hi
the car has road worthy certificate coming with it and 3 months rego.
its in clean cosmetic condition and if you want to look at here.
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/thornbury/cars-vans-utes/toy…
whats the max do you think i should pay for this and thoughts on it for my first car.
That's a hatchback, not a sedan. It really is your first car …
That being said, Corollas are heaps reliable. On my second one now. Dunno about paying $5000 for a 12 year old car with only three months of rego left though …
Source: Have a Corolla sedan.
not bahd good soizee
Not a bad car in this price, has been serviced too. Go for it. Try and negotiate it down further to $4500 if possible
Looks clean but I would say unless you do your own mechanical repairs you might be better off in the long run with a little bit more expensive less km driven car.
https://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/dandenong/cars-vans-utes/200…
Never knew Corolla worth this much for a 1p year+ model
Almost doubling the budget is not really ‘just a little bit more expensive’.
220K is too much even for a corolla. I wouldn't pay more than $3000. I wouldn't even buy a car with such high mileage anyway.
220k is too much for someone who doesn’t know cars or know the history of the car. $5k might be a bit much for that many kms, but I don’t know the market for used corollas, have no interest in them. Some people do but cars with that many kms and have trouble free motoring, but you need to know what you are getting in for.
I bought a forester with 197k on it. Ran fine for several years. Only had a wheel bearing go wrong and replace the rear springs becuase hey were sagging. It was a little rough around the edges, but as a second car for a person with DIY ability it was fine.
I’m not saying do buy it, but don’t buy it unless you know what you are getting into.
220k is nothing if that thing has been serviced.
As they are allegedly moving overseas make them a stupid offer. Make sure to do a ppsr check though.
220kms is nothing for a Toyota.
Do a rego check to see operator history.
I'd agree with others, the KMs are too high. Seats look quite worn too.
The ad mentions they are going overseas. If you're keen, offer them $2000 and see what happens. If you don't get it, it's no big loss
Nothing wrong with the KM. 220 is pretty normal and pretty average given age. Pending test drive and mechanical inspection I wouldn't be too worried. All panels appear to be original judging from the crappy photos.
Only thing I would be conscious of is usually the suspension bushings and shocks etc aren't changed when they should be so ride quality would be poor.
I sold a 2007 corolla for $3600 a year ago with 170km, I'd be bargaining them down a long way at that price.
$5k sounds like overs.
Why are the actual km suppressed?
Was it owned by a Dentist? lol
Get everyone here to make stupid lowball offers. Will make an offer of $2500 from you seem good :)
Too many kms, last thing you want to do is sink $3k in repairs and servicing
Offer 3500, then you end up paying 4000 I guess
FROM AN EXPERT IN USED CARS:
For $5,000 you can get plenty of cars around 100,000km.
make sure they have log book/service hstory
I would make that your search criteria.
Not Toyota Corollas - they are generally very expensive and really no better than any other used car.
It all comes down to how well any car is maintained - not the brand.
Stay well away from anything over 150,000km
Beware the advice from someone who starts with ‘am an expert’. They tend toward exaggeration. Although the advice does seem fairly sound, except ‘stay well away from anything over 150,000km’.
Corollas do command a price premium over similar age/km cars, maybe not ‘very expenssive’. There are certainly alternatives that offer a similar product for a bit less money.
And I should add: I’m not an expert but over the years I have had around 12 used cars ranging from a $1500 corolla, a 1969 valiant classic car, sedans, SUVs and a $40k 2yo 4wd as our main family car. All second hand a mix of private and dealer vehicles the ‘family’ cars have been good quality newer low kms the others have been older, cheaper and much higher kms.
I have also serviced and repaired the older vehicles when time permitted but normally had newer cars serviced by a mechanic to maintain warranty.
You are far from an expert in used cars, quite the opposite in fact.
That is a lot kms for a car that age. He is dreaming $5k. Steer well clear mate unless you can get it for $2k at the most.
The kms are high but would not concern me if it has a service history.
The asking price is nuts. The rego runs out in a month. That's another $1k. It's worth $3k, $4k if it has new tyres, just been serviced and is absolutely mint.
the owner is playing with themselves, especially their original ask of $7k
Over recent years at least, Sedan is made Thailand, hatch back made in Japan. Made in Japan is good.
220k isn't necessarily bad for a toyota but personally I wouldn't be buying someone else's car at that mileage unless you are dead certain it has been maintained correctly. And that includes things like the transmission which alot of cars (and toyota is guilty of this) say require no servicing - usually just a fluid and filter change.
At 5k I'd be looking at alot less mileage than 220k. If you do want that car though feel free to offer a lower price.
I own a 2006 corolla ascent hatch. It’s just clocked 210k and currently getting the clutch replaced for the first time (manual). It’s been a good solid car with a mix of initial city driving, 3 yrs of 70k highway driving and now back to city. I’ll keep mine until I run it to the ground, but it just won’t die. Personally 5k is too much. I would only go as high as 3-3.5k tops and as others have said, plenty of buys for 5k and lesser km’s. It’s what you can’t see that will give you the most grief. Where possible get an independent inspection for any 2nd hand car or someone who is mechanically minded to check it over for you.
Super high Km's - and it might be nothing, but the smashed rego plates arn't a good sign. keep looking…