And before you go assuming that your dollar is worth twice ours (the other day while on vacation I had to laugh as I heard a young american girl buy groceries "ohhh its so cheap here, what we just bought was only US$75" in response to her $150 grocery bill. AUD/USD = ~0$.90 now.)

Used cars tend to hold on to their value too. The car I test drove yesterday was about AUD$30,000. I guess to you guys it must seem expensive for a used car but for us it is a lot of car for the money. After Xmas time when credit cards have been maxed out you tend to get a lot of good deals too.

3/93 BMW 730iL
Lazurblau/Silbergrau
5-Speed Automatic
160k KM

• Test drove an E39 540i today - Nick (Australia) 2008-01-22 01:28:53 (115 views)
  • The 540i is a great car. - bolkow105 2008-02-09 23:26:29 (77 views)
  • Doesn't Australia double or triple the list price of imported cars like BMW's? - bcweir750 2008-01-22 10:50:06 (73 views)
    • Yep they sure do. New 750Li - AUD$250k - Nick (Australia) 2008-01-22 20:48:03 (80 views)
      • who can afford that? - steinway 2008-01-24 19:03:05 (72 views)
        • Only the very rich - Nick (Australia) 2008-01-25 03:14:07 (79 views)
          • interesting, so... - steinway 2008-01-25 08:18:14 (67 views)
            • Well not really actually... - Nick (Australia) 2008-01-25 10:42:24 (77 views)
              • I do, that's why I inquired - steinway 2008-01-25 19:29:32 (78 views)
                • Nick, what about importing Japanese cars? - Shayne 2008-02-10 14:13:54 (65 views)
                  • Not allowed anymore - Nick (Australia) 2008-02-11 08:41:51 (71 views)
                    • Re: Not allowed anymore - Shayne 2008-02-13 11:58:17 (77 views)
                      • Probably similar reasons - Nick (Australia) 2008-02-14 23:04:14 (61 views)