Before you buy a car from a private owner, here’s what you should do.
1. Ask the seller to show you:
要求车主出示:
a current certificate of registration 最新的车辆注册证明
a Safety Inspection Report that is not more than 42 days old 不超过42天前做的安全检查报告
proof that the person selling the car is the owner eg. a sales receipt and service records. 证明卖车的人就是车主,例如买车收据或者车辆service的记录。(我们是要求看车主的驾照,并且经同意后拍照,以证明这个人就是注册证明上的人,也就是车主。)
TIP - A Safety Inspection Report marked ‘passed safe’ means that the car is roadworthy and can be registered. If the Safety Inspection Report is marked ‘failed repairs needed’ this means the car is not roadworthy.
车辆安全检查报告上如果写着‘passed safe’,说明车子符合安全标准,可以注册,写着‘failed repairs needed’ 则不符合安全标准,注册会有问题。
2. Check the car - make sure that the number plate, VIN (Vehicle Identification Number) and engine details are the same as those on the Certificate of Registration and the Safety Inspection Report. You need these details to do a REVS check and RTA vehicle history check.
检查车辆,确保车牌号码、VIN、engine信息与注册证明、安全检查报告上的信息一致,而且你需要这些信息来做REVS检查和RTA车辆历史记录检查。
3. Find out if there is money owing on the car or if it has been reported as lost or stolen or has been registered as a repairable write-off in NSW after July 2003 by visiting the REVS website or calling 13 32 20. Visit the RTA website or call the RTA on 13 32 20 to complete a vehicle history check.
看看车辆是否有负债记录,或者是挂失、报废车辆,如果03年7月以后发生的,可以在REVS网站查询,或者打RTA电话。
4. Insist on paying by bank cheque and never by cash, and make sure you get a receipt.
要求用bank cheque付款,千万不要付现金,确保取得收据。
5. Beware of vehicles being sold well below the market price – they may have something wrong with them mechanically or may have been rebirthed.
如果车辆售价比市场价低很多,小心车辆有故障或者被翻新过。