1. Get your instant valuation
Enter your rego, state and kilometres for a firm cash offer in about 60 seconds — free, from live Australian market data.
Geelong, Victoria · Free pickup · Same-day payment
Sell My Car in Geelong — Instant Offer, Paid Today
Selling a car in Geelong usually means fielding lowball texts from Melbourne buyers who want you to hold it until the weekend. Skip all that: get a free online valuation, lock in an instant offer, and have the money in your account the same day — we collect the car from your driveway anywhere across Geelong, the Bellarine or the Surf Coast for free.
Price-Hold Guarantee The offer we quote is the price we pay if your car matches your description — walk away any time before payment.
- 60 secondsfree valuation, priced by live data
- As fast as 24 hoursfast, secure payment
- All conditionsfinance owing and damaged OK
- Australia-widefree pickup, every state
Selling a car in Geelong
Geelong built cars for almost ninety years, and since Ford shut the Norlane engine plant in 2016 the region has run deep with well-used Falcons, utes and family SUVs that are now hard work to sell privately. List one online and half your enquiries come from Melbourne tyre-kickers promising to 'drive down the ring road Saturday' — then haggling hard or not showing at all. Add the cost of a roadworthy inspection (typically $160–$250 before any repairs) just to sell a registered car privately, and the maths gets ugly fast on an older vehicle. An instant sale flips that: one honest offer based on real market data, no RWC standing in your way because you're selling to a car-buying business rather than a private buyer, and payment before the car leaves your street.
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 Geelong
Free pickup from your home or workplace across the whole area:
- Geelong CBD & Waterfront
- Corio & Norlane
- Belmont & Highton
- Grovedale & Waurn Ponds
- Lara
- Leopold
- Ocean Grove & Barwon Heads
- Drysdale & Bellarine Peninsula
- Torquay & Surf Coast
- Bannockburn & Golden Plains
- Colac corridor
- Armstrong Creek
Selling a car in Victoria: what you need to know
- In Victoria, a registered car sold privately must come with a roadworthy certificate, and that certificate is only current for 30 days after the inspection — so timing your Geelong sale matters.
- After you hand over the keys, you have 14 days to lodge a notice of disposal with VicRoads (quickest via your myVicRoads account) so fines and tolls racked up by the new owner don't land in your letterbox.
- The transfer fee and motor vehicle duty on a Victorian sale are the buyer's responsibility, not yours — duty is calculated on the sale price or market value.
- VicRoads doesn't fix RWC inspection prices; Geelong testers set their own rates, and a standard passenger car typically runs $160–$250 before any repairs needed to pass.
- You can legally sell a Victorian car without a roadworthy — for example unregistered, or to a car-buying business — which is why an instant sale suits cars that would struggle through an inspection.
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 Geelong — your questions answered
Do I need a roadworthy certificate to sell my car in Geelong?
Only if you're selling a registered car privately — and the RWC is only valid for 30 days, so it can expire while your listing sits idle. Selling to a car-buying business rather than a private buyer means the RWC requirement doesn't stand in your way, saving you the inspection fee and any repair bill.
Do you actually come out to Geelong, or is pickup only in Melbourne?
We collect for free right across the region — Geelong CBD, Corio, Norlane, Belmont, Highton, Grovedale, Waurn Ponds, Lara and Leopold, plus the Bellarine, Ocean Grove, Torquay and out along the Colac corridor. You never need to drive the car up the M1.
I still owe money on my car loan — can I sell it in Geelong?
Yes. Tell us the payout figure from your lender, and we settle the finance directly as part of the sale, paying any balance left over straight to you the same day.
Will you buy my old Falcon or high-kilometre commuter car?
Absolutely — Geelong is full of home-grown Fords and hard-working commuter cars that clocked serious kilometres on the ring road, and we make genuine offers on all of them. Age, kilometres, damage or a failed roadworthy don't rule a car out.
How fast can I get paid if I accept the offer?
Same day in most cases. Once you accept your instant offer and we verify your ID and ownership, payment is transferred before we drive the car away — you can watch it land in your account.
Can I sell an unregistered or damaged car sitting in my yard?
Yes. We buy unregistered, written-off, hail-damaged and non-running cars across Geelong and the Surf Coast, and the free pickup includes towing, so a car that can't move is no problem.
We buy cars across Australia
Free · No obligation
Ready to sell your car today?
A free valuation, a firm offer backed by our Price-Hold Guarantee, and secure payment as fast as 24 hours.