buying a car would like some information.

[bluegum30]

Hello fellas i'm looking at buying a used car soon and would a bit of advice ,the car i'm thinking of buying is a 2008 ford falcon XT BF MK 11 sedan with 68888 KLM Automatic the car dealer advertised price is $14990 down from $15990 the car has a RWC ,it doesn't say how long the rego has to run.

I haven't bought a car for 11 years and would like to know if this car is a good buy price wise and if anyone has one or had one ''what are they like''..thanks.

[Avery]

A quick search at carsales.com.au returns 10 falcon BF MK11 cars ranging from $9000 to $28,850.

It would seem that the price of your car is right in the middle off the range.

FORD FALCON Cars For Sale - carsales.com.au - carsales.com.au (http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/results.aspx?tabID=304727&Ntt=XT%20BF%20MK%2011&keywords=XT%20BF%20MK%2011&N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294966463%204294966285&Ntk=CarAll&Dx=mode%20matchany&Nne=15&tsrc=allcarhome&Ntx=mode%20matchallpartial&Ns=pCar_PriceSort_Decimal%7C0%7C%7CpCar_RankSort_Int32%7C1%7C%7CpCar_Make_String%7C0%7C%7CpCar_Model_String%7C0&D=XT%20BF%20MK%2011)


Other than that I know nothing.

[damian]

They aren't very good.

I had a 95 fairlane and when I went to replace it I desperately wanted to buy another falcon. The boss and I were absolutely shocked at how awful they are, quality you'd expect in a dollar shop, and if you read the online owner reviews and columns like "ask smithy" in the courier mail you see a LOT of people with problems with BA and on falcons.

Ford claim market moves for Falcon sales plummeting from the 100,000 a year in 98 to about 30,000 a year now, but that's nonesense. People are still buying commodores by the truckload. The falcons are just awful and a ford warrantee isn't worth the papaer it's written on.

Have a look at redbook.com.au for pretty accurate valuations.