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| Thread ID: 53375 | 2005-01-15 23:07:00 | Off Topic (Sorry) Is this a good price for this Subaru? | Infinity (6758) | PC World Chat |
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| 314635 | 2005-01-16 05:01:00 | Shortcircuit. The car doesn't have a turbo, I don't want one either, just want a normal 3L V6 engine. With your 2.5 litre doing 500-700km I think would be pretty good, 3L I would guess about 400-550km. That is pretty acceptable for me. Thanks for your info. | Infinity (6758) | ||
| 314636 | 2005-01-16 07:39:00 | I'd check the cost of Insurance first ~ eldest son got a hell of a shock and had to put in an expensive car alarm to get the insurance cost anywhere near affordable for his Subaru in Wellington. | Sue (33) | ||
| 314637 | 2005-01-16 08:04:00 | I'd agree with that. My B4 turbo had to have a special alarm or they wouldn't insure. It seems to be the WRX and Legacy turbos that are 'nickable'... so have higher premiums. Also the owners age makes a difference to most insurance companies. Definitely shop around for insurance. For my current (non-turbo) Lancaster/outback one insurance company wanted to charge me TWICE as much as another even though it's the 'old persons' version (sorry Infinity!) and doesn't get stolen so much... they just hear the name Subaru and cringe I think. |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 314638 | 2005-01-16 10:29:00 | It has full leather interior and apparently the best and most luxury Lancaster you could buy in year 2001 . It is imported directly from Japan, no NZ owners . The dealer said $30000 is the best price he could give me, the car is labelled $32000 . Is $30000 a good price? No - I would say it isn't . If it is imported from Japan with no NZ owners, then you should consider trying to find someone to import one for you . I would probably suggest someone such as JDM Wholesale (http://www . jdm-wholesale . com/) as a starting place to get an indication of cost to import a car into NZ . I'm thinking you've had a look at the Legacy from MacDonald Halligan? They are absolute rip-offs . I did a little research and found on one vehicle, I could save at least $5000 importing it through JDM Wholesale than from getting it from MacDonald Halligan . Suggest you look around before you get sucked into the "Have I got a deal for you" line these guys use . $2,000 off the window price of a $32,000 car is not that big a drop . Lo . |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 314639 | 2005-01-16 10:33:00 | That's fairly immaterial Horace, as the dealer is paid by the finance company anyway if the sale is done by loan. Same money, just from a different source. Yes, but if you had the money to write out a cheque right there and then vs stuffing around waiting for "approval" ... this tends to loosen up the price a bit compared with finance. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 314640 | 2005-01-16 20:55:00 | I'm assuming the one your looking at getting is this one ( . halmac . co . nz/the5thdimension/vehiclelistings . asp?page_size=1¤t_page=70&categoryID_list=2" target="_blank">www . halmac . co . nz) However, for the same price, I'd get this one ( . halmac . co . nz/the5thdimension/vehiclelistings . asp?page_size=1¤t_page=71&categoryID_list=2" target="_blank">www . halmac . co . nz) -it's newer, and less kms, but different colour off course . Even to save on the $, an extra 13000km won't hurt if it saves you enough, like this one ( . halmac . co . nz/the5thdimension/vehiclelistings . asp?page_size=1¤t_page=69&categoryID_list=2" target="_blank">www . halmac . co . nz) All in all, I personally wouldn't get the one your looking at . Insurance companies don't always like the name 'Subaru' . As with importing yourself, I don't think it's necessary . The guys at McDonalds Halligan just want as much as they can . I know they can do better than a $2000 discount . Just tell them that you've been to other yards, and had a few other cars in sight, and unless they can give you a $5000 discount off window price, your not interested . Trust me, it should work . Got to get hard on these guys . Their window price is a rip-off . |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 314641 | 2005-01-16 21:35:00 | Thanks ~sy~. We were going to get the green one but it's already been sold. :( We tried bargaining it down to $29000 but that seems impossible with the guys there. However we will try your way of doing it and hopefully we should get the price down a bit more. | Infinity (6758) | ||
| 314642 | 2005-01-16 22:11:00 | Ah dam, what a pity. Also, leave your phone number with them. Most of the time I've heard car salesman will just say (or scream/yell :)) NO WAY! but then they'll wait one week or so and if it doesn't sell, they'll ring back. It's their loss for keeping it on the yard -so as long as they make a bit (they should, even if it means giving $5k discount), most are quite prepared to let it go. Good luck, don't worry if you don't get it. There is always plenty more chances to come! |
~sy~ (95) | ||
| 314643 | 2005-01-16 22:12:00 | sy - It's quite funny, I did exactly what you suggested. I even offered straight cash and pointed out other alternatives in the market. Put simply, they turned me down and lost out on the business. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 314644 | 2005-01-16 22:25:00 | sy - It's quite funny, I did exactly what you suggested. I even offered straight cash and pointed out other alternatives in the market. Put simply, they turned me down and lost out on the business. Lo. :eek: Should also be easier at this time of year because most of the cars are now considered one more year older. Worth a try, but as I say, don't be disappointed to lose out on a buy, theres always plenty. My parents spent 2 years lookin through approximately 10-20 different models And in the end got a bargain and a great car we now love. Just thinking about it now, Giltrap Toyota lost out on a deal because they, for some reason, just had to put the car on a 'clean' at the same time we asked to come see it. We had all our money side of things sorted, and were planning on driving home in the new car (even got friend to drop us off!), but they ignored us. So that was their loss. That exact same car (Avalon) has now lost in popularity and is like a 'budget car' now used for Taxis! Thank god we didn't buy it! Just to add, with MH, one of our friends were heading overseas urgently and sold their Honda Legend to them for $18k (this was a couple of years ago). We then decided, after we left, that it wasn't a bad car. So off we went.. and saw a window price of $28k!!! In the end we got it down to $22.5k. For some reason, got sold before we were going to finalise sale! Also thank god we didn't buy it, because we have since heard from the previous owners that it drinks like a pig! |
~sy~ (95) | ||
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