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miniD
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: rok
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 Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 10:58 pm Post subject: car owners: are you legal? |
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| thinking about buying a rig. i know some who are driving w out licenses, registration, insurance. how much of a hassle is it to get these things, and iyo, are they necessary? and where do i find used car listings?? thanks all... |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Satisfy my idle curiosity: if you plan to drive without insurance, how would you settle the claim were you to kill or injure a third party? |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
Location: who, what, where, when, why, how?
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:29 pm Post subject: |
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| I'm legal, but the car isn't in my name. I just got a license and paid half on the fees. |
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miniD
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: rok
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:47 pm Post subject: |
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| hey wangja -- where in my op does it say i'm gonna drive without insurance? cool down guy... |
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Wangja
Joined: 17 May 2004
Location: Seoul, Yongsan
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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You ask if "these things" are necessary.
But if you don't plan to drive without insurance then I'm already cooled down.  |
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itaewonguy
Joined: 25 Mar 2003
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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you cant buy the car without insurance! from a car yard..
you could buy it through private sale.. but the other person will want to put the name into your name.. but without insurance you cant get it!
right? as I was told.. |
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hellofaniceguy
Joined: 10 Jan 2003
Location: On your computer screen!
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| Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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No insurance...no registration...and that's the way it should be!
You idiots driving without insurance, etc....obviously are just skating through life trying to screw over on someone, get something for nothing. If I hit a sore spot...then we know you're one of the bad drivers!
If you buy a car from a private party...you can bet that person wants the car out of their name!
Used car lots are all over the place! |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:25 am Post subject: |
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| I just went through this two weeks ago. Get a Korean friend to help you unless your Korean is very good. You have to have insurance, as other have pointed out, to register the car. I did the whole process (with a friend) in a day. You need a certificate of residency from your dong, and insurance, as well as the car's documents, of course, to proceed. It helped me a lot to have the previous owner at the certificate place with me, as it turned out there was some outstanding fees or something she had to satisfy. |
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miniD
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: rok
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| geeez...i just asked if it was necessary as in is it the law. helluvaniceguy: down boy! anyway, the person who's selling hasn't had it registered for some time now. is that gonna be a problem when i go to register? and if he has parking tix, are they attached to the car or the person? (if it's not registered, i wonder...) anyway, can u get insurance w out registration? or do u need it all? and hey just wanna know the deal here is all...and if people are abiding by it |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:50 am Post subject: |
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| miniD wrote: |
| geeez...i just asked if it was necessary as in is it the law. helluvaniceguy: down boy! anyway, the person who's selling hasn't had it registered for some time now. is that gonna be a problem when i go to register? and if he has parking tix, are they attached to the car or the person? (if it's not registered, i wonder...) anyway, can u get insurance w out registration? or do u need it all? and hey just wanna know the deal here is all...and if people are abiding by it |
As I said, the person selling me the car had some legal/financial encumbrance to take care of. She went to the registration place with me. I highly recommend the same.
Used cars in Korea are cheap. If there are potential legal hassles, find another car. You don't need to be trying to negotiate with Korean bureaucracy. It took the woman who sold me her car, as a Korean, almost an hour to deal with the registration on her end, before we even got to transferring it to me.
You do need insurance to register it, so you need all of the vehicle information to get the insurance. GET A KOREAN TO HELP YOU. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 12:57 am Post subject: |
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By the way, the wording of the op clearly indicates at least a passing interest in not having insurance, registration etc.
Yes, hell is now officially freezing over, but I do agree with hellofaniceguy (even if he is being a bit lead footed about it). Driving without insurance is an incredibly irresponsible thing to do. I don't know how it is treated legally here, but hopefully someone caught driving a couple of tons of steel on a public road without insurance will get at least a little taste of jail time. |
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miniD
Joined: 22 Dec 2004
Location: rok
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 1:13 am Post subject: |
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| best place to buy?? |
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Zyzyfer
Joined: 29 Jan 2003
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 2:00 am Post subject: |
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| miniD wrote: |
| geeez...i just asked if it was necessary as in is it the law. ..and hey just wanna know the deal here is all...and if people are abiding by it |
Of course it's a law. It would also make sense to abide by it, if you have to have insurance to be registered. You'll either be driving around without plates, getting tickets all the time, or driving around with someone else's plates, potentially getting them in trouble. It's pretty cheap to get insurance, as you can get a year for just a few hundred thousand won, so it's better to just get it. Repairs, parking, and gas should be your true monetary concerns.
As for buying one, I have no idea. Check the Buy/Sell area on various ESL sites floating around, and something might pop up. |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 3:00 am Post subject: |
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| I know where you can get a free car. One of my co-workers got fired and just parked her car at Incheon on her way out in 2003. You might have to pay the W7 million in parking fees, though. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2005 4:54 am Post subject: |
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| Zyzyfer wrote: |
| miniD wrote: |
| geeez...i just asked if it was necessary as in is it the law. ..and hey just wanna know the deal here is all...and if people are abiding by it |
Of course it's a law. It would also make sense to abide by it, if you have to have insurance to be registered. You'll either be driving around without plates, getting tickets all the time, or driving around with someone else's plates, potentially getting them in trouble. It's pretty cheap to get insurance, as you can get a year for just a few hundred thousand won, so it's better to just get it. Repairs, parking, and gas should be your true monetary concerns.
As for buying one, I have no idea. Check the Buy/Sell area on various ESL sites floating around, and something might pop up. |
Yeah, I just filled my tank for the first time. O man won! 
I mainly intend to use it to do some touring on weekends. I got a 93 Elantra with 62,000 miles (it started its life in the States and was shipped over, so it has "miles", and a heavier, more powerful engine) for 400,000 won. Insurance, tags and car cost about a million.
A car for everyday use, especially up in Seoul, would really be expensive to maintain and feed. Mine I can park on campus and take out for an occasional weekend, so it shouldn't be so bad. |
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