TRA - Turners Automotive Group

[lorraina]

Do not think so.Was suppose to be out the back,not ready for sale.77,406Kms,$7690 .
Bit more expensive compared with a couple on Trade Me/
2008 Vitz 76,000 kms $6800, and a 2005 98,188kms for $6,000.
Have widened my search on Trade Me.
2006 Honda Jazz,132,000 kms $5250
2007 Suzuki Swift 75,240 kms  $7,000.
Makes the 2006 Nissan Tiida I bought for No.1 daughter 2 years ago with 22,500 Kms for $7,500 look cheap today.
Luckily I am in no hurry,and perhaps a good few ex rentals will becoming onto the market in the next few weeks.
Most of the cheap cars are now  $10,000 to $11,,000.

[Basil]

This he was saying as well that he was sold on the investment case for Turners 

[Buzz]

Do not think so.Was suppose to be out the back,not ready for sale.77,406Kms,$7690 .
Bit more expensive compared with a couple on Trade Me/
2008 Vitz 76,000 kms $6800, and a 2005 98,188kms for $6,000.
Have widened my search on Trade Me.
2006 Honda Jazz,132,000 kms $5250
2007 Suzuki Swift 75,240 kms  $7,000.
Makes the 2006 Nissan Tiida I bought for No.1 daughter 2 years ago with 22,500 Kms for $7,500 look cheap today.
Luckily I am in no hurry,and perhaps a good few ex rentals will becoming onto the market in the next few weeks.
Most of the cheap cars are now  $10,000 to $11,,000.

When I bought my children's first cars, I put in 50% of the price on one condition, that they bought a 4-5 star safety rated vehicle. One bought a VW Golf, the other a BMW 3Compact. Both were under $9k and are still going fine and fortunately neither have needed the safety features. Neither were from Turner's although we did look, apparently we couldn't just buy the car that was up for auction, even when offering to pay their reserve price (doh).

None of those cars lorainna are safe rated, in fact some of them are downright death traps in an accident.

[lorraina]

Cheapest car at 2cheap Cars in Christchurch
2013 Toyota SPADE
124,548km
Automatic
Petrol
1,500cc
$7,664 +ORC
WAS $7,964
Qualifies for Clean Car rebate of $501.24 ?
Christchurch

Granddaughter is in her final year training to be a physiotherapist.
She will start earning next year.
This year she does placements at various hospitals,so this is the reason I am looking to buy her a car.
I have made sure she graduates with out a student loan.

[Basil]

Mrs Hounds car got caught in the Auckland floods. Long delay with getting it assessed by the assessor because they were...you guessed it, flooded with claims.  5 weeks for the assessor to even look at it and after three more weeks of carefully test driving various alternatives, she chose this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgg39UjyVbY&t=51s
I remember driving it back from the dealership to bring it home so we could test drive it on local roads and thinking, Crickey, if she doesn't like this we're in real trouble because for a mid sized SUV this thing is the best handling bit of kit I've ever driven, and I can't think of anything better.  She fell in love with it and ever since I've been told in no uncertain terms to keep my paws off it. 

Sorry Tina, you didn't have anything this good on your car lots.

[lorraina]

Very nice.

[BlackPeter]

Mrs Hounds car got caught in the Auckland floods. Long delay with getting it assessed by the assessor because they were...you guessed it, flooded with claims.  5 weeks for the assessor to even look at it and after three more weeks of carefully test driving various alternatives, she chose this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgg39UjyVbY&t=51s
I remember driving it back from the dealership to bring it home so we could test drive it on local roads and thinking, Crickey, if she doesn't like this we're in real trouble because for a mid sized SUV this thing is the best handling bit of kit I've ever driven, and I can't think of anything better.  She fell in love with it and ever since I've been told in no uncertain terms to keep my paws off it. 

Sorry Tina, you didn't have anything this good on your car lots.

Bought for us a month ago a Kia Sportage as well. Great handling, safe, economical ... and yes, while I tried to give Tina a chance, none of Turners cars even made it on my short list.

Never mind - I am sure they have plenty of happy customers ... and hey, we are happy as well. Win - win.

[Waltzing]

Even old subaru outback's suitable for taking to the forest for mountain biking and leaving unlocked or fly fishing up country streams are selling for 5000
 240K on the trip meter....

this is a 500 dollar give away or basically 500 for spares....

basically the engine will need a head casket replacement any time on any model up to 2005... 2010 models are selling over 8000 to 10000 depending on MILES ... ahhh KM's....

TRA is killing it...

MR B and MR P are so far ahead of the pack there is something wrong here... they are drinking tea and eating cake with the right crowd....

astonishing track records..   

[Basil]

Bought for us a month ago a Kia Sportage as well. Great handling, safe, economical ... and yes, while I tried to give Tina a chance, none of Turners cars even made it on my short list.

Never mind - I am sure they have plenty of happy customers ... and hey, we are happy as well. Win - win.

Most mid size SUV's we tried didn't handle well around all the sharp corners in our neck of the woods.
Lot of body roll and pitching and heaving with many we tried.  I think Kia N.Z. must get the same suspension and handling tune as the Australian Sportage vehicles because it really stood out head and shoulders above the crowd.  Remarkably spacious too.   Plenty of grunt from the diesel engine too and a proper 8 speed automatic gearbox unlike a lot of the CVT crap that's on other vehicles that are good for only 80,000 - 100,000 km's before they die, in our experience. Great vehicle, just wish Mrs B would throw me a bone and let me have the keys more often lol

[BlackPeter]

Most mid size SUV's we tried didn't handle well around all the sharp corners in our neck of the woods.
Lot of body roll and pitching and heaving with many we tried.  I think Kia N.Z. must get the same suspension and handling tune as the Australian Sportage vehicles because it really stood out head and shoulders above the crowd.  Remarkably spacious too.   Plenty of grunt from the diesel engine too and a proper 8 speed automatic gearbox unlike a lot of the CVT crap that's on other vehicles that are good for only 80,000 - 100,000 km's before they die, in our experience. Great vehicle, just wish Mrs B would throw me a bone and let me have the keys more often lol

Just buy another one - you know, you want it ...

[Basil]

Just buy another one - you know, you want it ...

LOL, funny you say that, my wife suggested exactly the same thing.  Maybe its a sign of what's meant to be or what's coming next 😉
Nice low mileage metallic blue one for just a smidge under $40K  https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/kia/sportage/listing/3937087918
Hmmm

[lorraina]

This he was saying as well that he was sold on the investment case for Turners 

I think all of us have made Turners our first port of call when looking for a car.

[winner (n)]

Careful Basil .......Auckland flooding again .......don't want you to drive into a big pond and write off the current car to get one of these Kia on insurance

One in the family is enough

[Basil]

Careful Basil .......Auckland flooding again .......don't want you to drive into a big pond and write off the current car to get one of these Kia on insurance
One in the family is enough

Yeah I've been out in it clearing out gutters and drains.  Such fun

[winner (n)]

Yeah I've been out in it clearing out gutters and drains.  Such fun

Hope you doing a decent job

Did you see how excited and full of glee that that Dan weather guy on TV was when he pointed out it's going to get worse tonight ...he was happy as