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KMs on your New car when you picked it up
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:27 pm
by abc88
Hi everyone,
Just wanted to know what the KM reading was when you went to pick up your new car.
Apparently mine is coming from 500KMs away, when the ports in Sydney are only 80KMs away.
Just wanted to make sure they're not driving the car from another branch and selling it to me as new (obviously ok if it was delivered on a truck).
Please share your KMs with me to use as a gauge
Thanks
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:42 pm
by kay christensen
i picked mine about three weeks ago and mine had 87,232kms on the clock
but mine is used car and im the second owner
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:43 pm
by Mystique
Mine had 150 on it, mind you, it had been to get tinted etc and they also put a full tank of petrol on it etc......
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 4:49 pm
by kay christensen
so did mine they put a full tank in mine to
i was really happy got a good deal on it got some freebies
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 5:51 pm
by nuttall
When i picked up my wifes it had 4km on it.
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 6:28 pm
by Seffy
I got mine second hand, third owner, car came from Queensland a few months before the second owner decided to sell it (as I found out looking at the papers).
Had 80,700 km on it when I test drove it, and when I got it on the day it had 80,705 on it (which was the distance I test drove). 10/10 seller didn't even touch it after I test drove it.
If they did rack a tad amount of KMs on it (more than you expect), check to see what they did to it I guess (if they did tints and whatnot).
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:00 pm
by Zaphod
9km @ Nundah - about 20ks from the Port of Brisbane, so got there by truck.
Personally I'd tell them to truck it in or shove it - 500ks is unacceptable...
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:06 pm
by abc88
Thanks everyone.
Due next week. Sure hope it's by truck
I will check that and compare.
Thanks again
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:10 pm
by kay christensen
no probs enjoy ur lancer when u get it they are nice cars to drive
this is my second lancer since my other got written off about a month ago
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:10 pm
by abc88
drh94 wrote:I did some work down in the port kembla import yards recently, and from what ive seen the cars are all unloaded, parked, moved into the import companies respective yards where they sit until they are moved for washing and delivery. btw the people there smash them through those carparks...
Mine is from Wollongong so like ~15kms from Port Kembla. Not sure why they're getting one from 500KMs away. Probably why they didn't give me a cent discount, I assume the delivery fee wouldn't be cheap
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 7:18 pm
by Zaphod
Go elsewhere - plenty of bargains ATM...
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 9:55 pm
by toxic
80k..bought it from a guy with serious gambling problems :p
Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2014 10:16 pm
by abc88
toxic wrote:80k..bought it from a guy with serious gambling problems :p
Haha serious? I am not sure if you're bluffing
So seems like if the dealer gives me anything over 100kms there is certainly something wrong. Thanks all!