Just got a old falcon. AU. Gold.

[windowlicker]

I went looking 'round car yards in May. I am over 50 and have had over 25 cars. All sorts of stuff. So I'm no newb.
Six weeks later, after considering a car loan (aka extension to an existing personal loan) I decided no.... no loan, no late model. The bank wants too much interest. We know they are getting wholesale money really cheap right now. Around 3 or 4 percent. And they still want "credit card" interest rates over 14pc. Not this little black duck.

Last week i was the only bidder on a AU 1999 wagon once it went over the reserve. Took it sight unseen for $1800. It looked absolutely immaculate judging by the seller's photos. 173,000km. Low. Pensioners. With quite a few service dockets, expense receipts (4 new tyres etc) and with bonus features such as doglet hair and smell... this is why it was cheap as. This car was loaded with those pine tree freshners. I counted about six when I was cleaning out the car. We ended up pulling out all the trim and pressure washing it all on the long weekend (thx Ford for the fibreglass type stuff backing the velour whatever). Dries easy.

Why did i get a pov white wagon? I was looking for a wagon to reliably carry gear 'round town for a couple of years and then a few laps of the Hume etc... as a bandwagon. Amps, spkrs. guitars, drums. I needed a towbar and cruise control at a minimum of course.

I haven't been in the wagon market since my last wagon, a EB, which I pedalled as a sales rep around most of eastern Aust. Sold it off years ago. Never hassled me -one prang with a roo slowed me down, but I always got home, always on cruise control. I avoided motel fees and drove long legs, fully loaded with stock. Newie down to Albury or up to Byron Bay in a night, every month, for a few busy years. I still have the fuel receipts - unleaded was $1.14 a litre.

I just filled the wagon (nicknamed "The Little Dog") and it cost $94
It passed rego inspection with just a balljoint job. I have driven 20km to work each way this week, 100km zones, 40km zones, this thing drives like a new car. I know what that is, because I own a 2011 car (Toyota for the missus). No tran line noise (aka taxi noise). No brake shudders. No exhaust noise. It does have front pad squeals. The washer bottle bung is perished. The electronics work perfect. Shifts nicely, smoothly, idles smooth as. Paintwork is white and glossy as new except for a shopping trolley mark out front on the "bumper" with the rego plate.
$1800
Thats what a good Telecaster costs.

AU is the table of elements symbol for gold.