Comments on: Australian fleet sales slowing

By: Nick

Nick — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 23:31:17 +0000

Took my subi into chullora just having a bit of a look on prices, had the trade in evaluated etc as they were pretty keen on at least doing that. fair enough i guess, im in sales myself, i get it. Spoke to one bloke that was pretty cruisy, but understanding of what i was after and what motivated my purchase. Came in again to see him next day about a 08 wrx, got a different guy that pretty much tried to sell it top dollar claimiing it was a real steel.Didnt leave room to negotiate or anything, and realisticaly was overstating the value of the car compared to the local market. Really for 30k it wasnt even detailed, stained seats (eww!?) and pretty shabby interior. Went down the road and bought a 2011 for 39k as a demo model, fully optioned.Feel sorry for the first fleet sales guy as the 2nd one ruined it for him .

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 08:36:28 +0000

I got a 09 NISSAN from Australian Sales Chullora on 21/06/10, sales person told me its 5 years warranty, eventually turn out to be 3 years and he completely denied everything. Then recently I found out the finance girl LIED about the contract. Initially she said after 12 months if I want to pay in full there will not be any early termination fee. Which is not true, the finance company stated there will be such fee as long end before the full 7 years. This REALLY makes me MAD! Don’t ever buy cars from Australian Fleet Sales, especially Chullora branch.

By: peter

peter — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:00:21 +0000

Dont buy a car from australian fleet sales campbelltown

By: Sizak

Sizak — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 13:26:32 +0000

I just bought a VE Commodore well Berlina to be exact and I can’t be happier. I previously had a 2.0l 4 cylinder VW and what a POS that was. Low down torque was non existant, overall power was husqvarna or pfaff like, put 4 peoiple in it and you’re better off walking. There is nothing like the silky smooth nature of the Holden 6cyl, put 4 people in it and tow a boat and she is still sweet. So for me the 6 will never die and my preference would be to walk over driving a 4.

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 23:18:13 +0000

Lazy,
mine better be cold

By: lazybones

lazybones — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:37:21 +0000

Andrew M, lets just call it a slab either way. Crownies for me mate

By: lazybones

lazybones — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:35:37 +0000

JEKYL,

As I pointed out earlier, in Europe the Mondeo is considered a large car, and yes we have tall people there also. Another thing to consider is no so much the size of the car, but the size of the cabin. A family friend of mine who is your height (rugby player build) always complained he couldn’t fit in any large cars (this is in the UK). So he only bought Citroen. Because for some bizarre reason the cabin was made for him.

As for the US, they are going to experience serious change under the Obama administration. The very example you stated is similar to what the GM’s mr Wagoner said. Its hard to fund new green technologies when theres cheap petrol around.

There are already lots of good sustainable ideas which will see us break our dependancy on oil. But unfortunately they ALL involve downsizing and being efficient. Even when Hydrogen arrives you won’t be driving a large combustion engine V6/V8.

By: topdog

topdog — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 11:33:37 +0000

I dont think any cars are going to be axed or are out of fashion its just that there all making thousands upon thousands of cars and times are good then all of a sudden no ones got any money to spend and the resection hits hard and all the cars there making are not selling any more so there stock piled up its happing to all makes and models some not so .but when all picks up again then thay will all be back on the agenda and selling again

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 10:02:38 +0000

Jeckyl,
they have invented a fuel thats cheap to run

it starts with “L”, middle letter “P” and ends in “G”

By: Andrew M

Andrew M — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 09:59:35 +0000

^^^^^^sorry should have been directed at spellbound aswell