used 135 market down under

pixelblue · 12-02-2011, 01:14 PM

greetings my fellow down under 1 addicts, I was wondering how is the market for used 135's where you are. the reason I am asking is because I am considering selling my car and if the market is strong for used 135's where you are I would be happy to ship to Australia. I would appreciate your thoughts. cheers,

kori

MrBlonde · 12-02-2011, 01:59 PM

My thoughts are:

1. Only Americans say "Down Under"
2. Your car is Left Hand Drive. Australia is Right Hand Drive.
3. Australian motor vehicle industry has heavy tarriffs on importation of motor vehicles

pixelblue · 12-02-2011, 02:32 PM

duh, I thought you guys were left hand drive. guess I learned a lot in a short matter. also mental note made regarding the usage of down under

thanks for the illumination! btw you guys are night owls!

pixelblue · 12-02-2011, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by ianf2002

Also, with recent laws past, I don't think that new LHD (post 1990 or so) can be registered in Australia any longer.

I didn't notice you were selling your car. so that is a huge difference in price. my car would sell for less than half of what your car sells here. shame you guys are right hand drive

pixelblue · 12-02-2011, 03:37 PM

I hope median income is high as well otherwise how can people afford to buy these cars. Can't imagine how much Porsche, Ferrari and other premium brands sell for

Alpine* · 12-02-2011, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

I hope median income is high as well otherwise how can people afford to buy these cars. Can't imagine how much Porsche, Ferrari and other premium brands sell for

Pixel, you will find that there are a lot of guys on the Aussie site here that are, gotta be careful here, older than the US guys on the greater 1 and 3 series site. I make this point because of the pricing of the cars versus average incomes. By example I find significant numbers of really young guys, 20 something's, on the US M3 site but on the Aus site we are a few years older, again generalizing a bit here.

Rough retail drive away numbers for you.
M3 coupe (high spec) $180,000
Porsche Cayman R $190,000
VW Golf GTi $45,000
VW Polo GTi $33,000
Porsche 991 911S $310,000

If you are curious check here-----> www.carsales.com.au

pixelblue · 12-02-2011, 04:19 PM

I just choked seeing those numbers. I hear you about the possible difference in age but you still need a lot of dough to ride one those rides. Guessing there are a lot of wealthy Aussies that can afford to pay those premiums. The VW's were not as highly marked up as the others. Maybe $10k but the rest were like 3X

Tit · 12-02-2011, 04:36 PM

Lima ran an interesting article on car pricing in Australia:

http://www.ausmotive.com/2011/04/26/...r-nothing.html

MickyD · 12-02-2011, 04:41 PM

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

Guessing there are a lot of Aussies that are in debt up to their eyeballs trying to impress their neighbours

fixed that for you

MrBlonde · 12-02-2011, 04:52 PM

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

btw you guys are night owls!

Well actually no, it's daytime here.

pixelblue · 12-02-2011, 05:15 PM

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Originally Posted by MickyD

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

Guessing there are a lot of Aussies that are in debt up to their eyeballs trying to impress their neighbours

fixed that for you

Hilarious! Some things never change

pixelblue · 12-02-2011, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBlonde

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

btw you guys are night owls!

Well actually no, it's daytime here.

I thought there's 12 hrs difference with Perth. Have family that live in Perth and Melbourne

MrBlonde · 12-02-2011, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

I thought there's 12 hrs difference with Perth. Have family that live in Perth and Melbourne

You posted at 0614 AEST .. but Perth is 3 hours behind at this time of year.

pixelblue · 12-02-2011, 07:20 PM

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Originally Posted by MrBlonde

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

I thought there's 12 hrs difference with Perth. Have family that live in Perth and Melbourne

You posted at 0614 AEST .. but Perth is 3 hours behind at this time of year.

Makes sense. You must be on the eastern coast

dh58 · 12-02-2011, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by AlpineM3E92

Pixel, you will find that there are a lot of guys on the Aussie site here that are, gotta be careful here, older than the US guys on the greater 1 and 3 series site. I make this point because of the pricing of the cars versus average incomes. By example I find significant numbers of really young guys, 20 something's, on the US M3 site but on the Aus site we are a few years older, again generalizing a bit here.

Rough retail drive away numbers for you.
M3 coupe (high spec) $180,000
Porsche Cayman R $190,000
VW Golf GTi $45,000
VW Polo GTi $33,000
Porsche 991 911S $310,000

If you are curious check here-----> www.carsales.com.au

You can get an r8 in the US for cheaper than the m3... that sucks

Honny · 12-02-2011, 08:09 PM

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

I thought there's 12 hrs difference with Perth. Have family that live in Perth and Melbourne

If you do move to Perth soon I have a affordable 135i for sale

MrBlonde · 12-03-2011, 02:37 AM

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Originally Posted by pixelblue

Makes sense. You must be on the eastern coast

That's it. But it's not like the USA with a lot of population spread throughout. The vast majority of people are in the AEST timezone on the Eastern Coast.

Australian population: 22.8 million
Perth population: 2.3 (10%)

CrustyNoodle · 12-03-2011, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBlonde

That's it. But it's not like the USA with a lot of population spread throughout. The vast majority of people are in the AEST timezone on the Eastern Coast.

Australian population: 22.8 million
Perth population: 2.3 (10%)

Actually, Perth is about 1.7 million - WA total is about 2.3mil.

RaihaX · 12-03-2011, 06:58 AM

It is full of awesome people thou!

Honny · 12-03-2011, 07:38 AM

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Originally Posted by RaihaX

It is full of awesome people thou!

And we have really nice cars..... Apparently some Aventadors landed and a 599GTO according to Josh's site.

pixelblue · 12-03-2011, 08:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Honny

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Originally Posted by RaihaX

It is full of awesome people thou!

And we have really nice cars..... Apparently some Aventadors landed and a 599GTO according to Josh's site.

I bet we are talking veyron price here. Any veyron or zonda's there?

MickyD · 12-03-2011, 06:02 PM

there's at least 1 Zonda (which seems to be perpetually for sale)
and at least 1 Veyron (in South Australia, though they can't be road registered here)

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pixelblue Colonel 140 Rep 2,234 Posts Drives: the silver bullet Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: northern virginia iTrader: (2) Garage List 2010 135i [8.90]	used 135 market down under greetings my fellow down under 1 addicts, I was wondering how is the market for used 135's where you are. the reason I am asking is because I am considering selling my car and if the market is strong for used 135's where you are I would be happy to ship to Australia. I would appreciate your thoughts. cheers, kori __________________ "I would quote everything pixelblue said, but you've already read it. Take it from someone who's put the 1 through its paces" Last edited by pixelblue; 12-02-2011 at 01:44 PM.. Reason: turned on notification
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pixelblue Colonel 140 Rep 2,234 Posts Drives: the silver bullet Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: northern virginia iTrader: (2) Garage List 2010 135i [8.90]	duh, I thought you guys were left hand drive. guess I learned a lot in a short matter. also mental note made regarding the usage of down under thanks for the illumination! btw you guys are night owls! __________________ "I would quote everything pixelblue said, but you've already read it. Take it from someone who's put the 1 through its paces"
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pixelblue Colonel 140 Rep 2,234 Posts Drives: the silver bullet Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: northern virginia iTrader: (2) Garage List 2010 135i [8.90]	I hope median income is high as well otherwise how can people afford to buy these cars. Can't imagine how much Porsche, Ferrari and other premium brands sell for __________________ "I would quote everything pixelblue said, but you've already read it. Take it from someone who's put the 1 through its paces"
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pixelblue Colonel 140 Rep 2,234 Posts Drives: the silver bullet Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: northern virginia iTrader: (2) Garage List 2010 135i [8.90]	I just choked seeing those numbers. I hear you about the possible difference in age but you still need a lot of dough to ride one those rides. Guessing there are a lot of wealthy Aussies that can afford to pay those premiums. The VW's were not as highly marked up as the others. Maybe $10k but the rest were like 3X __________________ "I would quote everything pixelblue said, but you've already read it. Take it from someone who's put the 1 through its paces"
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