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Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 ·

#493579
Is there such a thing as a one day permit or something similar to allow you to drive an unregistered car from one location to another? If so how much does this priviledge cost?
Im talking NSW, Im looking at buying a beetle and the easiest thing to do would be to drive it home (60km) if possible.
Any info would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers
Brendan

Im off to the RTA website right now.
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weapon Wolfsburg Wizard

439 posts · joined Sep 2005 ·

#493581
im pretty sure you can buy a permit to do so and i think its only 20 or 30 bucks. rta will be able to help you out im sure.

pete wood 23 Windows of Awesome

6,828 posts · joined Jan 2004 ·

#493594
two sorts.

1.letter of intent; just for taking the car to a workshop/place of repairs or for a rego check (if the place of repair is your garage you could stretch it to that). You need on the letter, time, date, place you left, place you are going, breif outline of trip, name address License no etc. If you have to drive the car for more than say 20min I wouldn't do this. Also the expectation is that the car is roadworthy.

2.Short term rego. You need it to have a pink slip and stuff. Not sure on cost. Safer if you have to drive it a distance.
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tdegens Wolfsburg Wizard

425 posts · joined Apr 2004 ·

#493598
Day permit rego is around $90. $20 is for the inspection smiliar to a rego check and $70 ish for the permit. I drove a bay camper from muswellbrook to coffs this way.
cheers tom

68AutoBug Beetle Restorer - Experience over 138\% - YIKES --

11,654 posts · joined Aug 2002 ·

#493601
NOT cheap.....

Fines for driving unregistered - uninsured etc
is very costly....
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shaihulud Custom Title Time!

1,448 posts · joined Nov 2005 ·

#493656
When I drove an unregistered car that I had just bought from Queenbeyan to Canberra back in the early 80s, all I needed to do was to fit a set of home made number plates that said TRAFFIC.

The RTA said that that was all I needed as long as I was also carrying the bill of sale and old rego papers.

Things must have changed since then.

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4,491 posts · joined Feb 2003 ·

#493660
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HEL-70Y Officially Full-On Dubber

247 posts · joined May 2005 ·

#494040
shaihulud wrote:When I drove an unregistered car that I had just bought from Queenbeyan to Canberra back in the early 80s, all I needed to do was to fit a set of home made number plates that said TRAFFIC.

The RTA said that that was all I needed as long as I was also carrying the bill of sale and old rego papers.

Things must have changed since then.
yeh, cant do this anymore unfortunitly. That law only changed recently from what i have heard, im surprised it lasted so long
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bat69 There is no status

791 posts · joined Apr 2005 ·

#494114
If you are driving it to the RTA to get it registered or to a registered workshop to get work done etc (i.e. blue slip/pink slip) then you are permitted to drive (provided the car is road worthy). Things like letter of intent etc are worth nothing. There is no legal obligation for it and it makes no difference to the Fuzz. You can get an unrego veh permit but this requires a pink slip and going to RTA to buy the permit (You need to outline the route your travelling, dates etc on your permit). If you get caught driving unrego your looking about $1000.00 in fines. Best bet hire a trailer for $80 from Kennards.
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Special Air Service Chief "Gunna"

1,769 posts · joined Oct 2004 ·

#496300
I didnt end up buying the beetle I was looking at but I got some feedback from the NSW RTA regarding one day permits, so for future reference here it is:

"To apply for the permit you need to obtain a current Pink Slip (road
worthy) for the vehicle. You will need to attend an RTA motor
registry with your NSW drivers licence for identification and
complete an unregistered vehicle permit application form (as per
attached). If there is any number plates associated with the vehicle
you must hand them in.

You will need to nominate what day the permit starts and finishes and
what main roads you will be travelling on.

The permit itself costs $17 and the insurance will vary depending on
how long you want the permit for. As these permits are only designed
for a single journey from A to B, you should only need the permit for
1 or so days. If this is the case the insurance should be
approximately $8."

Thanks to all that responded to my enquiry

Cheers
Brendan

[ Edited on 3-6-2006 by Special Air Service ]
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