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Re: Need a new car?
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Thu Jul 18, 2013 2:02 pmby gadj1976
Bully wrote:the VF GTS that i am waiting on is scheduled to be at the dealership at 14th of august. could be longer as im told from HSV there is a very high demand for them due to it being the last one.
It is $102,000 on road with 6 months rego.
the manual is a bit cheaper at $97,000. i went auto for my woman cant drive manual and she wouldnt allow me to buy the GTS if it was manual
Bully, by that you're not going to put it on blocks and let the value increase? I had a VZ Monaro, fully kitted out, and should've put it on blocks and kept it. Alas I didn't and now it's gone. I regret selling it!!!!!
Re: Need a new car?
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Wed Jul 24, 2013 3:58 pmby Booney
gadj1976 wrote:Bully wrote:the VF GTS that i am waiting on is scheduled to be at the dealership at 14th of august. could be longer as im told from HSV there is a very high demand for them due to it being the last one.
It is $102,000 on road with 6 months rego.
the manual is a bit cheaper at $97,000. i went auto for my woman cant drive manual and she wouldnt allow me to buy the GTS if it was manual
Bully, by that you're not going to put it on blocks and let the value increase? I had a VZ Monaro, fully kitted out, and should've put it on blocks and kept it. Alas I didn't and now it's gone. I regret selling it!!!!!
To spend $100,000 on a car and wait for the value to increase to get a return on the investment is just plain dumb. Put the $100k in the bank and get a guarunteed return of 8% or thereabouts
or wait 20 years and not know what return you will get on your investment.
Car sales have a couple of VZ Monaro's with one having 260k's on the clock, $70,000. As a buyer, would you pay $70k and put it in the shed or would you drive it? If you're going to drive it spend $35k and get one with 60,000 on the clock.
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 5:23 pmby Brodlach
Looking at getting a Holden Captiva or Nissan X Trail for the missus. Anyone had any experience with either of these?
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:00 pmby smac
Was looking at similar 12 months ago, finished up with a subaru xv. Love it.
Was also considering mitsubishi Asx.
X trail ok, had it as a hire car a few times, a little clunky in traffic.
Captiva very big for what they are.
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:05 pmby Brodlach
Cheers smac, whats a Subaru XU worth?
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:06 pmby Brodlach
Brodlach wrote:Cheers smac, whats a Subaru XV worth?
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:32 pmby leggies
Got a 2012 xtrail and love it. Good around town and capable of doing some off road work. Take one for a test
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Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:07 pmby smac
Brodlach wrote:Brodlach wrote:Cheers smac, whats a Subaru XV worth?
Fleet price was about $30k, give or take with your options. Went to it from a commodore, using 2/3 fuel, fits 3 kids easily as well as all the crap they carry about.
Go to Jarvis on west terrace and drop my name, I'll get some cash!
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:22 pmby gadj1976
A mate of mine has just purchased a V240 Great Wall ute. Seems to be ok. Does anyone have any experience with Great Walls?
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:27 pmby smac
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Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:39 pmby Sky Pilot
gadj1976 wrote:A mate of mine has just purchased a V240 Great Wall ute. Seems to be ok. Does anyone have any experience with Great Walls?
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Re: Need a new car?
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Mon Oct 14, 2013 11:01 amby Brodlach
Brodlach wrote:Looking at getting a Holden Captiva or Nissan X Trail for the missus. Anyone had any experience with either of these?
Ended up with a Captiva 7, good value with the sale the have on at the moment
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:11 amby Bully
went and saw a GTS yesterday .......ohhh my god!!!!! I nearly cracked a fat it was so nice, sounded awesome.
You can start the car with a button on the key, don't even need to be sitting in it to start it. Then the car can be driven for a certain distance before the car realises the key is not within distance, and the engine stops ( thieft prevention I take it ) It was red ( my colour )....sooooo tempted to order one but don't really have 100,000 dollars in my back pocket to use.
The salesman asked me why I was not buying one there and then, I said "I don't have 100,000 to spend at the moment". He said " I guess that is an important part" ....lol
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 19, 2013 10:32 amby dedja
might as well blow $100K on women and booze ... you'd get more value from it.
Re: Need a new car?
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Sat Oct 19, 2013 11:07 amby Bully
you sure on that ?
Re: Need a new car?
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Sun Oct 20, 2013 11:31 amby Psyber
Brodlach wrote:Looking at getting a Holden Captiva or Nissan X Trail for the missus. Anyone had any experience with either of these?
I test drove the X Trail before buying my Suzuki GV3 which I preferred as a vehicle to drive, and my three mechanic advisers suggested Nissans were much more problem prone. I also tested the Freelander, VW Tiguan and Touareg, and the Lexus hybrid - of those I preferred the VWs
Overall I wanted a permanent 4WD with a lockable centre diff (which the GV3 is) rather than a part-timer, and I've been happy with it in the 18 months since.
I didn't look at the Captiva, but it looks good in the advertisements.