Car purchase...

Then look at a decent 2nd hand car with 50 or 60k on the clock...

You can get decent cars for about R60k 2nd hand now...
 
gdiza : The first mistake you're making is listening to the nonsense the car industry is spewing out.. they're trying to make as much money as possible.

A car is only worth what its worth to YOU, not what the motor industry would like you believe its worth. Given the choice between a 2yr old citigolf and a 6 or 7yr old golf 4.. i'd take the golf 4 because its worth more to me than the citi golf could ever be due to the newer technology and better design principles used in the car.

To give you an idea.. I recently sold my 2001 Golf 4 2.0 Highline Full house for R72k (and that was a little on the high side because I'm a swine of person and managed to wheedle more money out of the guy) The real value of the car is prob closer to R68k.. so a 2001 Golf 4 1.6 or something with full house should prob go for about R60k at the most... and full house includes ABS and airbags.
 
good boy :)

Now go hunting for a good deal, and hope you don't end up buying a car from someone like me :p
 
gdiza said:
But fitting a gear lock and maybe a steering lock should make life very hard for thiefs right?
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The steering lock on older cars isn't worth the extra effort it is to turn the key to disengage them, not sure if this has changed with newer cars, it's hardly a hindrance, they don't give a crap about damaging the steering column so the simply jam something in there until it's completely broken.

Pretty much same for gear lock, jump below the car loosen the nut for the selector shaft, put a piece of wire in there and then just fiddle till you find a gear, there are other ways but that method is a easy and fast, if you carry a pre-made selector (VS a piece of bent wire you make there on the spot) with you and have some practice you could be gearing like it's normal.

Let me put it to you this way: In our second year we got a speech from the head of security on Tuks campus and he basically told us to be very very careful where you park your car if you have a citi golf and those nissan/datsun 1400 bakkies, no matter what you've fitted to it.
 
Get a buddy with a foreign passport and wander down to Durban, u will have a choice of about 10 000 cars in that range. Know what you are buying, spares, registration, tax are all to be factored in.

Got myself an awesome Toyota MR2 for 35k. there are a lot of pittfalls but as always. Caveat Emptor- Let the buyer beware.
 
Thugscub : could you please not suggest that people do things that are technically illegal. gdiza is looking for a car, not for a suggestion as to how to break the law.
 
Gnome said:
The steering lock on older cars isn't worth the extra effort it is to turn the key to disengage them, not sure if this has changed with newer cars, it's hardly a hindrance, they don't give a crap about damaging the steering column so the simply jam something in there until it's completely broken.

Pretty much same for gear lock, jump below the car loosen the nut for the selector shaft, put a piece of wire in there and then just fiddle till you find a gear, there are other ways but that method is a easy and fast, if you carry a pre-made selector (VS a piece of bent wire you make there on the spot) with you and have some practice you could be gearing like it's normal.

Let me put it to you this way: In our second year we got a speech from the head of security on Tuks campus and he basically told us to be very very careful where you park your car if you have a citi golf and those nissan/datsun 1400 bakkies, no matter what you've fitted to it.
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I remember that speech back in first year... I prefer the built-in immobiliser that most of the cars have these days. Makes them pretty damn hard to steal (apart from BMWs... those still go like hotcakes).

ToxicBunny said:
Thugscub : could you please not suggest that people do things that are technically illegal. gdiza is looking for a car, not for a suggestion as to how to break the law.
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+1
 
I figure I'll probably have to pay more in the long run, but I just wanted to ask.

I've seen places that offer "no deposit" and I sorta get excited, but that's just me being inpatient because trust me, now that I have my drivers, I want the car so bad!!!
 
How many KM's should a car have on it for it's year... I've been told 15,000km a year.

My GF says her dad says 25,000km a year.
 
25000km a year is a decent average...

15000km a year will be a relatively low mileage example of a car, and you will pay more for that, but not necessarily an excessive amount more.

As for the deposit, if you can afford a deposit, pay one.. as big as you can afford, because it will save you money in the long run.
 
gdiza said:
I want a car, no arguing there and I don't want a VW Golf... i've been driving in my gf's car and I just can not for the life of me get the bloody clutch right so I'm always rolling etc (especially on hills) and it kills my confidence.

But in the Corsa, Uno, Tazz that I did my driving lessons in, I had no problem so those 3 are on my 'to get list'
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Experience will resolve the clutch issue making it a non-issue. Dont let that get you down
 
Well, I was not keen on struggling with the clutch, especially not when I drive a Tazz and Uno and it's not a problem at all.
 
lcbxx said:
Jong laaities soek altyd karre wat kan JAAG.

Pity they can only afford crap that cannot JAAG and then go and "mod" it with branches and drainpipe exhausts etc, that make it sounds like its JAAG-ing but only makes them look like idiots

My respects to gdiza - at least he's looking at something sensible and mentioned nothing about "souping his sled up". Get something with an aircon (bugger the "power-loss on a 1600" crap) - the A/C will prevent you from driving with the window down and your arm out holding the roof between the A & B pillar.

Now if only he can stop with all these "feelings" threads...:p
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+1
 
gdiza said:
Can anyone else say anything good about Indwe Risk Services?
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I use them

very good rates because they use Zurich as insurers. Which also means that claims take ages. I've waited months for some claims to be paid out so if you dont have spare cash to fix things in the meantime, things can get hairy.

They paid out fully in the end though.
 
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