So, now you get some advices how to get a car in NZ, if you happen to need one. Finally something important and useful in my blog! ^_^
And sorry guys, but this text I won't translate into Finnish. If you are going to buy a car in NZ, I assume that you can speak and read English (even my tourist English)!
1. Buy a car!
Well that's just easy..or is it? If I bought the last car because it was green and the registration plate started with RIH...So maybe I'll need some help for buying the car.
You may have to do a pre-inspection to your car before buying it and also check from Vehicle Information Report (VIR) that car that you are buying is not stolen or have any money owing etc.
Here are some places and Internet pages where your can start to find your car:
And also you might want to buy a nice van or station wagon, so you can sleep in a car and don't have to pay for the hostels.
If you thought that all you need to do is to have enough money to buy a car...WRONG! Check out the next steps! ;)
2. WOF
This means Warrant of Fitness. You need this, so you know that your car is working or you hope it's working. It is the regular check for the car (tyres, brakes etc.). It depends how old your car is, that if you have to do that every 6 or 12 months or once in every three years. Buy a car that has a WOF and if you need car for a short time, buy a car that has a long time until next WOF inspection.
3. Registration = licensing
We have spoken all the time about registration, but now I learned that licensing is often incorrectly called registration. But the licensing means that you pay 3, 6 or 12 months fee to use your car on public roads.
For example licensing for 6 months cost about 150 $.
And interesting fact about the cars in NZ (I'm a bit shocked about this, because population in NZ was about 4,43 million in 2012.)
"Did you know?
There were 4,248,612 registered vehicles in New Zealand at 30 June 2012, of which 2,828,970 are passenger cars and vans." http://www.aa.co.nz/cars/licensing-safety-fees/register-license-car/
4. Insurance
I think it's not compulsory to have a car insurance in NZ, but maybe it's good to take at least the third party insurance. "Third Party insurance is not about protecting your car. It's about protecting yourself in case you accidentally damage someone else's car."
We asked insurances from two places. State insurance and AA. This time AA won. We got not just the third party insurance, but also theft, fire, repairing our own car for almost the same price. Annual insurance was a little bit less than 300 $ that means 150 $ for 6 months.
You can also get the AA Membership for 59/79$ or Plus Membership 59/79$ +49$. This means that you have free maps and other benefits and what's most important Road Rescue Service. If your car explode in the middle of nowhere they will pick you and your car from there.
5. Take good care of your car
We most likely need our car for 6 months and after that sell that to next vollies or someone else. So when you have paid for the car it would be nice to have some money back when you try to sell it. It's easier to check the oil, water and take it to the garage for small repair than lose 1000 $ or 2000$ or even more. Nobody wants to buy broken car...
As you can see, you need more money than just money for the car and you have more things to do than just choose and pay the car. I hope that this will help you when you're buying car in NZ. And please remember that this is not maybe the list that include all you need to know and do. But I would have needed something like this at the beginning. Now me and Gwladys are experts when it comes to get a car in NZ. ;)
And remember:
KEEP LEFT!
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| Wrrrmmmmmm. Our little family car. |
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