There are good buys out there

These are very hard times with many daily struggles as far as motoring is concerned. Worldwide market pains, food prices so on. Petrol price is one daily obstacle which is enough to make some turn to very naughty antics. In the recent months reports have been surfacing that some members of the motoring community have lowered to the level of driving away from petrol pumps after filling up without paying a Rand or even waiving good bye. Eish. Life. Very hard.

But what about affordability of cars, they are not getting any cheaper either. I suppose the next batch of tricks to play would be to walk into a show room, politely request a "test drive" and then follow normal procedure: drive off without waving good bye.

For the less radical, getting an affordable car in a civilized manner is still possible if not much easier than ever. This is because a number of motorists feel they are forced to sell. A very valid observation is just the number of vehicles with the personalised "For Sale" sticker on the window.

I was chatting to a friend who told me she managed to get an Opel Corsa lite for less than R40 000. More like R35 ooo to be extact. My immediate question was the millage. Only 90 000 was the reply. Wow. Lucky person? Not really. If you have cash now, you can get very good deals from motorist who are forced to sell.

There is then some thing positive in these hard times and a second hand buyer can drive away from the purchase waving good buy.