My little brother has just secured a new i30 base model for 18,000 plus the 1k Gift Card and a few small extras this morning.
Am interested to see if anyone else had any big wins today and what they are!
End of Calendar Year Vehicle Bargains
eskylidder on 31/12/2016 - 09:57
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you did a good thing my friend
Also he was offered a grey brand new Elantra $24,500 drive away
Best car deals happen around early Feb.
But these are good deals nonetheless.
Just curious. Why February? And why early in the month?
It's because they plan these "sales" at around December (end of car model year), and plan "sales" at June for EOFY.
If there's old (2016) stock that can't be sold at these "sales" (wink wink) in December/January, then the car yards really get desperate to sell them. So towards the end of January/early Feb is the best deals around. It's become a fair practice to sell these Brand New 2016 cars in Feb 2017 as "demo vehicles" even though they have <300 km's done on the dash. But still a good deal regardless of the sales pitch. They won't be advertised, you practically have to go kick some tyres to see these deals around. The only problem is that they might not necessarily be the deals you are looking for in terms of car model, trim, and colour.
Personally I wouldn't buy a brand new car… that's too much luxury for a peasant like me.
But if I ever did, I would probably be okay paying extra to get the right trim and colour variant.
That's the catch, I guess.@Kangal:
Thank you for you reply Kangal. Good explanation and it certainly does make sense. I have found that the mid-year 'sales' were not as good as the December 'sales'. Was thinking to look for a demo around end February or March so may bring it forward.
@squeeb: Make sure to choose an insurer that treats demo cars as new cars for their new for old policy…or failing that insure for agreed value.
I lost 10% when I insured with Coles and wrote off my demo car within the first few months. They did not honour the new for old because a demo is not technically new and only paid out market value…
@John Kimble:
Wow. That is very sneaky and deceptfull of Coles insurance. Sorry that you found out the hard way. Most people, including me, would not know that and I am sure they do not make it transparent in the fine print.@squeeb: Well, it's more that the other insurers are being nice. Coles are technically not doing anything wrong.
@squeeb: according to a whirlpool post the ones that don't are: Coles, Woolies, CommInsure and Real.
I would post the link but I feel a bit wrong to do it haha
It's easily searchable by googling total loss write off Coles.
60 posts, 17th March 2016.
@John Kimble:
CommInsure are anything but low cost so that is surprising. You can't necessarily say that you get what you pay for.
I hope to win the 31 million dollar lotto tonight
that will be a "big win"Post code on OzBargain so that I can claim too. K thanks : )
18K for the i30 is a good deal.
He is off to a good 2017 start.
i dont know how he did it to be honest. Has a lot of luck/skill with these type of things
He must be good flirt ; )
$17,000 Well done!
I think you mean little sister
I was so tempted to buy $30k car today but I decided to transfer this money to my home loan offset account instead.
I have a feeling I secured great bargain.