kgray

hi folks any idea where we can find a decent used car, not too expensive for starters, in and around the north perth suburbs?? have been recommended North City Holden, any one used this dealership? we arrive in about 4 weeks on 4th sept!!!! we are all excited!!!

NKSK version 2

The usual rules apply. Second hand car dealers tend to be expensive - authorised dealers even more so.

I spent a long frustrating time looking for cars. If you have money to burn then I suspect the authorised dealers will be good - and there are many of them.

The main area for other dealers seemed to be Victoria Park and along the Albany Highway heading SE out of the city.

In the end we went private and bought ours out of the newspaper from a private seller. And I would do this again - especially if you are buying a nearly new car.

If you think about a two or three year old Honda, Toyota, Holden or Ford there is little that can go wrong after three years. And you should be able to pick up problems. I'm the world's worst mechanic and yet after I'd read the RACV website where they have a checklist for checking the obvious on cars, I felt pretty well prepared.

renth

Get Mitsubushi Magna, they're bulletproof cars, perfect for Aussie conditions, there are always loads to choose from and relatively cheap.

Avoid Holden and Ford if you can.

NKSK version 2

Bloody hell, you're a brave man so early in the morning!

Amazulu

John Hughes in Victoria Park would be the palce to get a Magna. They always seem to have loads in stock & advertise the fact on TV.

Agree about Holden & Ford.

renth

Plus John Hughes is Perth's "most honest" car dealer, it's official, or at least he keeps telling us that on his TV ads.

Amazulu

Would you buy a car off this man? You bet!

Well I did anyway.

Muzza04

To save the $$$$ try the auctions on wednesday and saturday morinings here:

Perth Car Auctions

webgum

In the words of the great man, 'Absolutely'.

renth

Absolutely!

webgum

Echo, echo.

When he first started up selling Hyundai here, he got most of his start up cash from Alan Bond (he very sensibly married Bondy's sister!!).........What ho, dirty money!!

kgray

wow thanks for all the replys folks! have written a list from them will try them all out when we get there, ........the rate the house prices are going it will be push bikes for us all anyway!!! :scared:
thanks
karen

Amazulu

He's also one of the biggest Hyundai dealers in the world. He drives a convertible Aston Martin DB9 so must be doing it well!

Siren & Brian

Doing well is an understatement.

h2oskineil

Hi
Do plenty of research before you get here and that way you'll know a bargain when you see one, or know when you're being ripped off!

http://www.drive.com.au/
http://www.autotrader.com.au/
http://www.carsales.com.au/
http://rac.com.au/ecar/index.cfm
www.quokka.com.au

Knock all the dealers down from the asking price, don't be shy! John Huges wont/can't budge on their prices, but they sell high volumes at slightly lower prices, so a good place to look.
http://www.johnhughes.com.au/passenger-vehicles.php
The rest of the dealers have plenty of room to drop and if they wont, walk away.
Be prepared for cheaper priced vehicle to have high kilometres on the odometer. Around 100,000km's on most cars, you'll be looking at a new timing belt which will be at least $300+.
Falcon and Commodores have timing chains so do the VVT-i Toyota's Plus others, but they spring to my mind.

The RAC do vehicle inspections. You can call out one of their mobile inspectors, or take a vehicle to Balcatta, where they inspect them.
http://rac.com.au/go/motoring/vehicle-inspections

Another option..... if you really like a car, book it in for an RAC 'Blue Service' at one of the Auto Service centres and for $135 you'll get a service with a full saftey inspection that will tell you if anything is wrong with the vehicle.
http://rac.com.au/go/motoring/auto-service-centre