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Bought me a kia sportage so need to get rid of me proton s16 (small sedan) its a 1.6 manual 40,000 km on clock with 18 months remaining factory warranty left, full service history and i think transferable racv for 18 months. looking for $6k currently cranbourne (south east melbourne) pm if interested will swap for (speed) boat. Rego till feb 2012 - cheap and easy motoring.

Hi All, Iv seen so many posts on here with people saying the likes of " can me and my familly of five come out with just 6k ?" well to be perfectly honest iv wanted to scream.......no can you **** ! but darent cos i loved pio and was affraid of the come back i was likely to get but since iv been in Oz 4 months and love my life i no longer spend any time on pio anymore so i would very much like to warm people..not that oz is crap ! not that you wont get work ! just one thing.... it costs a small fortune to set yourself up here...we have made quite a lot of freinds here and the one thing all the brits that manage to stay have in common is they came with a decent wedge and spent a big lump of it starting there new life, at least 40k ( british pound ) ourselves included. please please dont come hear without dareing to do the math ( like i did ) just really think about the cost of all the things iv listed below, granted you dont have to get an 18k car but second hand cars here are NOT cheap and the bargain basement car my hubby got for work is just about standing. you may find that budget you had stretching when you see the cars and prices etc. I love the sunny coast and dont regret my decision to emigrate in fact with every week that passes i feel more happy with my new life and more and more settled to the point where the thought of returning to grim uk makes me shudder, we are however financially ok, if we were not i think we might have had to return, like it or not like apparently so many do, not through choice but literally running out of money. its so sad to only have 30k and waste it on seeing the " life you could have had " if you catch my drift. please please take this post the way its intended, if you have less than 30k and dont want to live in a tent...save and revist the idea when your a bit better off, especially if you have little ones...if you are financially sound get yourself out here its by far the BEST decision you will ever make....life in the sun is sweet. anything with 5wk is start up costs of the first 5wks.... flights................... $4400 shipping.................$3200 car hire 5wks ........$2000 hotels 5wks............$5700 petrol 5wks............$300 food 5wks..............$1400 rent (6months in advance ) $18200 bond.........................$700 new car.................$18000 hubbys car.............$4000 furniture.................$9000 lap top....................$600 kids bikes /trampoline etc...........$2000 total $69500....thats approx 35000 english pound ( sorry no pound sign on oz pc ) this list is so minimal and basic the real cost is prob another 30% on top when you include theme parks, eating out, take aways, hair dressers, school fees etc etc lots of love to all... Colette x:hug: