Cars & Motorbikes Let's talk about car prices for 2022

I've been looking to buy a Suzuki Jimny for about $39k with 1,000km's on it. That's roughly the price it is brand new I think so it seems pretty fair. 1k km's is basically brand new to me.

 

Ah the Jimny.

Part of the appeal is there cheap.

But they aren't anymore.

At least u won't get bogged. In sand especially

 

Agreed, but the look of it is so appealing to me so I'm willing to pay a premium.

 

What are you going to use it for?

 

Driving around town. I don't go off road or anything that would really make full use of it.

The only thing that even comes close might be all the handy work that I do, I could really use the boot space. But otherwise it's wasted on me. But I don't care I want it

 

Just wondering why you would do that? to have a new car for the same price as selling the old one?

I'm pretty sure new car prices have risen as well.. and you'd be without a car for 6 months?

 

That's the jimny!! Everyone loves it.

Pity they aren't cheap any more.

 

Yup new warranty, new tech, , newer engine type, new everything. The difference between selling mine and what I paid for it is around $5k. So it's "cost" me $5k to use it for 3yrs. New ones are now around $10k more than I paid. So changeover is $15k.
I've got other cars to drive if I need to wait so whilst it would be nice to just change over straight away, it's not critical.

 

Yeah, I'd love to get a Jimny, but they are just too expensive now. Even when this model first came out, demand was so high they were "sold out" well in advance, and that carried through to the covid issues with supply. I've heard stories now that dealers run them as a demo car for a bit, then move them to the used car lot and increase the price...

 

Do you know how much it costs new? I can't seem to find any information on it.

I think it's in the high 30's? If so it appears you can buy basically brand new for the same price, e.g.

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/de...997&gtsViewType=showcase&rankingType=showcase

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2021-suzuki-jimny-lite-manual-4x4/OAG-AD-20336928/?Cr=7

https://www.carsales.com.au/cars/details/2021-suzuki-jimny-manual-4x4/OAG-AD-20150680/?Cr=13

Many are available at this price with less than 1,000k's, which I think is basically brand new.

 

Originally was looking at a 1-2 year old MUX. Prices were not much cheaper than buying brand new. 2021 used with under 10,000 on the clock were actually selling for around $70k. Brand new top of the range are $64k. Bloody crazy!

Never thought I’d be buying brand new car but here we are 5 months after placing the order. The car should arrive in the next few weeks.

Selling my 2017 outlander for more than we paid for it 4 years ago.

 

I'm upgrading from a 20 year old car. I can't be going backwards lmao

 

My only word of caution with the Jimny is insurance. A friend's son bought one and RAC refused to insure it due to it's crap crash rating. So just double check that with your insurer.

 

Ahh..city car meant to be good off road.. but after seeing one camping packed and with a basket on the roof full of stuff, not sure it would be a great for long trips.

You never know about 4wd'ing.. I went on a trip with mate.. a month later I bought my own, and love going off road. I hate driving it around the city though.

Thinking about an EV as petrol now up around $2 is getting annoying. But also want something light and fun that I can take to track days. Thinking of ordering a gr86 soon, but wouldn't get it until the end of the year.

Hmmm... I could end up with 4 cars before the end of the year. Now that could get expensive

 

What do you guys think of classic cars with very high mileage asking for a ton of money.
Cars like E36 M3 with around 200 000 kms for 50k?

I've been seeing a lot of different classics for sale for a lot of money but the mileage is just too high to my mind. Wondering what others think of this.

 

The DeLorean is returning as an electric car - intriguing...

https://twitter.com/deloreanmotorco/status/1492922696094519296

 

Do they still ask you to junk it at seven years old?