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Would have only been 5-6 years old at the time. I think if they get their shit together with spare parts then they'll be like Hyundai/Kia in the 1990s with cheap transport. There's a lot of LDV Deliver 9 and G10+ on the roads, Mercedes Sprinter is losing a bit of ground to the Deliver 9. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 14-06-2024 at 05:16 PM. |
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If you don't do your research, then the MG looks good in terms of features for dollars. They actually aren't that inexpensive, but their list of features is impressive. End of the day, we bought a demo Juke ST+ (<5kkm) for less than the price of a runout MG.
And I put a lot more faith in the features of the Nissan, to actually work. I mean WTF is the point of a "Safety Feature" that only works occasionally?
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![]() Yep, 25 years ago I hated those cheap crap Hyundai Excel's, but now I've got a Hyundai as the most expensive car in the driveway. Except, Franco, I handed over the VDJ79 I've been driving for work the last 4 weeks ![]()
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And the biggest joke, is that long-term, the world doesn't need China at all. The world buys Chinese Steel because it's cheaper. So the Chinese buy our Iron Ore. First thing is that Iron Ore (like Barley) is a global commodity. We sell direct to China because they're close, but if they banned Australian Iron Ore, they would have to buy elsewhere, and we would sell elsewhere. We'd both lose out, but only in effect the cost of extra transport. And long-term, there are plenty of other countries that would love to ramp up their steel making.
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Rather catch a bus than own a Chinese built car.
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I'd buy a second hand car before I'd buy a new one but each to their own. The other manufacturers abandoned the market so no surprise to me.
Especially when you don't give a shit about a cars except going A to B, which the young ones don't. Toyota, Mazda, Kia, and Hyundai are really getting up there in cost. |
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It was an "experience"! Play the gears right, and you could be quicker off the mark than the occasional sleepy tradie. No fancy options to distract you, but I'm sure I earned a truckload of overtime trying to negotiate coffee drive thru's or finding a large enough parking spot!
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