Dashboard Warning Light On? Whether to Fix It or Sell the Car

A warning light that comes on and stays on changes how you feel about a car overnight. You start wondering what the repair will cost, whether the car is safe to drive, and whether it is time to move it on. The light itself does not tell you the answer. What matters is what is behind it, what the fix is likely to cost compared with the car's value, and how you plan to sell.

Leaving Australia? How to Sell Your Car Before You Move Overseas

Selling a car is one of the jobs that quietly gets left until the last week before a move overseas, and that is when it goes wrong. Buyers fall through, the car sells cheaply in a rush, or it ends up still registered in your name after you have flown out, with fines and tolls following you to your new country. This timeline works backwards from your flight date so the car is sold, transferred and closed off before you leave Victoria.

Flood Damaged Car? What to Do First and Who Will Buy It

Floodwater is one of the hardest things a car can go through. Even when it looks fine once the water drains away, the damage is often hidden in the electrics, the engine and the carpets. What you do in the first day matters, both for safety and for what the car is worth afterwards. Here is a step by step guide, from the moment you find the car to the point where you decide whether to repair it, claim it or sell it.

Unpaid Fines or Tolls on Your Car? Can You Still Sell It in Victoria

Short answer: unpaid fines do not stick to the car the way a loan does, but they can still stop you selling it. In Victoria, if fines go unpaid, Fines Victoria can direct the Department of Transport and Planning to suspend your registration and prevent the transfer of vehicles registered in your name. So the real question is not whether the car has fines, but whether your fines have reached the point where sanctions apply.

Helping an Elderly Parent Give Up Driving and Sell Their Car

For many older people, the car is not just transport. It is independence, routine and a link to friends, shops and appointments. So when a family starts to worry about a parent's driving, selling the car is rarely just a paperwork job. This guide is for sons, daughters and carers in Victoria who are helping a parent through that change, from the first conversation to the day the car is sold.

Selling Your Car but Keeping Your Personalised Plates in Victoria

Personalised plates often mean more to the owner than the car does. If you are selling and want to keep yours, the key is timing: sort out the plates before the car changes hands. VPlates says that if the plates are sold with the car, ownership of the plates goes with it. Here are your options and the order to do things in.

Still Driving a Holden? What It Is Worth Now and When to Sell

Holden was part of Australian driveways for generations, and plenty of Victorians still own one. Since General Motors retired the brand, owners keep asking the same thing: is my Holden worth less now, and should I hold on or sell? The honest answer depends on which Holden you have. Most everyday Holdens are simply used cars that keep ageing, while a small number of special models attract collectors. Here is how to tell which group yours is in.

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