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G'day Guys,

Mate of mine is looking for a company car, he reckons he will have about 25-30k mark. Doesnt mind second hand within reason.

He is however against falcons and commies. Likes his BMW's and what not. Doesnt want a hatch either.

I have tried to steer him away from second hand BMW's with near 100,000kms due to the after expenses (he works for his parents so we dont want to screw them around).

He likes the Cruze, any one have thoughts and opinions about them?

Recommendations?

Cheers,

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I have driven a Cruze before.

Decent car for getting from A to B.

Comfy, good on fuel and has quite a bit of room.

Tell him, it's no performance car, kinda sluggish even if you plant your foot down, but it's a daily so it should be fine.

I would assume any car from a Nissan Maxima / Toyota Camry / Honda Accord / Mazda 6 / Subaru Liberty, 4 door sedans would suite him just fine as well.

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BMW fanboy to the rescue!

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=10978149&__Qpb=1&Cr=0&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201247%201252%201282%204294967079%20898%20414%204294729575%204294966849&SearchAction=N&silo=1011&__No=15&seot=1&__Nne=15&trecs=16&__sid=12CB54BF3AF7

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With full BMW service history...

and within $30K...

E39 530i or 535i

E46 328Ci or 328i

I've had both of the underlined above without problems at all. Weakness is mainly sidetanks or some other water issue.

Since your friend is in NSW, use BMV Engineering (Caringbah) to scrutinise any potential beemers. Massimo knows his stuff and charges much less than a dealership.

On the north shore (Artarmon), see George at BMWise

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6 year old Lexus IS250 - pretty classy, and should have rock solid reliability. No ball of fire, but good handling and comfort

http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=11235851&__sid=12B152432A8A&__Qpb=1&Cr=2&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal|1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965468%20396%20414%204294965467%20898&SearchAction=N&PriceFrom=396&PriceTo=414&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=10&silo=1011

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