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I didn't find him too help full he wouldn't let me test drive one of his cars with out putting in a finance applications. I was going to pay cash so I said no im not putting any crap on paper as it was a waste of my time, so I ended up buying one else where that weekend.

Cars seamed in good condition but needed a good clean(Altho alot of them were straight off the boat)

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I didn't find him too help full he wouldn't let me test drive one of his cars with out putting in a finance applications. I was going to pay cash so I said no im not putting any crap on paper as it was a waste of my time, so I ended up buying one else where that weekend.

Cars seamed in good condition but needed a good clean(Altho alot of them were straight off the boat)

I didnt take mine for a test drive, i just sat in it to feel what it was like and started the motor and gave it a few revs

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I'll never buy a car with uot test driving.

My local holden shop missed out on me buying a new SS because they obviously didn't think i could afford the car so they told me to go away.

I bought my wife a wrx instead the car yard had 3 in stock and we took all 2 for 2 drives to get the feel of the one we liked better.

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Try autoworx mate!

prices are better to be honest, eg a SEVS R32 GTST manual at autworx is priced the same as a 15 year import at autojapan....

Thats 3k compliance compared to 1k, newer and non-accident examples with 3 year warranty

(have a look at www.autoworx.com.au), been to both and autoworx has much cleaner examples plus pauls very friendly and helpful

might be a longer drive but if i was spending 15k on something 30 mins is nothing!

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