Hi, just wondering if anyone here has ever bought a car from a government car auction? Are there any particular types of cars you're likely to find there? Are they worth going to? Thanks.

No
Camrys
Yes
you're welcome

no - but a friend just bought his camry at one
barely used camrys
yes, they can be cheap.

pickles.com.au lets you bid online without having to turn up but you must register

Lots of cars in white.

Commodores / Camrys / Falcons.

Have a look

last edited by mongie at 11:57:56 10/Aug/07

Don't go during a school holidays. Teachers frequently buy cars at them.

You have to know what the value of the car you want is. They used to be a lot better value then they are now.

Some government departments seem to look after cars better then others. eg. any of the cars used by QRail by the workers were usually in much worse shape then a similar used by says Lands or Main roads.

Hmm, camry's...

Prolly not so keen.

Thanks for teh info though.

Did you look at the list!!!

I LINKED TO IT!

I bought an elantra from there - well looked after even though it had clocked up some km's. Still had 4 years warranty on it. Have sold it now to come overseas, but I was quite fond of it.

Did you look at the list!!!

No i didn't - everyone just said "camry's" (i.e. boring cars) and that pretty much gave me all teh info i needed. I will have a little look at that link later on though anyway, thanks Alex :)

last edited by Agent 99 at 17:18:57 10/Aug/07

My Dad got a 2006 model white commodore wagon for what he claims was a good price.

Meh?

auctions are over rated. What car are you after?

People hear the word auction, they think "oh s*** yeah cheap cars" you know what.. you are getting a cheap car... cheap used and abused over priced buckets of s***! because thats what you get at auctions these days... left overs from car dealers making money off YOU. (oh s*** wait thats me)

i doubt you can afford a non boring car

get the camry

these auctions have some awesome cars as well as a heap of boring cars. there's always random sweet cars in there for some reason too

I bought my 380 gt from pickles auctions - http://www.pickles.com.au/. love it. was an ex governemnt/repossessed or something.
http://a441.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/56/l_99fead6c68f90e725230528d6136d020.jpg

Pickles is a good auction you can even trade in you car