Which would you buy ?

[Merry Vanly Stan]

falc or commo on gas

[08ESE]

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars...e=All%20States



or



http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars...ime|1&trecs=80

[trent from punchy]

VE commodore?

[Sturmovik]

Au Fairmont on LPG $8.8k
You cant go wrong

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars...atchallpartial

And a wagon for similar money

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars...atchallpartial

[Steve Whitney]

LPG obviously has it's bonuses with the $$$ saved at the pump, but at the same time you'll lose (vital?) cabin space for your camera gear.

really at the end of the day, a 6 cyl magna/camry/falcon/commo will provide roughly the same service as each other for your requirements. with modern cars these days there isn't really one that will stick out as being glaringly better/worse than the rest.

dunno why a pajero is on your list, sure they're great 4x4's but they seem completely inappropriate for your requirements.

[Ze]

Seriously I'd go the magna. They have horrible depreciation so you should be able to get a nice one for that.

The Toyota Avalons of around that time are pretty good too. It's basically a camry.

[pdawg]

AU FTW! there dirt cheap for how new they are and any parts u need just off the shelf from your local car part shop. economy isnt that shit either and if your lugging 4 people around sometimes 4Litre could be handy.

[Crais]

if you can handle the cardigan image, i would probably go the camry.

as much as i love the magna's, they dont age well as far as comfort goes. mine sure as hell didnt, and neither has any other one ive ever been in.

im sure most will disagree with me here though...but when you compare it to a camry of the same age, they always seem that extra bit more comfortable, and dont feel as old

[Steve Whitney]

AU FTW! there dirt cheap for how new they are and any parts u need just off the shelf from your local car part shop.

of course why would you need easy access to spare parts if your car is reliable in the first place? well, that's what a camry owner would tell you anyways heh....

[RB30-POWER]

Latest model Magna you can get for your $

[SirGoat]

i would go the AU, esp the fairmont gear you are getting a fair bit of kit for the cash and off memory the VCT SOHC engine out of the upper spec xr6?

Millions of taxis cant be wrong ...

[tez]

The two Fairmonts listed above have higher kms than what you could probably pick up a later model Magna for.

Sure if they have been service it will be no problems, although I'd rather get a lower kms and later model car if I had the choice.

[Southo]

Platinum,
FWD is not an issue - she came out of a 94 Pulsar Ti Hatch.

Dave R32
I Don't mind if it's boring - as long as it's reliable...after all, Jade has to drive it, I just want my Cressida back....

08ESE
Unfortunately BOTH of them are way outside the price range I want to spend unfortunately..

Kula,
Not a chance in HELL !!! lol

Sturmovik,
Both of those would be perfect.. trouble is they are in Victoria.. I need to get a car in Sydney and drive it down so I can take all my gear down ( too much to Fly with, and if I hire a car - I have to bring it back or pay extra for one way - that eats into my cash I have for the car unfortunately... I wouldn't let Jade go and buy it eirther, She buys on emothion, not common sense.. (To give you an idea, the list she came up with had a Smart ForTwo Coupe in it... WTF... "But it's cute" was the reasoning...)

Steve 1,
The Pajero is there as that is her "dream car" - they can be had for almost that sort of money, so I left in in there to keep her happy...

Ze,
I looked at Avalons, they are just not cheap enough unfortunately at this stage...

The ABSOLUTE MOST that I can spend on this car is $8,000 - It's only meant to be a temporary vehicle for a maximum of 18 mths until I can save a bit more and buy what we really want.. I would prefer to get out of it for closer to $5,000 - but will spend the extra for the right car...

The two cars that I have had serious looks at so far...

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars...atchallpartial

and

http://www.carsales.com.au/used-cars...atchallpartial

have met all the criteria and are reasonably priced, but unfortunately were both Repairable writeoffs.. so will make it very hard for me selling it later on...

[[ryan]]

TJ Magna/Verada would probably be the best in that price range....

[tez]

have met all the criteria and are reasonably priced, but unfortunately were both Repairable writeoffs.. so will make it very hard for me selling it later on...

Before I read this bit, I was going to punt that the Camry would be a repairable write off.

Do you know why these were written off, or have you only done the REVS checks on it?