The rego situation is something exceptionally good in SA, we can leave stored or project cars unregistered for years and pay for 3 or 12 months rego and drive them without inspections. My Redline Ute is unregistered until the weather fines up as it's never been in the rain or driven on a wet road.
When the young guy bought my GenF R8, I told him it looks brand new and when driving it out of the shed for him, his dad (an enthusiast) is mumbling a few expletives, "F&%K, I didn't expect the car to actually look brand new, it's awesome condition" I guess was rather satisfying!
It would be nice to have that kind of leniency toward rego here in NSW but in saying that, I don't have a problem getting cars registered.
I'm known locally and take cars in regularly to get passed and they are well aware of the condition and anal approach I have to looking after them.
The presentation of a vehicle goes a long way when it comes to getting it passed easily.
If I decide to sell a car, it doesn't get advertised looking like a barn find that hasn't been driven in 40 years.
I'll swap out the fluids, with particular attention to flushing and bleeding the brakes and a quick test drive myself to be sure of the pedal feel.
If it's an older carbie model, I'll put in a kit and give it a tune, the fuel system will be checked and cleaned, as will the will the radiator, in all I'll spend a week or so getting the car running nice then it gets a wash and a detail if necessary.
I tell the prospective buyer it hasn't been driven much for years and I don't recommend they give it a flogging until they check fluids for the gearbox and diff and keep an eye on the seals just in case.
They can see the condition of much of the suspension components and the vehicle itself.
I also don't have many tyre kickers come looking as they are often easy to weed out as they always ask the final price first and will almost invariably want to argue and low ball you, where a car person will be interested in the history of the vehicle, ask questions about its storage, how often I started it, be interested in hearing a cold start, look at known rust areas and generally get a feel for the car and if it's fairly priced, a test drive is less important to them.
They already know if they want the car or not.
Then I take their money and spend the rest of my life wondering if I did the right thing by selling.
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