New car decisions (2 Viewers)

[- L1n -]

Rip the side badge out and stick it on the rear.. or better yet, rip someone else's badge off

lol, if i did that it would be like how some scmuck stole 2 of my wheel caps. damn cheapasses. It's standard mazda caps ffs, lol

 

[CieL]

lol, if i did that it would be like how some scmuck stole 2 of my wheel caps. damn cheapasses. It's standard mazda caps ffs, lol

Caps? The ones you screw off to pump air?

Well................ it's Mazda! Better than K-mart or something....

 

[fantaztik2006]

actually a holden astra coupe with a body kit is quite visually pleasing

 

[seremify007]

actually a holden astra coupe with a body kit is quite visually pleasing

Indeed it is. I was looking at it heaps back when I was interested in the Astra Coupe CDX. Looks awesome but pity the transmission (auto) sucked enough to make me not want the car at all.

 

[fantaztik2006]

yeah too bad u cant buy the older model ones anymore . They are so damn fine ... i have an '05 model of the preceeding model and in auto it is still damn fine. I manage to get 8.5seconds 0-100

 

[seremify007]

I thought you can still buy Astra Classic? Or are you talking coupe?

 

[fantaztik2006]

oh realli? oh haha i thought they were out of stock for astra classic, hence why it is taken off the holden website as well. Hmm but i guess it would be a ripoff buying an 05 plated car + MY05 car in 2006 since ure depreciation rates get caned.

 

[seremify007]

If they drop the price enough then it might be able to woo people into buying old stock?... but then it is April, that's 4 months into the new year.

 

[sikeveo]

Minai, is buying it on finance/loan the smartest idea ?

After all, you are an accountant

 

[seremify007]

I assumed he was going to lease it.

And remember- opportunity cost Sometimes buying on a loan is a good thing.

 

[nit]

I don't think there's any TS Astra stock left anywhere - that's probably one of the reasons they brought out the viva/lanos to compete in that cheaper segment

 

[seremify007]

Haha... probably. But I think it was part of their plan to gradually phase out the old Astras anyway, and by calling it "Classic", it gave them a way to keep selling it until something Korean came along.

I still find the Barina safety thing to be a shocker.

 

[nit]

Yeh I find that whole kalos/lanos rebadging by Holden pretty low - those cars were - and still are - quite terrible. The sharp pricing thing is working for them, though, I think. Especially with the whole barina sedan thing - the only real competitors are the rio sedan and new yaris sedan, which looks pretty cool, but is about 3K costlier to start with.

 

[seremify007]

After the bad promo that Barina Sedan has gotten, I don't think it'll last in the long run. The only reason ppl are still buying into Barina is because the old model had such a good reputation... and whilst sales may have gone up now, I don't think in the long run the revenue will be able to maintain it's growth and they'll probably end up with less profit than they had before.

 

[transcendent]

i dunno why people buy Holwoos. maybe they see the badge and think, if it's Holden it has to be good. seriously i've seen more Holwoo Barinas than i have Daewoo Kalos and the Kalos at least looked original whilst the Barina has nothing going for it except price.

 

[seremify007]

People are only buying it because they assume Holden Barina means quality (as it might've in the past) but now it's just a PoS- in the long run, it'll pretty much kill off the brand name.