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VK6BE > CARS 28.01.08 15:09l 42 Lines 1628 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
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Subj: Yes, but repair them and pay!
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From: VK6BE@VK2TV.#MNC.NSW.AUS.OC
To : CARS@WW
The prestige cars are all very well until it comes to (a) mechanical
repairs and (b) a crash, when the owner has real cash to shell out.
I was admiring a Jag outside a garage one day and the garage owner came
out and after we talked for a while he said he had owned a Jag but got rid
of it before it sent him bankrupt.
In Australia when it comes to economical motoring and reasonable cost of
reapirs the Big Three have it all over the imported cars. Holden, Ford and
Toyota, made in OZ, have cheap parts, are reliable and economical and the
repair of accident damage is far below the imported.
My Ford Falcon has done 155 000 km with no repairs at all except brake
pads on the front wheels and a couple of batteries (5 years for each), and
the repairs of a minor bump which cost me $200, the insurance covering
the rest.
My son turned his Falcon in at 300 000 km. A taxi driver told me his
Holden did 800 000 before he had to replace the engine; engines are
cheaper to replace than to repair, and the replacement price for Holden
and Ford is very reasonable.
Imported prestige cars can have extra insurance levied on them, and the
price of parts is high.
American cars do not have the popularity here that they used to have. The
price is high and they can drink the fuel as if it is going out of
fashion.
VWs? There are plenty to be seen but they are not cheap here. A car
getting near the size of those of the Big Three cost well over $5000 more.
There that should bring some sort of response I should think. I sit here
and wait..... and wait .....
Bob VK6BE.
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