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Scooter79

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The truth about Australian Fleet Sales and their "great trade in prices", is they only offer you a great trade in if you take out their finance to buy the new car. I called them last year to enquire about my fiance trading in her old Pulsar Reebok. They were more than excited to give her $4000 trade in even though it was stuffed. Then when I said we'd didn't want their finance and would pay cash they quickly became very rude and more or less hung up on me. The interest rate on their finance is rediculous. That why they can sell the cars at a reasonable price. You'll end up paying thousands more just in interest.
 

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$15,500 is a great price, what state are you in?

I knew there was some catch with the massive trade ins!
 

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I will NEVER buy another car from Australian Fleet Sales. I brought a Ford Falcon XR6 (yes I know, such a stupid thing to do but I've learnt my lesson) from them. After I purchased the car I got my local mechanic to give it a good look over. Some of the problems were:
Leaking steering rack
Worn rear shock mounts
Problems starting when warm
and a couple of other minor things.
I arranged for them to fix these things under warranty but they did a crap job.
They put 2 new clamps on the steering rack boots so it wasn't obvious that it was leaking into the boots.
They tightened the rear shocks mounts when they needed to be replaced.
Changed the fuel filter which did nothing for the starting problem.
I had it checked by my mechanic again after they did the warranty work and he confirmed that they basically did nothing.
I booked it in again but wrote the car off a week before it was due to go back due to a problem with the steering. There was a recall by ford for the problem that I had with the steering but I didn't get a letter from them till it was too late.
I rang Australian Fleet Sales and ripped the **** of the service manager. He said that the car should have been towed to them after the accident.
The car was a write off - $21000 worth of repairs required.

I wouldn't recommend anyone buy a car from them.
 

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What area are you from paddyj?
 

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Thats pretty unlucky, I think I'll steer clear of them!

I'm in Leichhardt in Sydney, what about yourself?
 

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paddyj said:
Thats pretty unlucky, I think I'll steer clear of them!

I'm in Leichhardt in Sydney, what about yourself?
I'm near Katoomba in the Blue Mountains.
I got my Commodore from Sam Penna Motors in Penrith (Owned by the same people as Springwood Holden). They were really good. I had a couple of things fixed under warranty but they didn't fool around just fixed them properly without any worries.
 

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Nice, I would live out there if I didn't have to work in the city! Might Thanks I'll call into them the next time I'm out that way.
 
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