What would be some good make/ models to look for under $7.5k?
Best Car under $7,500?
alex123711 on 09/05/2024 - 22:36
Last edited 10/05/2024 - 10:35 by 1 other user
Last edited 10/05/2024 - 10:35 by 1 other user
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Is this economy?!
We need a little bit more information if you have the time.
Or just use this link…
Why bother buying then? Just use a car share service.
If they live in regional area quite possibly not available.
When you ask for help on an internet forum, and you cannot be arsed to spend the bare minimum of effort to put meaningful background information and requirements into your post, don't be surprised when the entire thread turns into a joke.
"7k, safe, won't drive much" is not much to go on, because the forum isn't filled with mind reading spies.
but, but, but - my question is 'how long is a piece of string' … !
Sounds like you're is planning on putting the car on Uber Car Share… don't care what the car is, expects low milage. just something to park on a random street, get a bit of passive income.
i've hired plenty of cars worth less than $7K on Uber Car Share (or earlier Car Next Door). I don't love driving them, but they do the job for a grocery run or similar.
I'd do the search up to $9K as many sellers list at unrealistic, inflated prices. So for what it's worth, here's my tip
D o n ' t b u y a Euro (yes it's Thai built, but it's a Euro design)
.It's bad because it's Thai built. If it was built in Belgium it would be a good car
What about an Accord Euro?
@ribze1: We had one, was a great car.
This actually fits OP's price range if he/she can find one that wasn't used by a boy racer in good nick.
@BartholemewH: Not quite.
They stopped making them in 2015 I think.
For under $7500 its a viable choice
So you don't have to click:
2015 Ford Fiesta Ambiente WZ Manual MY15 $8k
108,274 km Hatch Manual 4cyl 1.5L PetrolOpen to all reasonable offers*
Reliable, well maintained 2015 Ford Fiesta that has recently had a service (1st February, 2024), and features new tyres!
Registration valid until May 2024Only selling due to recent car upgrade
Does need an aircon compressor, not a dealbreaker IMO
A whole lot of nothing worth buying in that price range. Some Toyotas with half a million km.
Filtered to Qld only, ordered by lowest km and could not believe the lowest km one is 26 years old (my 97 is soon to tick over 260,000km)
https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/1998-mazda-121-metr…
.hell yeah, thanks for that, never knew
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Think he means best car thats under 7500km long. So like a stretch limo thats 8000km long would be too long.
- roompa wanted to know if it was $ km or weight. Haha. But he removed his comment haha
A car under 7500kg would be great tbh, but 8000 would be ok too
There's a lot of cars that weigh under 7500kg. Tesla Cybertruck for example
Reverse Parking is tricky.
2006 mazda 3
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50064 on the clock. Yeah, but they only went up to 100,000 before going back to zero back then.
Camry
Yeah good value and reliable and given sedans aren't a popular style nowadays, I think you get more for your money.
Holden Cruze ± Holden Captiva
Could be worse - Holden Epica. Hands down the worst car I’ve ever driven (and my list includes a Trabant - not a great car but at least it had personality)
There's a million Holden Cruze's available for a reason. I'd steer clear. A few mechanics I've spoken to have said the same. A bit of googling will tell you they are known for problems.
The Holden Barina of the same elk as these was at least made in South Korea. Still my little one kept burning through spark plugs every 10K Kms. Still, it was only $20 for a full set, so i persevered for a while.
The Holden Barina of the same elk as these was at least made in South Korea.
You're thinking Volvos. They were designed with large Scandinavian quadruped collisions in mind. Not South Korea.
They are commonly referred to as a "Craptiva" for a reason. Avoid.
If anyone wants a Captiva related laugh, look up the "Carrington car co" Facebook page
The comments are so brutal when they sell one. Hell, even if one is in the background of a photo too! Haha!
What ever the latest year, lowest km Toyota in that price range that is available.
/thread- Japanese or korean.
- Common
- Smallest your ego can afford.
On second thoughts. Buy a skoda.
AU3 Falcon. It'll be horrible on fuel but the late AUs were well built, better than the BAs, and for that price you could pick up a mint low KM Fairmont spec.
A bold recommendation but I can see where you are coming from.
Too long in the tooth now. When I got rid of my BA wagon last year parts were getting harder to source too.
Older Mazda 2 ?
How many seats do you need? A good option could be a ute then you have the option of carrying stuff. My wifes Ford Au ute i drive daily to work very reliable and have had no major costs.
What is a Figo?
A 2002-2012 Honda Jazz (GD/GE). You can get a late GD 2006/7 for under 7K with decent k's.
Engines use a cam chain, but get the 1.5 as it's only four spark plugs. The 1.3 i-DSi uses eight, the firewall side ones are difficult to remove, and so many don't get done.Such an amazing and underrated little car that is big on the inside!
Two 29" adult mountain bikes, upright (front wheels off) but there was still tons of room for gear and four shopping bags on one occasion.
https://files.ozbargain.com.au/upload/88188/109978/img_20230…Yes, pic shows one. It was before I bought a bike for Mrs and made fork mounts.
The GE 1.5 plugs are a pain to remove anyway, you need to be very small and bendy, or remove the wiper assembly and scuttle panel. Not a terrible job just time consuming.
Cheers, I just saw that. Didn't know that was the possie on the later car, as I wanted an L15A GD. If a non-metallic (or red, Honda reds pink up rapidly) GE came up at the right price, I'd have known about that earlier and probably walked away.
It sucks — the old D/B/H series were easier.Eh it's an hour of your time and just slap Iridiums in and forget about it
check ozb classifieds, some good value cars there too hehe
So many Camry's to choose from.
(almost) Anything Toyota or Lexus.
You could get a gs300 for that money.2JZ engine no shiiiiiii…
Fiesta
Toyota Avensis Verso - 7 seats, lots of room, has the same engine as camry, much cheaper than Tarago / Estima
Probs been said earlier but look for cars around the $10k mark and show up and inspect them. Have $7.5k in your pocket and eventually you'll find someone in a hurry to sell.
There is no "best car".
However, ozbargain has taught me a few things.
Check under the bonut thingy.
Make sure it has roof rails.
See if you can get a high yield investment if you work at Westpac.
Make sure the advertised model year is the same as the car or it'll be worth heaps less.BLINKER FLUID!
OP says "won't be used much".
That used to mean getting a bigger, less fuel efficient car, ie a Falcodore. They lasted a long time, but depreciated fast, dirt cheap when 10 years old.
Is there any equivalent to that now?Yep - who cares about how many litres per km it uses if you do hardly any km? It's the only use case for a crude old base model falcodore. A pain to use every day, at least in the city, but worth it if you are only using it occasionally because they are so cheap and the mechanicals do just keep on going.
Mitsubishi Lancer.
Buy the cheapest but cleanest Golf R32 you can afford. They will hold onto their value quite well if you buy well.
Just don't cry at the petrol bowser. They drink a fair bit.
With that money you are better off using that as a deposit for a Hybird or electric car.
Otherwise buy an electric scooter, ride public transport and use Uber sparsely.
I have looked before and all used car at this price bracket not worth it. Too high mileages. You need 15k to 25k for the used car market.
Disagree. You can get cars cheaper, just need to know they are long in the tooth and will probaly need some sort of mecgnicsl work.
Paid $6k for a reliable car about 6 months ago. Has needed some brake work, but that was only a couple of hundred. Its not gonna depreciate much either. I dont believe spending twice as much would make a lot of difference to reliability.
Check out grays auctions, you can purchase a decent car for a cheap price.
That's terrible advice to someone who knows nothing about cars or the used car market. Sure, if you know what you're doing you can easily pick up a bargain here - but if you don't know what you're doing you can even more easily pick up a real dog. Leave auctions to the experienced.
Leave auctions to the experienced.
And for cars that are much newer than $7.5k will buy. Never buy anything priced that low without a test drive and mechanical inspection
Do not do this!
Toyota: Aurion, Camry or Corolla
Hyundai: i30 or Elantra
Mazda: 3 or 2
Kia: Cerato or Rio
2015 Suzuki Swift
- Toyota Corolla (10-generation, 2006-2011)
- Mazda 3 (First-generation, 2004-2009)
- Hyundai i30 (First-generation, 2007-2012)
- Toyota Yaris (Second-generation, 2005-2016)
- Honda Civic (Eight-generation, 2006-2012)
OP, listen to this guy.
2010 Mazda 2
Suzuki Swift or Ignis. I've had these as work cars and ive always been impressed how they drove. The CVT in the low spec base models worked great around town and were really good on the highway (maintaining low revs and not feeling buzzy).
Agree. My aunt involved in an accident, and she got a Swift from insurance while her car was being repaired. She didn't want to give it back.
Ford Fiesta is a brilliant and reliable car. Up to 2010 were the German built ones. Solid made, good fuel economy and safety. Just avoid the Auto ones. Transmission issues. Up to about 7k on car sales.
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$7.5k for a 12 year old i30 without a service history is just asking for trouble OR that 15 year old mazda 3 LOL HAR HAR HAR
walk until prices come back down to sane levels, which could still be years???Where can I buy a trashy car that can be used to drive to a construction worksite?
I saw one over there.
Suzuki swift, just as reliable as a corolla without the Toyota tax.
Have had a few Kia Sportages, one as high as 300,000k's. Never let me down once.
What transmission though? $7500 has a huge difference if you Auto or Manual it.
Some ideas of suitable age / lowest KMs you can get for your budget:
Hyundai i30 or maybe ix35 2.4L
Toyota Corolla or Camry or Yaris
Ford Focus
Subaru Impreza or Liberty
A left of field one - Skoda Rapid - e.g. https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2016-skoda-rapid-au… or Skoda Superb if one crops up at the right priceLooking at a Ford focus automatic 2011, it was mentioned some of these have transmission issues though? Any idea if the 2011 models are affected?
Get your google on.
It may be one of the affected models if it is the powershift… however if purchased after 1 January 2011, Ford were offered extended warranty fixes, so should enquire whether that was done.
https://www.carsguide.com.au/car-advice/q-and-a/does-the-for…
https://www.drive.com.au/news/ford-powershift-transmission-i…
Vehicles equipped with manual transmissions or diesel engines are not affected.
If you are okay driving a manual, it would be better of an old Focus perhaps or a diesel.This is a USA article - not sure if it applies here
https://www.kbklegal.com/resources/news-insights/the-ford-fo…
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