Australian cars...is "good enough", good enough...?

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Originally Posted by stang65

First of all only the first line of that quote is mine although I do agree with what is written afterwards.

If Ford or Holden left manufacturing in Australia do you think our cars would be cheaper or dearer? Think hard. Don`t compare to the cheap imports that don`t hold together as well after 5 years of being driven hard.

I don`t think Ford or Holden are in the market to give you everything you need and lose money on their cars, Would you pay $10,000 more to Ford or Holden to get a better car.

you get what is budgeted for you don`t like it take your money and buy another brand, go buy a euro with that line of thinking if your cashed up.

Enjoy your euro, it will still have faults and you payed twice as much just for a few more gadgets.

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See there is the biggest misconception.
Buying Euro doesn't always mean spending big dollars. Don't think of Euro cars as just Mercs, BMWs and Audis. There are VW, Skoda, FORD, Renault, etc. These don't all cost a small fortune and many are actually within the price range of other makes in the segment (C segement cars). Just look at the new Focus and what you get with that.
People need to also forget the euro car, look at the Japanese and the rise of the Koreans. They're making cars of decent quality (or have improved ten fold in Hyundai's case) for a good price.

I don't expect my "Euro" not to have faults. Far from it, a car has many moving components, they wear out and need to be replaced you'd be stupid to think otherwise. My expectation is around build quality and I expect it to be of a decent standard of which I do have now. I won't go into detail of my experiences with local cars, you can seach on that, I have posted enough about it, but small issues I did have like lack of paint on the doors, bonnet latch snapping, rear passenger seat latch breaking (four times) and constant electrical issues are not something I expect or want to have to deal with all the time from a brand new car.

The scare tactics people use about the cost of servicing a euro or any imported car is completly blown out. You need to look at the car.
The Focus costs no more to service than the Falcon at the same dealer. The only large cost was brakes but then they're not standard Focus brakes and if I was smarter at the time I would have went aftermarket.