Molly Coddle

I'm glad you found that funny! Lol


Niccccceeee truck! I've Pm'd you.

TimbersBack

The thing thats funny is the regularity of fuel price changes, it does get on your tits. I replied, you know where I is.

Molly Coddle

It's just the same here, it's a nightmare and the further out in the sticks you live, the dearer fuel is! Robbing B@stardos!



Yep cheers

TimbersBack

Yup, mind you Costco are opening their first Petrol Station in North Lakes Qld, next couple of days which hopefully will put the big boys on their back feet.

The servos here are dominated by the Supermarkets, with coupon bullshit rife.

I have always bought diesel cars aside from a landcruiser we bought 4 years ago, which was petrol ( couldnt afford the diesel version ) and boy could it swallow the fuel.

Diesels make more sense, if you want an all round family vehicle, and Hilux are the number 2 best selling car in Australia.

I think mazda 3 is the best selling car ( petrol ) , but I don't like dinky cars , I prefer 4x4's because some of the curbs are really steep lolol

BASHO

I think it's the biggest and I've always found it good when selling , I don't think that the car industry in Australia is much different to the UK , riddled with shonks. , that is.

There is one thing I have noticed of late and that is the emergence of an hobby which Australians have taken to with some gusto and involves buying cars at auction giving them a tizz and unloading them on unsuspecting buyers as a car they have owned for some time and as a 'reluctant sale'.

Beware this dog, it bites , there's no warranty and no comeback when the car goes sideways into the scrub or blows up.

---And of course there's the "repairable write off"- the inventor of this phrase was certainly related to the person who invented the " low doc loan" the very ambiguity of the statement should be it's own warning.

There is also a register of 'repairable write off's' --but you have to search each state as there is no national register --of course--.

It pays to be familiar with warranty law if buying second hand it varies from state to state but does provide some good protection and claims can be self lodged with Small Claims tribunals or their state equivalent at little cost.

TimbersBack

BASHO makes a good point here Molly.

Another which you may want to consider, number of previous owners, isnt of any importance in Oz.

In fact if you asked a dealer, he would look at you gone out.

Always ask, and ask to see who that owner was, it could well have been Avis ! So if they say one previous careful owner, lol... be curious.

Secondly, be aware of huge KM, as you will often see 5 year old cars with 180,000 km on the clock. And they ask ridiculous prices !

Molly Coddle

It is the same here in the North of England, in fact it's rife with men suddenly becoming 'car sales men' over night. There's so many cowboys about, it's a joke!

It seems these people are just out to make fast cash.


Cheers for all that info BASHO it'll come in useful I'm sure.


I've got a lot to learn haven't I?

I tell you what, I don't know how people managed to get by without forums like this, obviously the hard way huh?

chris955

Fuel prices here dont change one week to the next, in Australia they seem to go up and down by the hour.

BASHO

No surprises about the northern entrepreneurs , I'm actually from Moss Side originally , a friend of mine had a 'repair' yard in the Moss back in the day , he seemed to specialise in changing cars colours and number plates -----.

Little surprises me.

Molly Coddle

Lol@Northern entrepreneurs! That's one term for them......

It all goes on in Moss Side...........


Jesus, no wonder you moved to the other side of the world!

paulry

It looks cool! I'd love one of those

The thing to bear in mind is if you're buying a second hand car, get one with a big engine. Big-engined cars are rarely shagged-out. With these cars, if the bodywork and general condition looks good you can almost take it as a given that the engine will be fine too.

In that case you must absolutely get yourself a Ford Falcon. They're built like tanks. My wife drives ours and a few months ago she re-positioned our brick-built mailbox with it. The car cut through it like a knife through butter and the car itself sustained minimal damage. And with a 4 litre engine it goes like a rocket!

BASHO

Bear in mind that registration cost is linked to the No of cylinders the engine has --in Queensland anyway and that fuel consumption in the older (and not much older) Ford Falcons and Holden Commodores can be somewhat enthusiastic.

arkon

Pro Tip: Buy a Mercedes like the SLK, CLS etc, keep it a year in Britain and then bring it with you for about 5K shipping etc. An SLK in the UK is about $58,000 AUD here for the same car is about $104,000 nearly double. Any car considered luxury here in Oz which is basically any car costing more than about $60,000 aud is at least 30% more expensive here.

The joke is it's all because Australia wanted to protect it's car industry!! Epic fail!

chris955

I was wondering whether the protectionism and ridiculous import restrictions will be removed now all the car manufacturers are leaving the country? There will be no industry to protect so no justification for the restrictions.

Molly Coddle

Women and reversing, it's a bit like men and multitasking..........Can be done but just not to a very high standard.

I'll hold my hands up, I'm awful at reversing, just awful. I've lost count the amount of cross words me and my husband have had over my incompetent reversing. On one occasion in a supermarket car park, he got out of the car and walked off.

But the good news is, I'm great at going forwards.