VIC Roads inspections for out of state cars

[Rock Trol]

Does anyone know how thorough the VIC Roads inspections are when transferring a car from interstate?

There's a possibility I might be moving to Melbourne later in the year. My car has NADS on it but otherwise nothing extreme.
Do they do emissions test?
Would the EGR blank have to come out?
Do they weigh it?

[Rock Trol]

Thanks. Sounds like its the same as over here in SA when I had my rego transferred on another car. All the numbers match and nothing over the top.
I suppose if it had an engine conversion or something similar it might be different. I was reading one of the threads on transferring a 6.5 litre from WA and it sounded a lot more involved. I just wanted to make sure there was nothing to worry about.

[BigRAWesty]

Been 9 years since I bought my GU from NSW so memory may not be 100%, but from memory I only had to get a Vic roadworthy then take it to VicRoads for a quick look over and new plates. They'll take a copy of the roadworthy, check VIN and that's about it and a quick look over (from memory). No weighing or emission tests or anything like that. Seriously, the VicRoads chick who inspected my trol probably didn't know a tyre valve from a spark plug, but she did don a fluoro vest because it's apparently extremely dangerous in the carpark (she didn't warn me about me wearing thongs and singlet, but I'm a rebel you know)! You're dealing with public servants, not mechanics or highway patrol so I don't think you'll have any issues as long as the car's in good nick, the ID numbers all match and it's not stolen, which will be no issue if it's already yours. Don't stress too much.

And that's why it's a crock..
Get a good mechanic mate and your set..

[Cuppa]

Probably depends upon how picky the Vic RWC tester is.
I bought an immaculate Troopy in Queensland with a current Qld roadworthy, which I knew would not be recognised in Vic. I wrongly assumed however that the standards in Qld would be the same as in Vic, & that getting the Vic roadworthy would just be a formality. To get through the Vic roadworthy I had to replace front disc rotors & several other smaller items.

[Hodge]

Bought my td42ti from Adelaide to Vic 6 months ago .
Had to get a rwc, then book an appointment with vic roads ...
at vic roads it was only paper work and nobody there looked at the car... this is because it was a rego transfer from sa to vic and vehicle's rego in Sa was current .

Then had to pay the new 12 m rego and the rest ... ended up being just under 3k.


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[Hodge]

Sorry I should have added ...
The car was stock as rock so it passed roadworthy no issues.
Have no idea how thorough Tey are with a modified cars especially in terms of emission side of things like exhaust and egr etc. ..

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[Rock Trol]

Bought my td42ti from Adelaide to Vic 6 months ago .
Had to get a rwc, then book an appointment with vic roads ...
at vic roads it was only paper work and nobody there looked at the car... this is because it was a rego transfer from sa to vic and vehicle's rego in Sa was current .

Then had to pay the new 12 m rego and the rest ... ended up being just under 3k.


Tapatalked from S6

That's good to hear. Mine has 2 inch lift and 265/75r16's so its fairly standard but does have a three inch exhaust and bar work so hoping it doesn't stand out too much.
$3000? Was that for the roadworthy items?
How much is Vic rego now days for a Patrol? It's about $688 per year over here in SA.

[Hodge]

$ 740 for my Patrol.
$3k was stamp duty , transfer fee, new plates, rego etc....

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[Hodge]

I'll have to have a look tomorrow at broken down fees but definitely just under 3k .
Rwc not included that was a separate $100 or so ...

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[Clunk]

Far out, well that sucks balls having to pay stamp duty yet again just to transfer a car to another state