buying cars....
Aug 2nd 2006, 1:49 pm
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buying cars....
hello,
Trying to keep my mind occupied whilst waiting for our skills assessment to come back I have been thinking about our budget. I have set aside about 5,000 dollars to by a car. It has to be 4 door and big enough to accomodate a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Hubby is the one doing all the driving (as I don't drive), but he is hoping to cycle to work (if possible).
My question is - is this enough to buy a 2nd hand car? and what kind of car will we get for the money?
Thank you (as always) for any replies,
Karen
Trying to keep my mind occupied whilst waiting for our skills assessment to come back I have been thinking about our budget. I have set aside about 5,000 dollars to by a car. It has to be 4 door and big enough to accomodate a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Hubby is the one doing all the driving (as I don't drive), but he is hoping to cycle to work (if possible).
My question is - is this enough to buy a 2nd hand car? and what kind of car will we get for the money?
Thank you (as always) for any replies,
Karen
Aug 2nd 2006, 2:37 pm
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Re: buying cars....
Originally Posted by parentsof2
hello,
Trying to keep my mind occupied whilst waiting for our skills assessment to come back I have been thinking about our budget. I have set aside about 5,000 dollars to by a car. It has to be 4 door and big enough to accomodate a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Hubby is the one doing all the driving (as I don't drive), but he is hoping to cycle to work (if possible).
My question is - is this enough to buy a 2nd hand car? and what kind of car will we get for the money?
Thank you (as always) for any replies,
Karen
Trying to keep my mind occupied whilst waiting for our skills assessment to come back I have been thinking about our budget. I have set aside about 5,000 dollars to by a car. It has to be 4 door and big enough to accomodate a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Hubby is the one doing all the driving (as I don't drive), but he is hoping to cycle to work (if possible).
My question is - is this enough to buy a 2nd hand car? and what kind of car will we get for the money?
Thank you (as always) for any replies,
Karen
) car but if you get something like an old Toyota Camry/Cressida no reason it wont be reliable.Cheers
Martyn
Aug 2nd 2006, 5:34 pm
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Re: buying cars....
Originally Posted by tin
Do a search on drive.com.au , lots of cars under $5k. You're probably looking at a high mileage (or is that kilometerage? ) car but if you get something like an old Toyota Camry/Cressida no reason it wont be reliable.
Cheers
Martyn
) car but if you get something like an old Toyota Camry/Cressida no reason it wont be reliable.Cheers
Martyn
Have had a look at the website and will show it to david when he gets in. Although I don't think my criteria of 'thats a pretty colour' will impress him much!
Karen
Aug 3rd 2006, 9:46 am
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Re: buying cars....
Originally Posted by tin
Do a search on drive.com.au , lots of cars under $5k. You're probably looking at a high mileage (or is that kilometerage? ) car but if you get something like an old Toyota Camry/Cressida no reason it wont be reliable.
Cheers
Martyn
) car but if you get something like an old Toyota Camry/Cressida no reason it wont be reliable.Cheers
Martyn
Where are you moving to? If you are in Melbourne PM me and I will point you in the direction of a good used car lot.
Aug 4th 2006, 1:58 pm
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Re: buying cars....
Originally Posted by parentsof2
hello,
Trying to keep my mind occupied whilst waiting for our skills assessment to come back I have been thinking about our budget. I have set aside about 5,000 dollars to by a car. It has to be 4 door and big enough to accomodate a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Hubby is the one doing all the driving (as I don't drive), but he is hoping to cycle to work (if possible).
My question is - is this enough to buy a 2nd hand car? and what kind of car will we get for the money?
Thank you (as always) for any replies,
Karen
Trying to keep my mind occupied whilst waiting for our skills assessment to come back I have been thinking about our budget. I have set aside about 5,000 dollars to by a car. It has to be 4 door and big enough to accomodate a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Hubby is the one doing all the driving (as I don't drive), but he is hoping to cycle to work (if possible).
My question is - is this enough to buy a 2nd hand car? and what kind of car will we get for the money?
Thank you (as always) for any replies,
Karen
we got a 1998 daewoo laganza with 133,000km on the clock, 1 owner full service history, auto, aircon. Nice car $5,000 drive away with 3 months rego.
Aug 4th 2006, 2:00 pm
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Re: buying cars....
Originally Posted by parentsof2
hello,
Trying to keep my mind occupied whilst waiting for our skills assessment to come back I have been thinking about our budget. I have set aside about 5,000 dollars to by a car. It has to be 4 door and big enough to accomodate a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Hubby is the one doing all the driving (as I don't drive), but he is hoping to cycle to work (if possible).
My question is - is this enough to buy a 2nd hand car? and what kind of car will we get for the money?
Thank you (as always) for any replies,
Karen
Trying to keep my mind occupied whilst waiting for our skills assessment to come back I have been thinking about our budget. I have set aside about 5,000 dollars to by a car. It has to be 4 door and big enough to accomodate a family of 2 adults and 2 children. Hubby is the one doing all the driving (as I don't drive), but he is hoping to cycle to work (if possible).
My question is - is this enough to buy a 2nd hand car? and what kind of car will we get for the money?
Thank you (as always) for any replies,
Karen
Aug 4th 2006, 2:20 pm
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Re: buying cars....
Originally Posted by wmoore
I'm selling my '95 Mazda 323 for $4995 if you're interested?
Karen
