can anyone give me an approximate cost for rego and insurance for a converted Toyota Bus to motor home. We are selling our amazing fitted out 4x4 for more comfort...getting older....we are keen to buy a Toyota Coaster bus. our amazing 4x4 can be seen on gumtree @ $34.000 thousand. cheers happy travelling
Might help if you specify which State, because they are all different. Whilst not a Coaster, mine is a Ford Transit MH with a 302 V8 Auto conversion, it costs about $650 a year in Queensland. I'm insured with MHIA (Motor Home Insurance Agency) and that's $550 a year.
-- Edited by madaboutled on Saturday 4th of April 2015 12:58:41 AM
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Steve, Di & Ziggy We named our Motorhome "Roadworx" because on the road works "On The Road Again" Ford Transit with 302 Windsor V8 conversion, C4 Auto, 9 Inch Ford Diff All Lighting L.E.D., 260 Amp/h AGM, 530 Watt Solar + Kipor Backup Gen.
Coaster motorhome rego in the NT $640.00 per year, insurance $42.00 per month, was cheaper rego when on WA plates (less than $500.00) & no annual roadworthy required.
EDIT: This was for a LWB 6 cylinder 4.2ltr & our SWB 4 cylinder 3.4ltr only a couple of dollars difference.
-- Edited by The Doo crew on Sunday 5th of April 2015 10:19:44 AM
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The government cannot give anything to anybody that the Government does not first take from somebody else.
If in WA if you need to make sure it's licenced as a Mobile Caravan (I'm not sure if that description is correct) but there are problems if you register it as a bus or van. The licence is a lot cheaper as a ?? caravan than if a van or bus, also as a bus it needs to be over the pits at scheduled intervals.
We had a LWB coaster and had a problem explaining to the licencing dept that we were entitled to a pensioners discount. At first they said No it's over the weight classification, for the discount it has to be under 4.5 T. When I pointed out it was a ?? caravan and they looked at that classification they found it was entitled. Also you need a bit more description Coasters come in different weights and motor sizes, this will obviously effect the answer. It's several years ago that we had the coaster I can't remember what the licence cost was.
