Roadworthy Certificate - Where?

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I have a buyer for my 3.5 year old car. But the buyer's finance house requires a Roadworthy Certificate from us? Is this really required? I mean the car is in great shape and still has warranty. Anyways, if it is a requirement, whats the most cost-effective way to get this Certificate.

We are located in Sandton.

Thnx boys!
 
FaNIX said:
I have a buyer for my 3.5 year old car. But the buyer's finance house requires a Roadworthy Certificate from us? Is this really required? I mean the car is in great shape and still has warranty. Anyways, if it is a requirement, whats the most cost-effective way to get this Certificate.

We are located in Sandton.

Thnx boys!
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http://www.enatis.com/Where-to-Go.html
 
Don't make the same mistake I did! I downloaded those forms the last time I sold a vehicle, however you will queue for an hour at the municipality only to be told when you get to the front of the queue that they don't accept printouts of those two documents. You have to get the hardcopy of those documents directly from them printed out in the correct colours. So why the **** they make them available for download, I don't know.

Those are the right documents though. The seller (you) must fill in the yellow form, and the buyer must fill in the blue form. The seller must hand in the yellow form at the municipality that the car is registered in, and the buyer must hand in the blue form at the municipality that they want to register the car in.
 
I guess I dont have toe complete the yellow form as the bank will complete it for me, since the car is still financed with them, so they are the actual owners right? So after the buyer settles the car, can't they just submit both forms?
 
No worries! I just found out, I don't need to fill in anything. Once the bank is settled I simple hand all the docs that the bank sends me over to the buyer. they should then hand both yellow & blue forms in.
 
Keep in mind. The form you hand in to take it off your name, you can hand in immediately, and it is "pre-registered" in the new owner's name from that date. They have 21 days then to do their paperwork. Reason for my story.

Sold a car to a very friendly guy who said not to worry, he will handle it all. He then got busy with other stuff and only registered the car a month later. Then I started getting speeding and parking fines. He bought the car for his son who always drove at least 15 km/h over the limit past cameras and never paid for parking. Traffic department laughed at me as it was still registered in my name when the offenses took place.

Lesson : If you sell it get it off your name ASAP.
 
HammerDown said:
Keep in mind. The form you hand in to take it off your name, you can hand in immediately, and it is "pre-registered" in the new owner's name from that date. They have 21 days then to do their paperwork. Reason for my story.

Sold a car to a very friendly guy who said not to worry, he will handle it all. He then got busy with other stuff and only registered the car a month later. Then I started getting speeding and parking fines. He bought the car for his son who always drove at least 15 km/h over the limit past cameras and never paid for parking. Traffic department laughed at me as it was still registered in my name when the offenses took place.

Lesson : If you sell it get it off your name ASAP.
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Thanks for the heads up! I actually talked to a financial adviser and she also warned me about this. if you could please tell me exactly what I should do, which form are you referring to?
 
Another thing, is a Roadworthy certificate MANDATORY when selling the car privately? The buyer's bank is insisting on one? Which brings me to my question, who is really responsible to pay for this?
 
As the seller, make sure that you have filled in the yellow form and sent it in.

As for the RWC, no bank will finance a car without a certificate, just as no licencing authority will licence a car without one...telling them that the car is in great shape and only 3 years old does not help at all....

If you have sold the car "As is" then it's the buyer's responsibility, however, seeing as this is a financed deal, it's actually your responsibility tio supply the car with RWC. Only way around not paying for it, is to come to an arrangement with the buyer.
 
deweyzeph said:
Insist that the buyer pays for the roadworthy test.
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Why?
When I bought my Golf 4 a few years ago - the seller paid for and organised the roadworthy.
I would think that the seller is responsible for ensuring a car is roadworthy or it could come down to the two parties to discuss whom will be responsible for any repairs if the car needs them to pass roadworthy.

FaNIX said:
No worries! I just found out, I don't need to fill in anything. Once the bank is settled I simple hand all the docs that the bank sends me over to the buyer. they should then hand both yellow & blue forms in.
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+1
 
Fazda said:
As the seller, make sure that you have filled in the yellow form and sent it in.

As for the RWC, no bank will finance a car without a certificate, just as no licencing authority will licence a car without one...telling them that the car is in great shape and only 3 years old does not help at all....

If you have sold the car "As is" then it's the buyer's responsibility, however, seeing as this is a financed deal, it's actually your responsibility tio supply the car with RWC. Only way around not paying for it, is to come to an arrangement with the buyer.
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Again, it's not MY car, its financed through the bank, so they will complete the yellow form for me, I dont have to complete anything as far as I know? You guys are confusing me now ;|
 
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