How much does it cost to maintain a car in Australia?

 Buying a new and used car in Australia. How much will the annual car fees cost? 

Sydney Online welcomes you. Today we will talk about how much auto maintenance costs. When buying a car, you will be faced with the fact that you will need to pay a certain fee. Start over. When buying a car in the middle price category, you do not need to pay any additional duty. When buying a luxury car, you will need to pay an additional fee. If I'm not mistaken, the price changes. At the moment, if a car costs more than 57 thousand Australian dollars, then this car is considered a luxury car and you need to pay an additional tax on it. Australia thinks that buying an expensive car means you are making a lot of money. If you make a lot of money, then you can be "ripped off". 

I disagree with that. Usually, when buying a new car, the dealer does everything for you, as if helping you with this. You can just bargain that the dealer will cover all these costs, usually it works. When buying a new car, you will need to pay Green slip - insurance that is made every year for all cars and insures you against damage to third parties. If any accident happens and you injure someone, then this insurance pays the person the cost of treatment. It is necessary.

Then you pay Rego - the so-called registration is also done every year. It's just a car tax. Also, when buying a car, you pay tax for obtaining a license plate. That is, you get a number and pay extra money for it. If you buy a car that costs up to 50 thousand dollars, then it will cost you 1000-1200 dollars for a new car. If you are buying a used car, the procedure is slightly different. So, you find a car that you like, go to the seller, negotiate a price, watch it. You can check all cars for sale at the https://carbets.com/sale/search/australia/all_brands/all_models

After you agree on the price, you give him the money, he writes on a piece of paper with registration on the back that he sold you the car for such and such an amount, you write your details and everything is in order. After that, you have 2 weeks to go to the RTA (this is the traffic police) and pay a tax of 3% of the purchase price. That is, here the tax is paid by the buyer, not the seller. I'm talking about the state of New South Wales.

Green slip and Rego are tied to a car, not a person. Therefore, it makes sense to buy a car where Rego expires as late as possible, because you will have to pay this money further. If you bought a car, and the registration ends in six months, that's good, and if it ends in a month, then this, of course, is not very good, because you have to pay all these fees. 

What are the required annual vehicle fees? As I said, Green slip is a mandatory fee, although it is considered insurance and Rego is registration. Registration will not be done without Green slip.

All these insurances can even be bought online, but the procedure is such that first you buy a Green slip, then you are given a number that you drive in when you buy Rego. This is if the car is less than 5 years old, relatively new. If the car is more than 5 years old, you will also need to do a mandatory, the so-called Pink Slip - this is a mechanic's check. It costs about $ 39 if you don't need to fix anything. That is, its meaning is that you go to the mechanic, he checks the car so that the turn signals work, all the lights, brake lights, brakes are good and so that it does not fall apart. Checks everything and looks if the car is fit for driving and gives you a conclusion. 

If something is wrong in the car, the mechanic will tell you that you need to replace it. For example: “Your wheels are worn out, I cannot give you this certificate, because it is unsafe. You need to replace the wheels, buy tires from us and I will do everything for you. " That is, there is a very high probability of getting into this, especially if the car is more than 10 years old. These are the mandatory annual car fees. 

If you bring a car from another state or the car for some reason (for example, stood for a long time and no one registered it) does not have numbers, you will need to make a Blue Slip - again, such a procedure, the mechanic looks, checks everything and this conclusion is like Pink Slip, only done annually. A Blue Slip is done if a car is from another state, or has not done a Pink Slip for more than one or two years. That is, such a more thorough check.