Hi All,
My car had an accident and insurance declare as written off. So I need a car within $7.5K which has fuel economy and can accommodate 2 adult and 2 children.
I was looking at Toyota Corolla.
Just needed people’s opinion on whether I should buy 2010 Corolla with 191,000 KM for $7K? Or anyone suggest me a better car.
Thanks for your opinion.
191,000km for a 5-6 year old car is way too much. I would only consider if it had consistent servicing every 6 months throughout it's life.
I agree.
Ironman car. Fkyeah!
Yeah is a pretty sweet car. Hmm to buy it or half a house, decisions…
No way I wouldn't. We bought a Kia cerato sedan 2014 with less than 20.000 for $10.000 a year ago. It works like a charm.
Kia…..stops reading
It really depends on the car and the previous owner. I am currently trying to sell a Mitsubishi Lancer for under $4k with 217k km on the clock. I am very up front with the fact that the air conditioning does not work. Otherwise the car has been very reliable and has never broken down.
Have I had any interest in a good condition car (sans air con) for under $4k? None, zero, nada. I would suggest $7k for a standard car that has done 191k km is too much.
There is a huge glut of used cars out there sub $10k. Check out CarsGuide and CarSales. Be prepared to haggle and walk away, as sellers are generally pretty keen to get rid of their old vehicles.
I would look at these:
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Mazda-6-2006/SSE-…
http://www.carsales.com.au/private/details/Toyota-Camry-2006…
With a high kilometres stick to mid size cars in my opinion. Toyota Camry I reckon should be your number one choice for a family car. If well taken care of they will keep going. Corollas are of course good too of course but a bit smaller.
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You can do much worse than a Corolla, they are very reliable cars and retain their value well. The mother in law has a manual 2000 Corolla that has done nearly 500,000kms and only needed new shocks and associated parts from usual wear and tear.
Make sure to get a top mechanic to give it a complete look over. Or do it yourself, checking the oil, state of rims and general car care, colour of exhaust, how well it starts, idling noise, give it a solid test drive check brakes, under load etc.