05-2011 05:32 PM

Chichichibo,

Can you give me a few names so that I can get a quote ? Thanks

I will probably get the Depo to Depo option to save a few bucks.

Dogtooth

**grifty** · 28-05-2011 05:44 PM

You can try giving Ceva transport a call.

**chichichibo** · 29-05-2011 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by dogtooth

Chichichibo,

Can you give me a few names so that I can get a quote ? Thanks

I will probably get the Depo to Depo option to save a few bucks.

Dogtooth

i have pm you already.

**chichichibo** · 29-05-2011 02:20 AM

Originally Posted by grifty

You can try giving Ceva transport a call.

yeah, Ceva is one of the companys that i have considered before too.

**dingdong** · 02-06-2011 01:58 PM

It's worth keeping the car rather than selling it and replacing it. I've driven from Sydney to Perth. It's a long boring drive but perfectly safe. However i'd recommend shipping it. Another option is to put it on the Indian Pacific.

Registration and insurance are much cheaper in WA. There's no annual pink slip and CTP is included in the rego. When you change the numberplate, the car has to go for an inspection but it's no big deal for a late model car. Driving around with an interstate reg, others will give you extra leeway (...not flick the bird so readily). And you'll soon learn that WA drivers don't know how to merge on freeways.

**Poeter** · 03-06-2011 10:14 AM

I bought my car from QLD and drove it back.

I can't really agree it is perfectly safe, especially at night when you are driving 110kmh on a undivided single lane roads. At the same time you will have crazy semi-trailer drivers up your rear-end. There are many semi-trailers from both directions.

I started driving from Brisbane at 2:30pm and arrive back in Sydney at 12:30am. According the news, 2 big accidents occur in the night. One incident almost involving death and other not so fortunate. Thank goodnesss I'm not involved or caught behind those incidents.

And another point is to beware of speed cameras. Especially when the speed limit changes from 110 to 80 and then down to 50 every now and then.

So just bear in mind the risk you're taking when driving interstate. It's up to you whether you're game enough to do the drive.

**dingdong** · 03-06-2011 10:33 AM

For country trips (esp in isolated areas), i only drive during the day where possible. The cops pulled me over in WA for speeding - luckily no ticket, they asked me to slow down because kangaroos were about (they like to come out around dusk ...roos, not cops).

I also found truck drivers to be quite courteous. They flick their indicator when it's safe to overtake them.

Petrol is horrendously expensive in unpopulated areas. I remember taking a photo on the nullarbor of petrol at $1.34/L in 2005 ...it was around $1.10/L in the city at the time. I would hate to guess how much it is now.