hey everyone!
I've been an avid follower of this Forum for a few months now when researching a car purchase, thought I'd finally join now that I have my car.
Bought a 2nd hand black Sportivo SX6 Nov 09 make (facelift model) with 9k km's for $28,500. It came with tinted windows & Doyle's aftermarket leather, excellent condition fairly decent buy I think. Shopped around a few dealerships and decided to do business with this one because the salesman was blunt and to the point. On the test drive, I requested that he drive, so I could focus on checking out the car (rattles, engine noise, interior etc) without being distracted (fall in love with!) driving lol. He wasted no time showing me the Sequential shift drive mode and shifted up right b4 redline, we were going 120km's in a 60 zone lol!!! Then proceeded to show me a test of the brakes, braking from 100km and an emergency brake from 60km. Pretty smart salesman, saw I was a young bloke, would definitely be drawn in by the power, and coming from driving my mums '05 V6 Camry, the acceleration was blistering =D
Soon as I got out of the car, I knew I had to have it, so went and started negotiating price. I lowballed him with a starting price, and he didn't fudge around trying to raise my price, and told me that he couldn't sell it for so low, he even went to get their invoice paper to show me how much they purchased the vehicle for ($29,000) (not incl stamp duty, detailining & servicing), and I thought bloody hell, this is the first "honest" salesman I've come across, so I told him I'd take it off his hands today for $28,500 and he called his boss. Unlike a lot of salesmen who walk out of the room or the desk and go into the managers room to talk about a final price, this guy called his boss and put the phone on loudspeaker so I could hear the whole convo as well. He shook my hand and I picked up the car the next day no hassles, very happy =D
Only downside I can find to the car is that black seems to be a dust magnet, finding myself washing it every few days. I think it's because I park my car at my uni carpark (outside) @ Penrith and its always windy and dusty there =\
anyways, hope to see some of you guys around Sydney!
heres some pics (taken by the dealership, but I will add some personal ones soon):
I saw the same pre-facelift car as mine @ my uni carpark, same colour too, so parked next to it. Was going to leave a note but was in a rush lol.