As you know we are looking for a Toyota campervan there doesn't seem to be much around S.A. where we live and wondered if anyone had, had any experience of buying interstate if so how would this work as I don't think I would like to buy without seeing first and would also like to have a RAA or equivalent inspection done. Also we have to keep in mind that we are on a very limited budget so I think flying would be out of the equation Helena.
ken thomas said
09:51 PM May 27, 2013
Hello Helena There has been one for sale in Echuca ( not from where Marj bought Myrtle) so if I see it I will get some details and photo's and get back to you Ken
liddle said
11:00 PM May 27, 2013
Hi Helena
I have recently upgraded my hiace van to a newer model. It would not be a good idea to buy one without seeing and testing the engine.
It is very hard to give any advice without some idea of how much money you want to spend. If you are looking at the cheaper end ( I would guess up to $8 or 9 thousand dollars ) then you are competing with the young backpackers market. I recently sold my old 1989 model for $8000 and I thought I would only get about $6000. The engine was good and the people who bought it said that there were a lot of clapped out vans for sale and they were thrilled with mine.
I spent a lot of time on the internet looking and made phone calls . I found what I wanted at the right price.
If you give me some idea of ;
1.what you have to spend,
2.what you want ( dieselor petrol)
3.poptop , high top or in between ( hiace commuter )
4.Automatic or manual
I know I will be able to look on the internet and I am sure others would enjoy the challenge
RosieW said
11:31 PM May 27, 2013
We are in Tassie, and bought our bus (8.5m mini-coach) over the internet from South Australia. It was a lot of emailing, phone calling, hemming and hawwing, but it was a good decision, and so far, the right decision.
We also had a sh*t experience earlier last year - bus in FNQ, lots of emails, phone calls, photos etc. 10 hours travelling in summer, to find that the bus was, well, a bust. Turned around and came home the next day. We also travelled all over Tassie in the 2 years previous, to see 'perfect' turn out to be 'perfect......... for the tip.'
It's a bit hit and miss, but sometimes, in the midst of all the rubbish, you find a gem. You just have to keep looking.
Beth54 said
11:41 PM May 27, 2013
My son, who lives in Qld, bought his Nissan Patrol in Victoria. But his in-laws live in Vic, so he asked father-in-law to check it out. I dare say, he probably gave fil a list of things to check on. Then he and I flew down so he could collect from the in-laws and drive it home. (I only went as company on the drive home.)
He's been more than happy with his purchase.
Helena said
05:10 AM May 28, 2013
Thanks for all the help much appreciated. Helena.
beachball57 said
03:27 PM May 28, 2013
helena do you live in adelaide ?? if so there is a car yard down south on south road that gets a lot of cars from interstate and i know a friend of mine who went in there and told them what he wanted and they found it for him , seemed to get a good deal,, I bought hi lux 4x4 ute from them about 5 years ago and have taken it to tassie and all around SA and into Vic and the only thing I have had to do is but tires for it,,,,,I don't work for them or have anything else to do with them but the guy has treated me ok,, message me if you want the details of where it is
HI Guys,
As you know we are looking for a Toyota campervan there doesn't seem to be much around S.A. where we live and wondered if anyone had, had any experience of buying interstate if so how would this work as I don't think I would like to buy without seeing first and would also like to have a RAA or equivalent inspection done. Also we have to keep in mind that we are on a very limited budget so I think flying would be out of the equation Helena.
There has been one for sale in Echuca ( not from where Marj bought Myrtle) so if I see it I will get some details and photo's and get back to you
Ken
Hi Helena
I have recently upgraded my hiace van to a newer model. It would not be a good idea to buy one without seeing and testing the engine.
It is very hard to give any advice without some idea of how much money you want to spend. If you are looking at the cheaper end ( I would guess up to $8 or 9 thousand dollars ) then you are competing with the young backpackers market. I recently sold my old 1989 model for $8000 and I thought I would only get about $6000. The engine was good and the people who bought it said that there were a lot of clapped out vans for sale and they were thrilled with mine.
I spent a lot of time on the internet looking and made phone calls . I found what I wanted at the right price.
If you give me some idea of ;
1. what you have to spend,
2. what you want ( diesel or petrol)
3. poptop , high top or in between ( hiace commuter )
4. Automatic or manual
I know I will be able to look on the internet and I am sure others would enjoy the challenge
We also had a sh*t experience earlier last year - bus in FNQ, lots of emails, phone calls, photos etc. 10 hours travelling in summer, to find that the bus was, well, a bust. Turned around and came home the next day. We also travelled all over Tassie in the 2 years previous, to see 'perfect' turn out to be 'perfect......... for the tip.'
It's a bit hit and miss, but sometimes, in the midst of all the rubbish, you find a gem. You just have to keep looking.
My son, who lives in Qld, bought his Nissan Patrol in Victoria. But his in-laws live in Vic, so he asked father-in-law to check it out. I dare say, he probably gave fil a list of things to check on. Then he and I flew down so he could collect from the in-laws and drive it home. (I only went as company on the drive home.)
He's been more than happy with his purchase.