Steps to buying a second hand car private

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nfbs

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I want to buy a second hand car private.

My issue is what is the process for the licensing and registration fees and how much does it cost?
 
Most banks have a private finance offering. They can facilitate the entire deal for you at a fee.
 
Car dealers can also facilitate. They normally charge around R5000.
 
I got the cash.

Proof of ownership is 9/10 the of the law so if I pay the guy and if he doesn't want to fill in his forms I have a problem.
Also I need to check that the car is in good condition as it has 90K km and nothing serious like crack in the engine but AA autobay is too expensive 3.5% both sides. I will probably go to mechanic to help me out on this to save me costs.

Mostly Indian guys that are selling the car I am looking at so chance the cars were raced. They are not the most honest people when it comes to selling cars but they ask less.
 
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McGuywer said:
R5k just to register the car? That is insane. Where did you get your figures from? Those guys that charge that are baas Ted's!
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Heard the figure a few years ago. Not sure what it is now.
 
Point is places like AA autobay ie. dealer facilitators charge you a big chump of change and if you buy a car worth 100K it is not worth is.

Are there any facilitators (not finance) that is 2K or less for a 100K car?
 
nfbs said:
I got the cash.

Proof of ownership is 9/10 the of the law so if I pay the guy and if he doesn't want to fill in his forms I have a problem.
Also I need to check that the car is in good condition as it has 90K km and nothing serious like crack in the engine but AA autobay is too expensive 3.5% both sides. I will probably go to mechanic to help me out on this to save me costs.
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AA provides a service to perform a bumber to bumber technical examination and will report to you on the state of everything in the car, its about 1.5k ...checkout www.aa.co.za call them on 0861 033 572
 
I just can't believe someone will charge that much.

I worked for a second hand dealer and it was about R1500. That was R500 for registration (more or less) and R1k for me. For my work.
 
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