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He was the one that brought the test drive subject up, his excuses were odd, especially saying that because his mechanic had looked at it, meant it was a good car.
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For gawds sake can people stop all the bitching about peoples comments.
If you dont like what someone says SHUT THE F UP bloody kindy kids are better behaved
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I was talking to an XA Coupe seller before going for a look and I asked him what colour it was, he said it was pawpaw? I asked my missus what colour are pawpaws and she said they were sort of yellow it was back in the day when yellow was around, banana?
Anyway I got to the address and it was a block of units so I walked down the back to the carpark & here it was sitting in all it's glory, a disgusting Purple XA. I did knock on his door to tell him thanks but no thanks. |
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I was at an auction once and unknowingly me & my business partner were bidding against each other, we won the bidding war but it cost an extra $500 for nothing.
That never happened again. |
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Best: Etheridge Ford Ringwood in the current Ranger. Honest, open, and lower rate comparison finance than two brokers could offer, no bull**** and good discount.
Worst: My fault really, a 1991 Holden Apollo from the forecourt of a petrol station in Park Orchards. I needed a car that weekend for a few $K, and even though it came with a RWC it was tatty, faded and high KMS. Highly embarrassing decision for a petrol head!!
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2008 FG XR6 Turbo ZF In Sensation - Gone, but not Forgotten.... Hers: 2024 Ford Everest Platinum in Equinox Bronze His Daily: 2020 (MY21) Kia Sorento GT-Line in Mineral Blue His Weekender: 2017 Commodore SSV Redline manual in Light My Fire Orange |
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My own worst one, unfortunately, was when I bought my FG XR6T new. Was comparing/Test driving VE SSV and XR6T on the same day as that was the 2 I was down to. Ready to buy and all that. Holden was awesome, let me drive it, told me every car in stock and what was coming and when, etc. Went to the Ford dealer afterwards (Springwood) and walked into the showroom, was the polar opposite. Salesman came out and couldn't have been less interested. I advised what was going on (Seriously interested in XR6T, need to test drive with the intent to purchase if I like it, etc). He tells us to wait and goes and grabs his "sales Manager" who comes out to advise that "we are quite busy on Saturdays and really don't have the time for joyrides, only for serious buyers, in my opinion you looks like them". Now, I will admit we did rock up in a mates loud, modified VZ Clubsport but I was still genuinely dumbfounded by this blokes arrogance (this is the type of thing i had heard about happening but never believed). Anyway, hot headed me tells them both to jam it up there ****, you don't want to sell a car that's fine by me...
Anyway, 2 hours later I had gone elsewhere, had an awesome experience with salesman that went out of there way to help me. Drove the XR6T, fell hopelessly in love with it, and signed on the dotted line for one with delivery late the next week... Something I probably shouldn't have done in hindsight (I was young, hot headed and annoyed) was get my mate to take me back to the other dealer on the way home.. Walked in, made a beeline to the Sales managers office, knocked and walked in. "How can I help you gentleman this time" who which I just said "Joyriders only huh?" Slammed the signed contract on to his desk, "F*&K you and your arrogant salesman, i look forward to getting my new XR6T from a dealer who deserves my business" grabbed the contract and walked out... Don't know the legalities of whether I should have shown him the other dealers paperwork but, anyway..
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Not quite the same, but when my dad and i booked a test drive for the boat we ended up ordering, it was pretty funny. My dad always wore his daggy 80s track suits. So we were looking at the demo model they had. The salesman wasnt rude but gave off the vibe of just another dad and his kid dreaming. So when we went to book the test drive for the next weekend the salesman asked to see boat licences. I handed over my then junior licence, which didnt mean anything. Dad left his wallet in the car. Once the salesman saw dad go to his benz, it was all no worries. So after the test drive, the next week we orginised the trade in and ordered the new boat to our spec. The trade in was quite reasonable, but we had to drop it in and wait for the new boat to be built and dealer options etc. The old boat was an oil injected 2 stroke. So 2 stroke oil in 1 tank, fuel in the other. Upon picking up the new boat the salesman asked in our time how much oil had it used. Dad said hardly any. The dealers first test of our old boat it ran fine. The first customer test drive it seized up and died. But they had already paid and contracts were signed. The dealer still made an easy sale of the old boat. The hull and trim were good, they pulled the 60 off, put on a later model used 40 on it. Even though it was less power, its probably better to sell something reliable then the dealer have warrenty issues. We didnt trade the boat because of the motor, it always ran fine for the 4 years we had it, it seemed healthy, but we wanted a bigger boat. The plan before getting a bigger boat was to swap the evinrude 60 2 stroke for a 90hp honda 4 stroke, but spending the worth of the boat wasnt financially viable considering the little thing would still bob like a cork in the rough.
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Worst experience. 20 year old went to an auction and got carried away and bid much too much on what turned out to be a wreck. I think that the other bidder was a phantom and the auctioneer was just taking me.
Best experience. 1980 went to an auction of ex government cars. Petrol crisis was on and no one wanted big cars. Got an 18 month old Kingswood sedan for $2900. A third of the new price! It was my daily driver for 25 years the sold it for what I had paid. |
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I saw an XY falcon 500 for sale for 60k the other day. My brain can only understand 25k max. I then looked at a real sportscar like the jaguar XK120/XK150 and thought why not buy one of those instead.
My best actual car sale story was when an indian gentleman turned into my beautiful 1999 Corolla and I sold it to the insurance company for 3500. I replaced it with an 08 BF2 egas
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I've bought 4 trucks sight unseen off ebay and have never had a problem with them not being as stated.
Was well informed of any defects. Two were delivered to me, one guy even brought one down for me from the South Coast of NSW to country Victoria.
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I bought my daughter her first car last December. I rang a friend who is a licensed dealer who buys and sells used cars but doesn’t have a yard. Told him what I was looking for. He found a car but for those who know Sydney he was going away to the Hunter Valley for the weekend. So he left the car in the Metro car park at Castle Hill with the keys on the front suspension. Said take the car for a drive and if you like it take it home and we will fix up the details later the next week or if you don’t like it just leave it where it was. We kept it.
When I bought my current Brock I drove to regional Victoria from the Northside of Sydney down and back the same day to look at it. Called the seller later the next week with an offer which he accepted then proceeded to transfer payments to him over the next 10 days.Was a little nervous doing that but he sent the log books etc half way through the payment schedule. Booked a truck to pick it up and deliver to my place. |
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Just had a weird one tonight, bought a territory for cheap and got home and did a ppsr check and what do you know its encumbered. So went back and got my money back but left a deposit so I have first dibs once she pays it off... if she pays it off. She forgot the loan was using the car as collateral.
So now I was hoping to have an sy terri ghia in my driveway but not yet. Do the PPSR check everyone! It's only $2
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she offered to sell it unregistered but i think it will still be encumbered until its paid off and i can't register it until its clear otherwise i run the risk of the repo man removing it off my hands
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Lucky you were able to return it and get your money back!
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