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| Thread ID: 80890 | 2007-07-08 10:17:00 | Advice on getting a new car | Greven (91) | PC World Chat |
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| 567034 | 2007-07-09 00:01:00 | I'm certainly not a boy racer, but I like having enough power to pass someone if I want, and be able to handle the hills on the odd occasion I leave the flat ground of Southland. The curren I'm looking at looks like a bit of a boy racer car, but I don't thrash my cars like the idiot boy racers do. The Primeras are quite fuel hungry aren't they, or is that the maximas I'm thinking of? You'd be thinking of Maximas which are 3-3.5L where Primeras are (IIRC) usually 1.8L |
george12 (7) | ||
| 567035 | 2007-07-09 00:37:00 | You'd be thinking of Maximas which are 3-3.5L where Primeras are (IIRC) usually 1.8L My Primera is 2lt with CVT,oh so very nice. MX5's don't have this. |
Cicero (40) | ||
| 567036 | 2007-07-09 00:52:00 | I'll have to pick up a copy of the southland times & see what selection there is in the cars for sale section. Trademe doesn't have much in the southland area & all the cars I've seen being sold on the side of the road are either too expensive or too rough. | Greven (91) | ||
| 567037 | 2007-07-09 01:04:00 | You'd be thinking of Maximas which are 3-3.5L where Primeras are (IIRC) usually 1.8L The Maximas are one of the most fuel efficient in a class of its own. It beats most 2L cars! |
techie (7177) | ||
| 567038 | 2007-07-09 05:55:00 | I like Mazdas and Toyotas for reliability and longevity, but lean toward Mazda for lower cost. If you see smoke up front when the lights turn green it is usually a Mitsi, a Nissan or an old 80's Ford Laser (funny but the parent Mazda version doesn't seem to do it). Hondas are too expensive and costly to repair if they do go phut, and I don't know much about Korean cars. My opinion carries no weight anyway, daughter & boyfriend recently bought a death-trap 70's Austin Allegro (in mint-ish condition) against my advice. Paid about $800 for it. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 567039 | 2007-07-16 10:11:00 | The car I was looking at buying was sold to someone else this afternoon, even though I had organised with him to get the car checked out by the AA & told him I would buy it if there were no problems found. He didn't pull the auction when he sold the car, so if someone had won the auction after he had already sold the car, it could have created quite a headache for him. Does anyone know of any good deals on cars in the Southland area? I don't want to go looking too far from home because that would make collecting the car difficult. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 567040 | 2007-07-16 10:25:00 | With southland being southland, whoever I buy a car off is probably going to know my family. I bought my mirage off a school teacher last year & found out she was a friend of my uncle's & he had imported it for her :lol: Why don't you talk to your uncle and cut out the middle man? Or is he out of the business now? |
PaulD (232) | ||
| 567041 | 2007-07-16 10:59:00 | Why don't you talk to your uncle and cut out the middle man? Or is he out of the business now? He was never really in the business of importing cars. He is part owner of a car audio/home theatre shop. He has just imported cars for himself & a few others on occasion. I'm only looking at spending around $5000, so all the work involved in importing a car of that value probably wouldn't be worth it. |
Greven (91) | ||
| 567042 | 2007-07-16 11:43:00 | Best price on a self imported second hand Japanese car is between $6,500-$7000 landed cost, unless you have a reliable contact in Japan to arrange the purchase on your behalf, it is better not to go down that path. Your best bet for a late 90s early 2000s is to buy a NZ assembled vehicle with a good history - buying a second hand Jap imports from dealers can be a pig in a poke, and there is a very big dealers margin on them - if you do buy a recycled Japanese import, steer clear of anything with a Turbo - there is a good chance you will find reason to regret it. |
KenESmith (6287) | ||
| 567043 | 2007-07-17 05:30:00 | I've got a 2.0 litre '93 nissan bluebird (www.imagef1.net.nz) 5spd manual with the SR20 engine. My pride and joy. You want power and economy? Find a Primera or Bluebird with a SR20 in it. Lovely cars. The 1.8 primeras seem to be a good buy aswell, plenty of those on TM. This (www.trademe.co.nz)for example, not sure if it's an auto or manual, and it's from a dealer so it's a rip off, but it's a nice example. |
wratterus (105) | ||
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