Anyone know of a car for sale?

miz said :

My daughter recently had a rear ender where the nong in front STOPPED DEAD on the Drakeford/Isabella roundabout. She immediately thought ‘Scam’, which was only made more obvious when the driver started taking pics of the Front of his car. However, she is still ‘at fault’ according to the NRMA and, as P plater, is up for a large excess. My advice is to get a dashboard camera.

She “had a rear ender”? You mean, she “rear-ended a car”. She was either travelling too close, or she was distracted and not concentrating. You are ALWAYS at fault if you rear-end a car. What if the car in front had been stopped by an emergency? Braked hard to avoid hitting a child?

miz said :

My daughter recently had a rear ender where the nong in front STOPPED DEAD on the Drakeford/Isabella roundabout. She immediately thought ‘Scam’, which was only made more obvious when the driver started taking pics of the Front of his car. However, she is still ‘at fault’ according to the NRMA and, as P plater, is up for a large excess. My advice is to get a dashboard camera.

A dashboard camera wouldn’t make her any less ‘at fault’.

Perhaps better advice would be “always leave a safe distance between your car and the car in front”?

miz said :

My daughter recently had a rear ender where the nong in front STOPPED DEAD on the Drakeford/Isabella roundabout. She immediately thought ‘Scam’, which was only made more obvious when the driver started taking pics of the Front of his car. However, she is still ‘at fault’ according to the NRMA and, as P plater, is up for a large excess. My advice is to get a dashboard camera.

All the camera would do is prove your daughter was at fault. She was following too closely to the vehicle in front.

miz said :

My daughter recently had a rear ender where the nong in front STOPPED DEAD on the Drakeford/Isabella roundabout. She immediately thought ‘Scam’, which was only made more obvious when the driver started taking pics of the Front of his car. However, she is still ‘at fault’ according to the NRMA and, as P plater, is up for a large excess. My advice is to get a dashboard camera.

Yeah, this is really unfortunate. If someone has just stopped for no reason there really should be more questions asked. I guess they can claim “I saw a dog crossing the road” but in this case it’d still smell.

Of course you should always leave a gap, but there are situations where you could be acting properly and still get burned – ie: car changes lanes just ahead of you into your lane leaving an insufficient gap – you can start drop back, but if someone wanted to cause an accident for the purpose of insurance fraud, they’d have a window in which to slam on their breaks.

That it was on a roundabout is pretty damn sus too – it’s not a place where a car ever stops or even slows down normally. You can’t pull over on a roundabout, nobody will be crossing the road there and you’re not going to need to stop or slow down to leave the roundabout. The only times you’d slam on your breaks on a roundabout would be if someone had entered the roundabout without regard to oncoming traffic, or lost control ahead of you. Both of which would be obvious if they happened and would involve an additional party in the accident.

For once I agree with miz on something.
http://www.tested.com/tech/456565-best-dash-cam-your-car-costs-60/

I have a 1998 toyota corolla liftback manual for 3500 if interested, rego is due in July and I will be putting on 3 months rego while looking for a seller for it….Email me a peppablack20@yahoo.com.au if interested and can provide more info and photos

My daughter recently had a rear ender where the nong in front STOPPED DEAD on the Drakeford/Isabella roundabout. She immediately thought ‘Scam’, which was only made more obvious when the driver started taking pics of the Front of his car. However, she is still ‘at fault’ according to the NRMA and, as P plater, is up for a large excess. My advice is to get a dashboard camera.

I just got a message from someone I know selling something that would match the description you provided. Check it out here:

http://www.allclassifieds.com.au/ac/display-ad?cid=123898524

Being in a similar position after my wagon was totalled last week, (Bloody Kangaroos – who said they’re not a menace?), I have spent some time going through the various car sale sites.

By far the best, (but knowing what I wanted), was Gumtree.

I will be checking out three prospects this weekend.

The other sites mentioned above seem difficult to navigate/specify your requirements.

http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/macgregor/cars-vans-utes/2004-volkswagen-golf-hatchback-2-0-sport/1021677253

Maybe a little bit more than your budget but I can vouch for it as a good car

Dinesh3D said :

Allclassifieds.com is my preferred source for finding second hand cars in Canberra.

Good luck finding one there that’s not already sold… the previous owner just “didn’t get a chance to take the ad down” in the last 5 weeks since they sold the car.

😀 Thanks again guys. Discussions are continuing on the home front – I should know what’s happening by tomorrow and I’ll contact you ASAP.

Deref said :

🙂 Thanks guys! The Subaru, the Corolla and the Echo all sound good! What’s the best way for us to exchange contact details?

If you want to check out the Corolla, send an email to fitchett_street@hotmail.com with your number or email and I’ll get back to you.

Deref said :

🙂 Thanks guys! The Subaru, the Corolla and the Echo all sound good! What’s the best way for us to exchange contact details?

Hey Defer,

If you shoot me an email to kahleam@hotmail.com we can chat offline.

Cheers

Deref said :

🙂 Thanks guys! The Subaru, the Corolla and the Echo all sound good! What’s the best way for us to exchange contact details?

include them wrapped around a $20 note sent to johnboy care of this website 😀

🙂 Thanks guys! The Subaru, the Corolla and the Echo all sound good! What’s the best way for us to exchange contact details?

Hello,

I have a great little car for sale as I’ve just purchased a new one. It’s a 2000 Toyota Echo 3 door hatch. Very economic to run and really reliable. Regularly (and recently) serviced and registered until September. Asking price is $3,500. Let me know if you’d like to know more or come and have a look.

Have a great day 🙂

Hi,

I have an 95 BMW that I’m keen to get rid of. 2k?

http://www.carsales.com.au/

heaps of cars and you can narrow down the search to what you want (car brand/type, price etc)

Allclassifieds.com is my preferred source for finding second hand cars in Canberra.

In response to your specific question, I’m currently selling a 2002 Toyota Corolla 5-door hatch (manual transmission) for $4,200 (ad will be up on allclassifieds this weekend). In great condition except for a few small scratches on the side and rear bumper. Registered (in the ACT) until September. Let me know if you’re interested.

I do…..But not sure if it is what she’s after.
2004 BA Futura Wagon

As it happens, I have my brother’s car to sell, as he has moved overseas for a number of years. It’s a 2000 subaru forester wagon, and mechanically sound and cosmetically pretty good too, with a great stereo. My brother’s a bit of a pedant, so it’s well looked after. Available well within your price range. I don’t know if it’s much of a complication, but it’s got WA rego. If interested, let me know through these comments.

On the broader topic, I have always bought my cars privately. I’ve never owned a new car, but wouldn’t bother with sharks in car yards for a second hand one.