wavy_davy

Ok, we're arriving in Perth in 6 (Count 'em!) weeks, one of the tasks of the 1st week is to buy a motor.

Can anyone please tell me, what sort of % can you haggle off the price on average, and what "other" charges rear their ugly heads?

Cheers

Dave

Quokka

New or secondhand?

some useful info here:

http://rac.com.au/go/motoring/buying-a-car/buying-a-car

wavy_davy

Cheers Quokka!

CreditCardKing

I will sell you a black brand new Holden Barina ( vauxhall corsa ) for A$12,500. You would also have to pay stamp duty of A$343.75. This is a good price.

http://rol.osr.wa.gov.au/taxcal/

Paular

I work in a car show room when you arrive in Perth let me know. You can send me a private message and we can keep in touch. If you see somethin you like I can let you know if its worth it.

AliMay

We used a car broker who got us a brilliant deal on a new car-much better than we could have haggled.
Ali

Quokka

Trust me - I'm a car salesman

HugoB

Hi, excuse my ignorance but what and where is a car broker? We arrive in Perth next week and will be needing cars toooooo....
Thanks,
HB x

wavy_davy

Not being nosey but could you post the figures, ie; what you bought and how much you got off it using a broker and which broker did you use?

Send me a pm if you'd rather not post the figures online


Cheers

Dave

AliMay

Ok I reckon we got about 15% off the advertised price and saving thousands of dollars. Well we would have saved this if we hadn't been so impressed with the prices that we upgraded to a higher spec model. Our broker was a guy called Steve (sorry-not very helpful to you I know)- we got his number from our financial advisor. I can't remember the name of his firm ( it was back in the hazy first days of arriving in Perth) but there do seem to be a number of brokers out there. I just googled car brokers and a few came up. Steve used to work in fleet management and his business relied on his relationships with particular garages.
Hope this helps a little.
Ali