Yes we all need them, not even a South African freemason saw this coming. Cars are basically an essential part everyday living. Most jobs require that you have your own transport and that you have a car license thus it is safe to say that the car is basically the lifeblood of almost every South African.

South African car companies noticed this back in the old days and they just screwed the South African population. Why because we don’t have alternatives when it comes to “safe” transport. And to add to our misery it is also known that South Africans will pay more for our second hand cars “fact” then a new car?

VW “Volkswagen” is known to sell a second hand discontinued VW Citi golf’s for more than a new car and this was before they killed it off. If you are shopping for second hand clean golf 2008 to 2010 you are expected to pay R79000 to R84000.

Still even cheap cars like your Chery-QQ 0.8 TE this car will set you back R69900 and then the car is so basic you will think that you are buying a 1908 model-T?? All I can say is it is cheap, and for your money you get a little metal box and all the air inside it.

Now then the dealer would say yes but the paper work and everything else will set you back an extra R10000 or more depending on the dealer and you end up paying a blackmail fee because they will not give you the car at asking price simply because they can make more money out of you! Even on a second hand car they love to add BS to the price and charge you about R10000 extra.

Then if you buy a car that is not build in South Africa you may end up importing its bits and that can take wile and be so costly that you would rather walk. And in the end we are just lapping it up! Yes our politicians can demand whatever they damn well please but they are not asking why are we paying so much for cars that we cannot afford them anymore. And more to the point why do we even allow car companies to have factories in our country? If these car companies cannot even build a good little car for the public! “What is the point?!” “And don’t tell me it is part of job creation because they just fired a lot of people to save money”

There is no benefit for the South African people to have factories here, and the truth is that a bloody import is less expensive and almost always without acceptation you will get more for your money. Why is that? Even our freemasons get ticked off because they cannot own their beloved Lexus or BMW and have to opt for a Daihatsu and the BMW is made in South Africa!!! Yes BMW’s are not made in Aria 51 they are made in South Africa with dodgy power and all.

So the lesion is when you buy a car:
.a> Ask for the blackmail fee
.b> Service cost
.c> Import cost
.e> Spare-parts availability.

Also do your homework because some imports cost less... is cheaper to maintain and is sometimes more powerful than our local build cars.

Happy car hunting