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[cupraglasgow]

Making the move next year to Perth and looking for a car on carsales.com, have been looking for a while for ideas and what to expect. Been searching in WA and the same cars are still on there from like 6 months ago, are they just not selling? or have they been sold and the site is out of date?

Looking for a VW Golf but the selection is lacking in Perth.

Cheers

[Pommygranite]

Perth has a very limited car market and that is quite common to see some cars for sale for ages.

Here in Perth its traditionally a Ford/Holden/Toyota/Jap base and there really arent too many european cars compared to say the Eastern states.

Another issue is that parts supply here can sometimes be a problem. For a Golf maybe not so much but its not as easy say getting a headlight for a Golf as for a Ford Falcon (obviously).

Just because a car hasnt sold doesnt mean its got issues, its just the locals here dont understand some cars or see why thy have value.

Perth is incredibly wealthy and here wealth is spent on Houses, Investments, Boats and then Cars, in that order imho. For such a wealthy area the lack of prestige metal is quite strange. If you get wealthy here you buy a new LandCruiser not a new Mercedes.

Whats your budget and car requirements? If you're spending $20-30k on a Golf then take an alternative view and maybe go for a Falcon XR6 or some other boganwagon. Common but you get 6/V8 waftage....

Edited by Pommygranite on Friday 9th July 06:25

[cupraglasgow]

Cheers for the advice, was thinking of a cheap run around on arival like 5-8k then get something better in time, was thinking a mk 2 golf always been a fan and had a few over here.

Have looked at the ford XR6 seems a lot of car for not much cash so could be an option and as you said good for parts and most monkeys could fix them.

Are you in Wa?

Edited by cupraglasgow on Friday 9th July 22:33

[Pommygranite]

Yep, in Perth WA.

I'd stay well away from a mk2 golf. It will feel ancient and unsure if it will have AC. you wouldn't dream of no AC unless you were mental.

$5-8k: go jap that's my thinking.

[lewea]

My old M3 is up for sale by the current owner...

Remember to factor in 6.5% stamp duty on top of cars that are more than $56k

E46 M3

Regards
Mark

Edited by lewea on Saturday 10th July 17:04

[cupraglasgow]

cheers Lewea is the stamp duty included in sale price or an added extra to the state after the sale, are there any cars with less than 56k in Oz they all seem to have been to the moon and back!

Edited by cupraglasgow on Saturday 10th July 18:33

[lewea]

Stamp duty is applied post sale unless a car yard is advertising it as "on the road" price.

WA have the biggest stamp duty component in the whole of australia unfortunately...

[Pommygranite]

Apologies if I mis-read. Did you mean 5-8k gbp sterling?

If you are talking over $56k car then i'd get it from over east. More choice, generally cheaper and not such a big hassle from what i've heard (ref: Tim the Pool Man).

[Google [bot]]

WTF is going on here? Someone considering a Mk2 Golf gets offered an M3 that he doesn't own worth 10x the amount and negotiations begin?!

[CoopsA]

We're selling our brumby 85thousand K's for $7K. In absolute museum-like condition Hardly speed matters though....

[cupraglasgow]

CoopsA said:

We're selling our brumby 85thousand K's for $7K. In absolute museum-like condition Hardly speed matters though....

Is a horse a better idea than a golf?

[Bibbs]

cupraglasgow,

I may be doing something similar soon.

I'll be looking at a mid 90's Land cruiser to begin with, and then adding something HSV/Commadore after.

Forget euro stuff and forget getting anything cheap.

[CoopsA]

cupraglasgow said:

CoopsA said:

We're selling our brumby 85thousand K's for $7K. In absolute museum-like condition Hardly speed matters though....

Is a horse a better idea than a golf?

Certainly is mate, especially if you want to use cheap parts...., the old nag is not quick but has been more reliable than any golf's i've ever owned.