nero

Can anyone recommend a second hand car dealer in Auckland. Basically we will be looking for a Ford or a Toyota (nothing too big), about 3-5 years old in July.

We want something that is reliable and not too expensive to service or repair. So if you have any other recommendations of makes that would be good to.

justinthyme

Auckland car fair supposed to be a decent place to buy...

or look in www.trademe.co.nz which a few traders seem to use. And there's also the Yellow Pages




THE AUCKLAND CARFAIR IS HELD EVERY SUNDAY
at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland from 9am to 12 noon.

• Hundreds of privately owned cars for sale
  
• Seven car classes:
  - Under $5,000
  - $5,000 - $10,000
  - Over $10,000
  - Classic/Sports/Performance Cars
  - Trucks/Vans/Utilities/4x4s
  - Campers/Caravans
  - Motorbikes/Boats
  
• AA prepurchase inspection mechanics
  
• Hometune prepurchase inspection mechanics www.hometune.co.nz
  
• Mechanical warranties
  
• VIR - (Vehicle Information Report)
  - Checks money owing
  - Unlicensed, deregisterd, stolen
  - Speedo rewound
  - SIN (Supplier Information Notice)
• Change of ownership terminal

lardyl

why ford or toyota? toyota tend to be slightly more expensive than nissan/mazda here and many are pretty much the same vehicle.
best value from dealers are usually "new to NZ", ie ex-japanese imports
these can be had from a variety of dealers/importers
we used Croydons in Henderson and they were good, just round the corner/down the road from the NZIS office and the folks in the office recommended them.
to get an idea of prices/range see:
http://www.croydons.co.nz/
also there is autotrader to look at:
http://www.autotrader.co.nz/
bear in mind that some unscrupulous traders sell cars cheaper but with horrendous deals on finance - interest rates are high!
the car fair at ellerslie is worth a visist but if you are not there first thing then the vehicles are not much cheaper than the dealers ex-Jap ones, most of the bargains were gone by the time we arrived.
we hired a "rent-awreck" style toyota for a few weeks whilst sizing up the options, that is not too expensive and may be worthwhile to prevent an expensive "mistake" on the purchase front!
oh yeah dont forget Turners' auctions:
http://www.turners.co.nz/Branches/Tu...5/Default.aspx
good luck

urbanproject

In addition to the other replies, I'd recommend GVI (Genuine Vehicle Imports) www.gvi.co.nz. OH and I bought our car there, very helpful people and they were recommended to us by other expats. They're located in Penrose, Auckland. We bought a 1996 Nissan Sunny there nearly a year ago and it's a really good car.

The car was purchased after being independently checked by the AA, the price also included 6 months warrant of fitness and registration

Jen

julesnye

what sort of price are you talking about?

urbanproject

We paid $5000 all up Also I forgot to mention the car had 85000kms on the odometer.

julesnye

sounds like a bargain.
Cheers for that.