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Is it difficult to buy a car in Australia?

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coppice:

--- Quote from: stevelup on October 03, 2018, 05:39:02 pm ---The warranty is provided by BMW North America - not the individual dealers.

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Car warranties in the UK have always been provided by the manufacturers, but it used to be hard to get warranty work done unless you went to the dealer you bought the car from. There can be a big difference between what is supposed to happen and what does.

Halcyon:

--- Quote from: Bassman59 on October 03, 2018, 05:07:00 pm ---
--- Quote from: Halcyon on September 28, 2018, 10:51:36 pm ---EDIT: I just read Bassman59's comments about territories. They don't exist in Australia. You can go to any dealer in Australia and buy a car as long as you have it registered and it passes roadworthy requirements in the state you live in.
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What I mean by "territories" are the agreements among the car dealers to divide up geographical regions and not compete against each other. The idea is to make it inconvenient for a consumer to go to another dealer of the same brand. "Aren't their laws against that?" Sure .... written by the same people who require franchised dealers instead of direct manufacturer-to-customer sales.

I live in Arizona. There is nothing stopping me from saying, "I hate all of the dealers in Tucson, so I'll drive 100 miles north to Tempe or 120 miles north to Phoenix and buy a car." It's a royal pain in the ass, and oh yeah, the dealers who own franchises in Tucson also own the franchises in Phoenix ...

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I understand. As I said, they don't exist. It's not uncommon to have competing dealers next door to each other.

sokoloff:

--- Quote from: coppice on October 03, 2018, 05:48:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: stevelup on October 03, 2018, 05:39:02 pm ---The warranty is provided by BMW North America - not the individual dealers.

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Car warranties in the UK have always been provided by the manufacturers, but it used to be hard to get warranty work done unless you went to the dealer you bought the car from. There can be a big difference between what is supposed to happen and what does.
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That's odd. Most of the profit of the dealership is made in the service bays, not on the showroom floor.
Warranty work is done by the dealer and reimbursed (at a profit) by the manufacturer. It would be odd for a dealer to turn down that money and I've never experienced a difference (in the US) between warranty work at the selling dealer and at another dealership.

coppice:

--- Quote from: sokoloff on October 04, 2018, 12:51:49 am ---
--- Quote from: coppice on October 03, 2018, 05:48:50 pm ---
--- Quote from: stevelup on October 03, 2018, 05:39:02 pm ---The warranty is provided by BMW North America - not the individual dealers.

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Car warranties in the UK have always been provided by the manufacturers, but it used to be hard to get warranty work done unless you went to the dealer you bought the car from. There can be a big difference between what is supposed to happen and what does.
--- End quote ---
That's odd. Most of the profit of the dealership is made in the service bays, not on the showroom floor.
Warranty work is done by the dealer and reimbursed (at a profit) by the manufacturer. It would be odd for a dealer to turn down that money and I've never experienced a difference (in the US) between warranty work at the selling dealer and at another dealership.

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Historically car prices have been really high in the UK. So much so that the Japanese car makers used to refer to the UK as Treasure Island. There might have been a lot more money in selling a car in the UK versus the US.

TerraHertz:
At the extreme informal end of the spectrum, no, it's easy. Here's an old car I just bought for $150. It's similar to my old car, it's just out of rego and will never be registered again (due to rust.) The intention is to strip it for spare parts for my car.
It was originally going to be free, but the owner had to fit new tires and brake pads in the last months of its active life. So the $150 is for those.
The entire deal was, he drove it here (on its last day of rego and insurance), I handed him the cash, then drove him home in my car. Done.

Actually with a little rust repair it would be registerable. But I' not going to bother.
One thing I need is a replacement interior heater. Quoted nearly $400 to buy. So just for that it's worth it.

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