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Brisbane, Queensland · Free pickup · Same-day payment
Sell My Car Brisbane — Get an Instant Offer & Paid Today
Selling a car privately in Brisbane means safety certificates, tyre-kickers driving in from Logan or Caboolture, and buyers who vanish after asking 'is it flood damaged?'. Instant Cash Cars skips all of it: enter your rego, get an instant offer, and we pay you the same day with free pickup anywhere in South East Queensland. Registered, unregistered, damaged or under finance — we buy it as it sits.
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Selling a car in Brisbane
Queensland is one of the few states where you legally must hand the buyer a current safety certificate before selling a registered car privately — and with fines over $700 plus the cost of the inspection and any repairs, that alone kills many private sales in Brisbane. Add the local reality that after the 2011 and 2022 floods and regular summer hailstorms, Brisbane buyers are unusually suspicious, running PPSR and written-off checks and haggling hard over any water or hail history. And because greater Brisbane sprawls from Caboolture to Beenleigh, every inspection means someone driving an hour across town, often for nothing. Selling to us solves all three: no private-sale safety certificate to organise, we buy flood, hail and accident-damaged cars on their merits, and we come to you with same-day payment.
Sell your car today in 3 steps
2. Free inspection & pickup
Accept your offer and we come to you — a quick 15-minute inspection and all paperwork sorted on the spot.
3. Get paid the same day
Money hits your bank by instant transfer before we drive away — we lodge the notice of disposal and rego transfer for you.
Where we buy cars in Brisbane
Free pickup from your home or workplace across the whole area:
- Brisbane CBD & Inner City
- Northside (Chermside, Aspley & Stafford)
- Southside (Mount Gravatt & Sunnybank)
- Western Suburbs (Indooroopilly & Kenmore)
- Logan & Beenleigh
- Ipswich & Springfield
- Moreton Bay (North Lakes & Caboolture)
- Redcliffe Peninsula
- Redlands & Bayside (Cleveland & Capalaba)
- Forest Lake & Inala
Selling a car in Queensland: what you need to know
- In Queensland you must give the buyer a current safety certificate (roadworthy) before selling a registered vehicle privately — fines exceed $700 — but no certificate is needed when selling to a licensed motor dealer.
- A private seller's safety certificate is only valid for 2 months or 2,000 km, whichever comes first, so don't get one too early.
- The buyer must transfer the registration with TMR within 14 days of purchase; as the seller you should complete Part B of the transfer form (F3520) or lodge the disposal online so you're not liable for the new owner's fines or tolls.
- In Queensland the registration and number plates stay with the vehicle when it's sold — you don't remove the plates or transfer them to your next car.
- A car recorded as a repairable write-off on the Written-Off Vehicle Register must pass a TMR written-off vehicle inspection before it can be re-registered in Queensland — a common issue with flood and hail-damaged Brisbane cars.
We buy every car, in every condition
- Used cars
- Near-new & demo
- Finance owing
- Damaged & written-off
- Unregistered
- High kilometres
- Not running
- Utes & 4x4s
- SUVs & people movers
- EVs & hybrids
- Fleet & company cars
- Deceased estates
Every make and model sold in Australia — Toyota, Ford, Mazda, Hyundai, Kia, Mitsubishi, Holden, Nissan, Volkswagen, Tesla, BMW and Mercedes-Benz.
Selling a car in Brisbane — your questions answered
Do I need a safety certificate (RWC) to sell my car in Brisbane?
Only for private sales — Queensland law requires you to give a private buyer a current safety certificate before handing over a registered car, with fines over $700 if you don't. Selling to a car-buying business means there's no private-sale certificate for you to organise, saving the inspection fee and any repairs needed to pass.
Who handles the rego transfer with TMR when I sell?
We handle the transfer paperwork on the spot. You simply keep your copy and lodge your notice of disposal with Transport and Main Roads online, which protects you from any fines or tolls the moment the car leaves your driveway.
My car has flood or hail damage — can I still sell it?
Yes. Brisbane's flood and storm history means private buyers run a PPSR check and walk away from anything with water or hail damage, but we buy flood-affected, hail-damaged and even written-off cars and price them on what they're genuinely worth.
Can I sell a car in Brisbane with finance still owing?
Yes — it's one of the most common situations we handle. We confirm the payout figure with your lender, settle the loan directly, and pay any remaining balance straight to you the same day.
Do you buy unregistered cars in Brisbane?
Yes, and unregistered vehicles don't need a safety certificate in Queensland, so there's nothing to organise. We collect it for free from anywhere in greater Brisbane even if it hasn't moved in years.
How quickly can you pick up my car, and which areas do you cover?
Usually the same day. We cover all of greater Brisbane including the Northside, Southside, Logan, Ipswich, Moreton Bay, Redcliffe and the Redlands, with payment in your account before the car is driven or towed away.
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