Second hand car prices ????

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Mar 9th 2007, 4:32 am

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themerlin

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Re: Second hand car prices ????

European cars coats heaps over here as well, guess there exotic

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Originally Posted by stu:0

I cant belive the second hand car prices in oz. Plan to sell my beloved golf gti, only worth about £4500 and buy somthing similar until we get settled but the same sort of car would be twice the price

whats that all about

Stu

Mar 9th 2007, 4:53 am

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Originally Posted by themerlin

European cars coats heaps over here as well, guess there exotic

Apart from the VW Golf/Jetta which is cheaper here than it is in the UK.

Mar 9th 2007, 6:31 am

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Re: Second hand car prices ????

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Originally Posted by chels

With the increasing popularity of European and Japanese small cars, which aren't built for hammering out long distances, will we see a cheaper second hand market in the future?

"Increasing popularity"? Australians have been driving Japanese cars since 1958. How much more popular can they get?

IMHO the 2nd hand market will become cheaper as the population grows larger.

Mar 9th 2007, 8:35 am

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Apart from the VW Golf/Jetta which is cheaper here than it is in the UK.

The golf i found on a site was a bog standard thing and it was crazy money. What is the main make of car most people go for over there, Holden??

Stu

Mar 9th 2007, 8:45 am

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The golf i found on a site was a bog standard thing and it was crazy money. What is the main make of car most people go for over there, Holden??

Stu

Holden, Ford, Toyota are probably the big 3. Mazda, Hyundai, Honda, Mitsubishi, Kia, Daewoo are common too. (Did I miss any?) European cars are few and far between.

Mar 9th 2007, 8:51 am

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Re: Second hand car prices ????

I noticed the high prices too, I drive a 2003 Volvo here, and for a similar price in Oz Id be back to a 2000 model

I plan to get an old knackered ute with an 8 liter V8.

Mar 9th 2007, 8:52 am

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Holden, Ford, Toyota are probably the big 3. Mazda, Hyundai, Honda, Mitsubishi, Kia, Daewoo are common too. (Did I miss any?) European cars are few and far between.

Do youget many of the old mazda mx3 s about? The missus had a minter untill some old dear went into it and wrote it off. Whats the crack with no mot's???

stu

Mar 9th 2007, 9:11 am

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Re: Second hand car prices ????

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Originally Posted by stu:0

whats that all about

Stu

We're gonna get either a Ford Falcon or Holden Commodore, mid 90's, 3.8 V6 for around $6000. Loads about, big family runaround, cheap spares. A bit of drop from our original idea of a new 4x4 which then dropped to a newish 4x4 which then got downgraded to an old beat up 4x4. Exploration will have to wait a while!

This is in addition to a bike each (motorcycle). Mine's already sorted. Y2K GSXR750 (A$8500)

Andy

Mar 9th 2007, 9:17 am

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Re: Second hand car prices ????

Can anyone tell me what a 7 seater eg. Ford Galaxy, Renault Espace, Toyota Previa is called out in Perth.

Thanks

Nikki

Mar 9th 2007, 9:32 am

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Re: Second hand car prices ????

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Do youget many of the old mazda mx3 s about? The missus had a minter untill some old dear went into it and wrote it off. Whats the crack with no mot's???

stu

MX5 / MX7 I have seen. Plenty of old 323's (Astinas) too.

PS These websites are among the best for research:

http://www.redbookasiapacific.com/au/
http://carsguide.news.com.au/

Mar 9th 2007, 10:52 am

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Re: Second hand car prices ????

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Originally Posted by Nic938

Can anyone tell me what a 7 seater eg. Ford Galaxy, Renault Espace, Toyota Previa is called out in Perth.

Thanks

Nikki

Hi Nikki, Haven't seen any Ford Galaxy's, Toyota Previa is called a Tarrago and quite popular, Not many Renault's though.

John

Mar 9th 2007, 11:00 am

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Re: Second hand car prices ????

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Originally Posted by stu:0

Do youget many of the old mazda mx3 s about? The missus had a minter untill some old dear went into it and wrote it off. Whats the crack with no mot's???

stu

ive told you stu. you can have my 91' magna. it just sits i the garage. mind you someone offered me a carton for it the other day and i was tempted as long as it was a 30 pack.