Purchase and register scooter or vehicle

@AlbertaDonuts

I bought two new 4 wheel vehicles, one used 4 wheel vehicle, a new motorcycle and a new 125cc scooter with only my ID. I never presented my ACR card and didn't even have an ACR card for the first couple purchases.

@Moon Dog

What are the insurance and registration requirements in the Phills?  I figured purchase would be the easy part and someone always is happy to take your money.  LOL

Thanks

Donald

@AlbertaDonuts.

Don,,,,, a few things. Yes it's very easy to buy a new car or bike here when new from a licensed dealer, second hand can be fraught with danger/scammers etc. A new car comes with 3/3 and a half years of rego and mandatory insurance, comprehensive is additional although the company we purchased from threw in one year comp for free. When renewal is due you need an emissions test and then a trip to the LTO. I get Ben to do that. The bikes are annual, emission tests and LTO visit.

Can't remember where you are eventually going to live but up in the hills overlooking the ocean rings a bell, we have a car and 2 bikes and I only use mine locally and then super cautious within a 5 klick radius, prefer a lot of metal around me as there are plenty of idiots here, saying that Ben rides his Raider home most Saturday afternoons to visit family, comes back Sunday evening. No where to park the car unless a short visit. I consider him very brave on a bike 40 minuses each way but he is a local and his choice. Consider a car for long hauls if you have the space to park up at home.

Cheers, Steve.

Insurance is easy for a car and there is haggling room, been doing that for years, no different to Australia. Motorbike appears no insurance company want to touch them, Ben searched around most said no and the ones that said yes were similar prices to insuring our car, most can't afford.

Cheers, Steve.

@AlbertaDonuts The registration part was automatic. Toyota provided 3 year registration and the  plates came in the mail for the new 4 wheel vehicles. I bought the used 4 wheel vehicle from a dealer and it came with 1 year registration and the plates also came in the mail. I picked up the registrations for the motorcycle and scooter at the Rusi dealer when they arrived. Rusi gave us I year registration for each bike. I probably will not renew the registration on the bikes and just avoid check points. It's different in the province, half of the bikes don't even have license plates.

The new 4 wheel vehicles were both Toyotas and they each came with one year of full coverage insurance at no extra charge. I have the option of renewing that policy or purchasing coverage of my own choosing. The motorcycle and scooter did not come with insurance and I did not purchase insurance for the bikes.

@ Moon Dog

Your new cars did you get 3 plus years of rego as we did? For us the plates came 2 weeks later and the dealer delivered and fitted the plates to the car as well as insurance and relevant docs. Bikes different kettle of fish.

Ben waited near 4 years for the plates on the Mio and never got them even after years of pestering, His new Raider got plates within 2 weeks, welcome as we say to the Philippines.

Cheers, Steve.

@bigpearl

The Fortuner and Wigo came with 3 year registration. The dealer is 3 hours away so they mailed the plates and registration to us but they did deliver the vehicles which made things simple for us. I never set foot in the dealership or met the sales lady until she brought the vehicle. That was during the pandemic and we were quarantined in our new house so we signed the papers through the window.

The backup camera didn't work on the Fortuner so they sent a couple technicians all the way from Tacloban (3 hours each way) and they soon found a plug that was not fully engaged. That was a good deal, I can't see that happening in the US.

Yep same but before the pandemic, they delivered the car as we told them before we purchase to take off all the stupid decals you foolishly stuck on the car as part of the sale, a couple of days later they delivered and then like 2 weeks later came back with plates and official paperwork,,,,,, pity their service stopped there as we had many problems with cosmetics and they wanted the car back for a month/5 weeks (their reasoning I suppose that the owner will refuse as no back up/loan car while they fixed the problems under warranty after only 1 year after purchase) Too far away and have learnt my/our lesson, buy local. That company dropped the ball big time.

OMO.

Cheers, Steve.

Thanks for all the info.  Yes I plan to buy new scooter and eventually new vehicle.  FYI Steve.  I am somewhere between you and Ben.  I am willing to drive and perhaps I should be a bit more cautious.  I watch other vehicles closely but my biggest fear is some of the potholes on the highways in some areas.

Cars are much slower in asia, with congestion and lack of parking... it is easier to get around locally on a bike.  I would rather ride a bike in asia where so many bikes on the road... In Canada there are few bikes and people do see then and don't share the road well.  That being said... always know on a bike you are at risk and need to assume everything can kill you.

The place I want to buy is overlooking the ocean and just a km from the town.  Great to have a quick easy way to run in for things and to get to the diving companies for scuba adventures.  Although not quite as safe... the scooter sure is more comfortable than the trike for my 200 lb body.

Cheers,

Donald