A.R.S.E.

What'd you get for it?

pogo wrote:What'd you get for it?

Only got $12,500 for her ....that gives me $200 to spend on new car

why sell it then???

DexterPunk wrote:why sell it then???

Had to sell her ....the payments, insurance, fuel was eating in to any money to finish my studies .....I might of waited to long, we shall see next year.

Its crazy how much the price of Commondores drop, a vx ss would have been what close to 50 new, now you can only get 13?

My car was 40k, and I can still get 23-25 easy.. same year model

apparently Audi's depreciate massively as well.

DexterPunk wrote:apparently Audi's depreciate massively as well.

Older ones yeah. They're starting to ease the slide now. Check out how much a Fairlane or Statesman drops - the depreciation on those is phenomenal.

too bad an Exige wont depreciate that much...

Exar Kun wrote:

DexterPunk wrote:apparently Audi's depreciate massively as well.

Older ones yeah. They're starting to ease the slide now. Check out how much a Fairlane or Statesman drops - the depreciation on those is phenomenal.

Yea dad has a VE Caprice (or whatever the equivalent is for that chassis), he brought it from his wifes brother so he did get a bit of a bargin.
But he got it for 34k , the guy paid almost 80k fully optioned up a year and a half ago

nutty wrote:Its crazy how much the price of Commondores drop, a vx ss would have been what close to 50 new, now you can only get 13?

My car was 40k, and I can still get 23-25 easy.. same year model

cos there's a million holdens and fords out there and they update them every 18-24 months so even a fairly newish one is considered old.

w00dsy wrote:

nutty wrote:Its crazy how much the price of Commondores drop, a vx ss would have been what close to 50 new, now you can only get 13?

My car was 40k, and I can still get 23-25 easy.. same year model

cos there's a million holdens and fords out there and they update them every 18-24 months so even a fairly newish one is considered old.

Also because they are generally corporate / fleet cars, so a lot of them are turned over quickly with high mileage which drags down their values.

that's why you don't buy new, unless you got that much you don't care about it

wobblysauce wrote:that's why you don't buy new, unless you got that much you don't care about it

or you can get the government 50% tax rebate on new vehicles, hurry, ends 31 December 2009

true.. or set up a BAS and get work rates

schuey i know the dude who bought your car, apparently clutch gave up on the way home lol, does good skids though

Shaun wrote:schuey i know the dude who bought your car, apparently clutch gave up on the way home lol, does good skids though

Holy shit really .....bugger I was hoping the clutch would hold out till he at least got home.

lol nah he had to get it towed, got to salisbury highway and it said no more

Shaun wrote:lol nah he had to get it towed, got to salisbury highway and it said no more

oh crap, only the salisbury highway. If you see him say a big sorry from me. When I noticed the clutch just starting to slip I didnt even drive it anymore. Damn that really sucks.

I like it how distance is now a currency. Im going to drive to WA tomorrow. Must be at least $2000 km worth?

haha ill see him tomorrow night, no doubt your old baby will be getting punished, good times lol

macca wrote:

wobblysauce wrote:that's why you don't buy new, unless you got that much you don't care about it

or you can get the government 50% tax rebate on new vehicles, hurry, ends 31 December 2009

I'm sorry but that's how much? About 5% of the total price, right? I'm sure I can haggle that much off of any new car's price without even really trying.
You need money to burn to buy new cars.

on depreciation though:
I've bought my 1.5 yo Mitsu 380 for $18,000 - 34K on the clock.
( The new price of the car was near $40,000 - SX model )

That was a year ago.

The car nowadays seems to sell for around - guess what, the same, and even above (with the low kilometers)

ysu wrote:
on depreciation though:
I've bought my 1.5 yo Mitsu 380 for $18,000 - 34K on the clock.
( The new price of the car was near $40,000 - SX model )

That was a year ago.

The car nowadays seems to sell for around - guess what, the same, and even above (with the low kilometers)

Yeah, you would have bought one at just the right time. The bottom fell out after the Mitsu plant closure but after a bit people started realising just what a good second hand buy they are.

Exar Kun wrote: Yeah, you would have bought one at just the right time. The bottom fell out after the Mitsu plant closure but after a bit people started realising just what a good second hand buy they are.

I've been looking at them for months before, I had an xcel sheet with the price movements of each model I was hoping the financial crisis will bring the price down - and it did but only a tiny bit.
I'd like to say it was my genius but really, it was just good fortune that we went to take a closer look and decided to buy when we did.

In hindsight the cisis is a great time to buy things. Everything is cheaper, subsidized etc...
Can't wait for the next one

ysu wrote:

macca wrote:

wobblysauce wrote:that's why you don't buy new, unless you got that much you don't care about it

or you can get the government 50% tax rebate on new vehicles, hurry, ends 31 December 2009

I'm sorry but that's how much? About 5% of the total price, right? I'm sure I can haggle that much off of any new car's price without even really trying.
You need money to burn to buy new cars.

on depreciation though:
I've bought my 1.5 yo Mitsu 380 for $18,000 - 34K on the clock.
( The new price of the car was near $40,000 - SX model )

That was a year ago.

The car nowadays seems to sell for around - guess what, the same, and even above (with the low kilometers)

Yep, but they sold heaps of cars. I was tempted but held off as it only applied to new cars & there are lots of good pickings in the second hand market. Also the tax rebate put a false floor under the new car market & we are now seeing some good prices / extras added etc by the manufacturers to keep the sales going.

5% tariff drop would be helping there too, Macca. And yeah - the used car market is seeing some massive bargains right now as it has been flooded by all those poeple trading in last year.