Moving to NZ - what cars to buy

[jfxr242]

Hi

Wife and I are about to move to NZ and are debating what cars to buy. We are thinking we want one "practical" car and one "fun" car, nothing too flashy - probably a budget of $50k for both cars. I'm not a big fan of Japanese cars but would probably settle for one as the practical car so the question is what is the fun car going to be, maybe a 2 seater 'vert (not an MX5 tho)any suggestions on what kind of thing would be readily available and would not attract too much attention ? Then again on the practical front what about a few years old C class or 3 series - are they any more expensive to run than their Japanese equivalents ?

Any thoughts / comments very welcome - thank in advance

J

[jfxr242]

Thanks guys. Yes both cars will be secondhand and the budget could (and probably will) be stretched a bit. Was trying to get a feel for what cars (eg Mercs and / or Beemers) would attract extra police or boy racer attention. I'm sure we will wait until we get there before making any decisions but thought there might be some cars I should perhaps cross off my list or ones which I should definitely consider.

I'd be into a TVR but I'm not sure the Mrs would be. We are currently in the US and did think about bringing a Mustang over - if the RHD Mustang came out and I could buy one here and ship it I would almost certainly have done that but looks like it will arrive too late.

Any other thoughts would again be much appreciated.

J

[jfxr242]

We're moving to The Mount. So beach and golf ! We've hired a car for 2 weeks for when we arrive and guess we could extend that so we have a bit of time to look around. Hopefully buying new enough that parts shouldn't be an issue but its certainly worth keeping in mind - thanks!

[jfxr242]

Thanks - if I was in the UK I would certainly be thinking about it but we're in the US.

Another question if I may - what's the deal with haggling ? Obviously I won't have a trade in, can I expect 10 to 15% off ?

thanks again

[jfxr242]

Hi

Sorry not checked in for a while

So far, as I'm not permanently in nz yet, we've only bought 1 car an M Sport 1 series. In the future we will prob buy a "workhorse" and a fun car, meaning we have 3 but will sort all that out when I'm in
nz permanently in 2 months time