I was in the market for a new or near new car this year for the missus, although open to a low km 5 year old car, but I'm gathering that now is not a good time unfortunately.
We gave up on second hand. Decent cars are expensive here at the moment. Took the risk with the MGs given the price etc. 7 year warranty. Hard to justify 14k for a 2012 Cerato when a new MG3 is 16k.
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My dumb landcruiser rocketed up in value.
I should sell it as I have only driven it 1000km in 12 months, and that includes two 300km trips to Coolum to visit the inlaws. It tows the boat 900m to the ramp and back, occasionally.
So a used car is an investment, and not a depreciating asset now? Awesome!
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Well, it drives like a dream. Only two owners, he says, but the log book was updated to late 2018. He says he's a diesel mechanic and said he did his own services. No signs of oil leaks. Some Sun spots in the paint, but not too many for its age. Not that I know much about cars. Our mechanic can't look at it till Friday, and naturally I'm a bit busy that day. Our get racq to look at it. Rwc being done tomorrow arvo. Hmmmmm
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About as painful as going to the dentist, I have to buy a replacement vehicle after the old Falcon was wiped out by an octagenarian who front ended me a couple of weeks ago. Have narrowed down what I'm after, either a Mazda CX5 or a Hyundai Tuscon, can't go much bigger as I have height issues in my garage.
Any thoughts on the two I'm looking at or any other mid sizes I should be looking at. I will likely do under 5000kms pa, so will look at one with 20-40k on the clock.
My mechanic always recommends Japanese cars, excluding Nissan, although he probably carries old biases against the Korean cars from when they first came to Australia.
On this topic, we just picked up a brand new Mazda CX-30 yesterday. It is the first car purchased for over a decade, and our first new car since 2004. So many features!! With my oldest son being 18, we are not a three car family. The wife gets the new CX-30, I will take the Mazda 6 wagon, and the boy gets my Mazda 323 SP-20, which will hopefully get recycled in a few years for the second boy.
We decided the CX-5 was too big now that the boys hardly travel with us, and we all go our separate ways.
Both good cars, I’m biased towards the Korean cars as I have one
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We just replaced our 2015 CX5 in for another new one. It is the Wife's. She averages 10k p.a. Can't fault them from a reliability and cost of ownership point of view. We traded the 2015 for 60% of new price, so retained value is high as well. They are considered the Driver's car in the Segment. As Andy says buy Japanese (ex Nissan) is as good starting point. I have no direct ownership experience, but the Koreans certainly seem to be up there now. They do score well in customer surveys.
Re Garage clearances, just be aware that the Tailgate opening height might be an issue. We adjusted ours lower, so it doesn't hit our Tilt Door. But it is a bit of PITA still.
The CX60 will be out later in the year. It will be bigger, have Hybrid options and larger (6 Cylinder) engine options. It will also likely be substantially more expensive.
Korean cars are absolutely fine now. It's China that I'd be avoiding.
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We got 2 MGs. The mg3 my daughter drives is solid as. No issues and 7 year warranty. The mg hs has the odd software issue with the gearbox. They have updated it each service. Currently running best it has. Another 7 year warranty.
Second hand which we were looking at could not compare for value and warranty at the time. And I believe prices for these have gone up a little, along with second hand cars.
Neither is a great drivers car but they are a car that works well. Both over 1 year old now.
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We've been happy with our 2014 Mazda 6, cept for the infotainment system. I'm not sure what the newer Mazda Connect is like, but I hear it's not super fantastic. But much better than the NB1 in mine. When we can, I'll be swapping it out for an Android powered system.
Other than that, it's been a great, solid car. We'll want to run it into the ground.
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Sub 5,000km a year, Uber.
Or a Sportage.
Due to inventory shortages, the market is basically - new cars at RRP, any recent used cars at close to what new formerly sold for. Used prices have increased 20-30% in a lot of cases.
The infotainment unit is crap. I've got one and speak from experience. I'm getting the "ghost" touches on my touchscreen; random phone calls galore. Disconnecting the touch feature is pretty simple and is on my to do list. Another case of YouTube to the rescure.
Recent used cars can be more than new, can't they, because they are available now compared to a potentially long wait. FWIW we waited about 3 months for the CX-30.
Now problems with the entertainment unit in our Mazda6. The 6 stack CD player is still going fine......
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