That's government departments. I paid $1200 to get a engineers report from a nsw certified engineer. Wasn't worth the paper it was printed on. #OOPS# em all!! That's my thoughts on rta etc etc haha

She got it back that's main thing. Better $400 than loosing it all.

Not sure what else could be. As for govt dept, they have access to services for any medical or cultural barriers. A co worker of mine has that machine thing for his conditions. Great guy and he's frustrated just as much as others of the inability to communicate as easily as we take granted for. He can get his machine to rap do at least he can laugh bout it too.

"at the end of the day her fault.. always do a revs check with every car so avoid bullshit hassles later on... the amount they charge for a revs check could save you thousands!!"

I really don't think we need to blame the victim in this situation, so no, at the end of the day it is not her fault, but thanks for your compassion.

As for REVS I did a revs check when I bought the car, and last time I checked it was the register of encumbered vehicles, that means cars with money owing to finance companies, it doesn't have any money owing on it.

Today they gave the car back, it cost her $400.

Maybe there was a better explanation given than the one I have shared but my friend is partially deaf and talking on the phone to government departments or me is not easy for her.

They gave her some paper work when she picked up the car that said just because they let her have it doesn't mean its not stolen or previously written off.

As for not being roadworthy, when I had the car it appeared to be very original and went really well no sign of ever being in an accident.(it was a Barina, but later than the Suzuki Swift ones)

Oh and revs checks don't always show this up, there's years of records to load and millions of cars.

How do I know will be the next question, I was stung with a reshelled import and did lots of research back in 2000 and onwards, it came in handy with a previous job I had for a few years before my current job

Registrys were run state by state around 2004 most states bar tas qld and nt were on the national then I lost interest in it and qld was roumored to come on board in 2005.

Nsw rta probably had no issue unless it left state. I knew of heaps of cars flagged in Vic and when sold new owners would then be notified. That was the old system in 2008 when the shake up happened they became more proactive in stopping them
Before the changed ownership.

We need to know why they holding it. This is only reason I can think of unless it's held for security but finance or loan.

Used to be called cut and shut or rebirthing and various other names.

sounds suss to me, they tell her they're not giving it back until she provides proof its hers yet they would be able to see on her file how long the cars been registered in her name or they could ring nsw people to check that and get the files faxed. i'd assume they'd be able to look up your licence number to and check it was registered to you

if it was me i'd abuse them until they gave me a proper explanation, if unfamilla is right they cant tell her they're giving the car back when they've got no intention of doing so. only other thing is when she's got the roadworthy done the guy put the wrong vin number in, i've had major dramas because rwc wasn't filled out properly dumb ass behind the counter tried telling me my vintage motorbike was a stolen caravan

^^^ explanation is car may be unsafe as stated in first post.

at the end of the day her fault.. always do a revs check with every car so avoid bullshit hassles later on... the amount they charge for a revs check could save you thousands!!

Whilst I feel your/her pain, I guess that is why you pay a couple of $$ for a revs check.
What if she de-rego'd it, would they give it back?
If so at least it would be in her posession until the problem was sorted.
I hope they aren't charing her storage to keep the car too?

She should be told why she can't register it or take her car back, they should be providing an explanation. If not she may be able to lodge a complaint and even report it to police saying they are holding her car without just cause or explanation. It's a long shot but I highly doubt there has been
No explanation