Same in Melbourne. In fact, if you want low kms some of these are over $10k. Definitely not a buyers market but we are being screwed on everything right now. =(
Don't like FWD (fail wheel drive) ? 😁 I can sympathise...I bought my first car, a Datsun 260Z (converted to manual 5spd from a US 280Z) for $2,200 nearly 30 years ago. Not as many options today...
@@felimillo They are great fun (my brother owned one 10+ years ago) - I highlighly recommend. I would lose my licence if I owned one as it is too fun drifting sideways in it.
My first car was and still is the 2001 Toyota Corolla conquest seca. I’ve had it for over 10 years now. It had under 45,000 kms on the clock before I purchased it from an elderly female driver who only drove it to the shops and back. For a 23 year old car with low mileage I’ve only ever had to replace the spark plugs which was only last year. The battery of course I’ve replaced, and the tyres when tread has gotten low. It’s been and still is an extremely reliable car. Have had no problems with it; regularly serviced, and will probably run for another 10 years! I’m not planning on getting rid of it anytime soon.
In the current supply and demand problem, these cars are generally not available. Double the price, and then this video makes sense. I purchased a first car for my daughter this week in Melbourne. In the real world, all I could get for $4200 this week was a very nice condition 2006 Nissan Pulsar. Not sure why the Pulsar did not make the list as they have earned their stripes to be on it. I think this video needs to be re-done to reflect the current reality of what is actually on the market keeping in mind the full drive-away price. Then we will be looking at Pulsars, Corollas, Camrys, Lancers and Echos.
good luck finding them that cheap.I went to a car warehouse out of interest this time four years ago to look at a 2013 Pulsar.They wanted $13,000 no haggling all I had to add on was on Roads and a Alarm and maybe at that time spoke to my own bank for a deal trading in a 2010 Micra for that.50,000km ex Rental mind you but one of the best cars at the time in the class,This was at a time when you could no longer buy them new and Nissan Australia thought they could make more money off Dualis and X Trails then off retaining the Pulsar and Micra.Chances are you can still get a car in the class but unless it's Japanese good look finding anything.these days it's closer to 10 to 12 grand.
I remembered driving a 2006 mazda 3 blue like the one in this video from NYC to Las Vegas Nevada and everything worked soo lovely even the AC and those cars are known to have crappy AC compressor. Loved that old car did the road trip without even a tire pressure monitoring light coming on
I had a 2005 Corolla hatchback but it was written off because someone hit it whilst it was parked. Now I drive a 2003 one. Definitely not the most exciting car but very reliable! :D
The 1.8 in the Civic had a major design flaw, the engine block in the 2006-2007/8 models were known to crack. I don't know how catastrophic that issue was, or if there was a recall to fix it, but get the 2.0 of you're looking for a Civic in that generation.
Safe, reliable, fuel efficient?? My first car was a $700 Kingswood and it was none of those things! I've never learnt so much about repairing my own car though 😆😆 Times have changed.
I would certainly include Mitsubishi lancer into the list . A solid n reliable option, handsome looks, safe n comes in hatch n sedan ,esp if one can get a CJ series.
I went from a 2004 Mazda 3 Sport to a 2011 (facelift) Corolla (well, Auris here in Europe) recently - glad I seem to have made a good choice with both cars, hahah! The Auris isn’t nearly as fun to drive as the Mazda 3 (especially since I got the 1.33 VVT-i version, lol) and it’s got some really scratch prone interior (the silver parts at least), but it’s very comfortable, spacious and has a quite quirky interior design that I like, with it’s high placed gear stick and the “tunnel” underneath, lmao.
Any potential buyers of the Auto Mazda3 SP23 and similar, with the auto trans should be wary of the very common failure of the trans computer, costs about 1k plus to get rectified with a reco module changeover plus fitting
true.I using insurance payout money settled for a late build 2008 Mazda 3 Maxx Sport Automatic $7750 first registered February 2009.finding those for under five grand is impossible,at a stretch you might get a 2004-2006 series 1 BK but don't expect money those ones are 15 to 17 years of age at time of writing.
@@ReDriven should not drink if your going to be nasty. Lol. Keep up the good work. Could you please review Lexus GSF Lexus RC 350 f sport Porsche 911 996 manual rear drive 200 series Toyota Land Cruiser GT86 350 z And anything manual rear drive. Even a dirty manual Au. 🤣🍻 Plus 60 k budget, rear drive manual car I can fit my family in so no coupe. And fun to drive and track. ????
I have a BK Series 2 last of the Series So It was built November 2008 but first delivered to it's first female owner in the last week of February 2009.The Power Steering Pump was recently replaced after packing it in at around the 214,000km point with one from a wrecker(i am the third owner)not much has gone wrong taking into account the car will be 14 at the end of the year,routine maintenance things that the dealer near my work could not do properly(Edwardstown Mazda in South Australia)were sent to Paradise Mazda to be corrected.I came from a 2017 Holden Spark that sadly got written off by a truck last May on my way to work for good never to be seen again and using the insurance payout money was sold on the 3 after looking at new Fiat 500's,Kias,MG's and even a Mazda 2 Pure but could not justify the waiting time and silly money through finance companies for any of that lot.a step backwards in terms of age but a step forward in terms of safety.This thanks to Ford owning Mazda and Volvo at the time had all those airbags as standard(New for something Japanese at the time but we can thank Sweden in their platform shared V50/S40 Volvo's for this in the higher spec 3's of which my maxx sport is)
my first car was a subaRU OUTBACK 2008 the 2007 is no good,,,, u can find them for like3 to 5kaud andive sent 800$ over the past 10 years and its powerfull gose faster then 200km i havent pushed it too far pas that
What a load of BS. The cars mentioned in good condition can NOT be had for under $5000. If you get one of those at that price you will be inheriting someone else's problems.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting mate but it’s important to know we made this video well over a year ago before the used market exploded. We are literally researching a 2022 version of this video at the moment. Do you have any suggestions for what cars we should feature. - AK
Great video, but with the current market in Sydney this should be the top 5 cars under $10k,
Same in Melbourne. In fact, if you want low kms some of these are over $10k. Definitely not a buyers market but we are being screwed on everything right now. =(
@@mdlatham7 Yep. The prices are 8 to 15 grand haha.
Same here in Perth, prices are just crazy now!
@@exadoorrising1239 Great! I'm moving there in 4 months haha. Send help.
@@gdaymates431 hi, I’m sure you’ll find something that suits you, it just takes a bit of hunting around. I’m looking myself right now. 😊
I would have included Honda Jazz in the mix purely for its practicality and fuel economy (much better compared to Mazda 3) as well as its reliability
Still in love with my EK Civic. After 3 years and 114,000 km.
I own a 2008 Mazda 3 sedan I 100% recommend it is practical it looks nice it is really fun to drive and can easily be modded
Can’t find a Mazda under 180000 kms
I would put forward the KIA Rio 2018, we use them as work cars and are bloody rough on them but can't kill them.
Love your videos! Would be cool to see a selection of used rear wheel drive manual cars that are a bargain. Great content guys!
Brilliant idea mate and thanks so much! - AK
@@ReDriven Great video just wished you guys added the fiesta. Great little car zippy reliable quick
Don't like FWD (fail wheel drive) ? 😁
I can sympathise...I bought my first car, a Datsun 260Z (converted to manual 5spd from a US 280Z) for $2,200 nearly 30 years ago. Not as many options today...
@@richardggeorge Would love to have maby a 350z to honour that legacy
@@felimillo They are great fun (my brother owned one 10+ years ago) - I highlighly recommend. I would lose my licence if I owned one as it is too fun drifting sideways in it.
My first car was and still is the 2001 Toyota Corolla conquest seca. I’ve had it for over 10 years now. It had under 45,000 kms on the clock before I purchased it from an elderly female driver who only drove it to the shops and back. For a 23 year old car with low mileage I’ve only ever had to replace the spark plugs which was only last year. The battery of course I’ve replaced, and the tyres when tread has gotten low. It’s been and still is an extremely reliable car. Have had no problems with it; regularly serviced, and will probably run for another 10 years! I’m not planning on getting rid of it anytime soon.
In the current supply and demand problem, these cars are generally not available. Double the price, and then this video makes sense. I purchased a first car for my daughter this week in Melbourne. In the real world, all I could get for $4200 this week was a very nice condition 2006 Nissan Pulsar. Not sure why the Pulsar did not make the list as they have earned their stripes to be on it. I think this video needs to be re-done to reflect the current reality of what is actually on the market keeping in mind the full drive-away price. Then we will be looking at Pulsars, Corollas, Camrys, Lancers and Echos.
good luck finding them that cheap.I went to a car warehouse out of interest this time four years ago to look at a 2013 Pulsar.They wanted $13,000 no haggling all I had to add on was on Roads and a Alarm and maybe at that time spoke to my own bank for a deal trading in a 2010 Micra for that.50,000km ex Rental mind you but one of the best cars at the time in the class,This was at a time when you could no longer buy them new and Nissan Australia thought they could make more money off Dualis and X Trails then off retaining the Pulsar and Micra.Chances are you can still get a car in the class but unless it's Japanese good look finding anything.these days it's closer to 10 to 12 grand.
Agree. Can’t get these for under $5k. Certainly not this gen Corollas
I remembered driving a 2006 mazda 3 blue like the one in this video from NYC to Las Vegas Nevada and everything worked soo lovely even the AC and those cars are known to have crappy AC compressor. Loved that old car did the road trip without even a tire pressure monitoring light coming on
I had a 2005 Corolla hatchback but it was written off because someone hit it whilst it was parked. Now I drive a 2003 one. Definitely not the most exciting car but very reliable! :D
The 05 to 09 1.8 civics has cracking aluminum block issue which leaks coolant.
Hence sticking to the 2.0lt but well said mate.
That was a small percentage of them. If they have over 80k kms they're most likely fine.
The 1.8 in the Civic had a major design flaw, the engine block in the 2006-2007/8 models were known to crack. I don't know how catastrophic that issue was, or if there was a recall to fix it, but get the 2.0 of you're looking for a Civic in that generation.
Agree.. More like top 5 under $12k (even Gumtree prices).
Safe, reliable, fuel efficient?? My first car was a $700 Kingswood and it was none of those things! I've never learnt so much about repairing my own car though 😆😆 Times have changed.
The first Honda was having work from home number plate!
I would certainly include Mitsubishi lancer into the list .
A solid n reliable option, handsome looks, safe n comes in hatch n sedan ,esp if one can get a CJ series.
Harman we totally agree and it actually came in 6th when we put this list together.
except the lancers with that horrible rubber band CVT trans
I went from a 2004 Mazda 3 Sport to a 2011 (facelift) Corolla (well, Auris here in Europe) recently - glad I seem to have made a good choice with both cars, hahah! The Auris isn’t nearly as fun to drive as the Mazda 3 (especially since I got the 1.33 VVT-i version, lol) and it’s got some really scratch prone interior (the silver parts at least), but it’s very comfortable, spacious and has a quite quirky interior design that I like, with it’s high placed gear stick and the “tunnel” underneath, lmao.
Is there a video on the Mitsubishi Lancer series? I absolutely love that vehicle and am wondering if you guys did a video on it?
Not yet but we will be doing one soon. - AK
Any potential buyers of the Auto Mazda3 SP23 and similar, with the auto trans should be wary of the very common failure of the trans computer, costs about 1k plus to get rectified with a reco module changeover plus fitting
Can you please do Mitsubishi ASX and Kia Rio please!!
I think you should specify in what country you could buy these cars under 5k, because it isn't in Australia
This video is 9 months old
true.I using insurance payout money settled for a late build 2008 Mazda 3 Maxx Sport Automatic $7750 first registered February 2009.finding those for under five grand is impossible,at a stretch you might get a 2004-2006 series 1 BK but don't expect money those ones are 15 to 17 years of age at time of writing.
@@MrInternFTL Still used car prices were that high back then also.
All these cars are now 8,k rising so much in one year.
I never see a 8th gen civic that cheap, there is a 2010 model in my local town and it has 200,000 kilometers and they have $11,990 on it
Mate, your vid’s are awesome, are you planing to update this, it would be great man! Thank you for everything posted, it is helping me a lot!!
We’re in the process right now of updating some of these original Top 5 videos
Glass you’re enjoying the videos!
Good luck getting any of these cars for under $10000 in Perth. Second hand Car prices here are insane
Much respect for such an excellent channel! Is the 10th gen Corolla hatch called something else in USA/Canada? Can't seem to find it. Thanks!
Thanks Mehdi. The tenth gen is also called the E140 in the US/Canada market and might be under the Altis or Matrix nameplate. - AK
@@ReDriven Could also be AURIS ?.. same motor as Corolla..
Check out the Scion IM. It's more related to the corolla hatch than the Matrix.
Can you please help me to get better explanation for Mazda 3 bk series 04-09 maxx vs sp23!?
What about the Au falcon 😁
Kieren we might have to politely ask you to leave this party for that comment ;). - AK
@@ReDriven should not drink if your going to be nasty. Lol. Keep up the good work. Could you please review
Lexus GSF
Lexus RC 350 f sport
Porsche 911 996 manual rear drive
200 series Toyota Land Cruiser
GT86
350 z
And anything manual rear drive. Even a dirty manual Au. 🤣🍻
Plus 60 k budget, rear drive manual car I can fit my family in so no coupe. And fun to drive and track. ????
@@ReDriven nothing an AU falcon can't do 😂
Good to see this list l agree with you except for one car the i30
Don't seem to be in that price bracket from what I've seen unfortunately
why to avoid hybrid Civic?
Please review the toyota chr 1.2 turbo
Awesome request Stevy, we'll try to find one to review for you.
Funny the very first picture is of a written off Honda Civic
What is wrong with the honda civic gli model?
What is wrong with the Honda Civic GLi?
Thought a 76 Alfasud might have snuck in there but ok..
We were going to sneak you into the Top 5 until we realised you're priceless.
way too old to be taken seriously.
Aliased and reliable 😂
this video did NOT age well, with the price of second hand cars these days.
Best of luck getting a 2010 Corolla for 5K. They are around 10000 at the moment. Unless you want over 300 k on the clock.
ya not gonna get anything under 5 grand these days unless its sold with problems needs repars
My 2008 Mazda 3, that I purchased brand new, needed a new motor at 70,000km. What a dud.
I have a BK Series 2 last of the Series So It was built November 2008 but first delivered to it's first female owner in the last week of February 2009.The Power Steering Pump was recently replaced after packing it in at around the 214,000km point with one from a wrecker(i am the third owner)not much has gone wrong taking into account the car will be 14 at the end of the year,routine maintenance things that the dealer near my work could not do properly(Edwardstown Mazda in South Australia)were sent to Paradise Mazda to be corrected.I came from a 2017 Holden Spark that sadly got written off by a truck last May on my way to work for good never to be seen again and using the insurance payout money was sold on the 3 after looking at new Fiat 500's,Kias,MG's and even a Mazda 2 Pure but could not justify the waiting time and silly money through finance companies for any of that lot.a step backwards in terms of age but a step forward in terms of safety.This thanks to Ford owning Mazda and Volvo at the time had all those airbags as standard(New for something Japanese at the time but we can thank Sweden in their platform shared V50/S40 Volvo's for this in the higher spec 3's of which my maxx sport is)
my first car was a subaRU OUTBACK 2008 the 2007 is no good,,,, u can find them for like3 to 5kaud andive sent 800$ over the past 10 years and its powerfull gose faster then 200km i havent pushed it too far pas that
I put lancer there top 3 for me..
In my opinion the IS300 1997-2005 are the best first car in my opinion
That's a brilliant suggestion. Fun to drive too. We'll add that to out Top 5 best cars under $10k" video in a few weeks.
@@ReDriven looking forward to seeing it! Cheers from Brazil.
where are you getting these cars in under 5k?
I would highly recommend the Mercedes-Benz B180 diesel. So cheap, economical and so sturdy!
Yaris and i30 under 5k is like a joke in 2023😂
I think he needs to do re edit the video and add a 1 at the front.
No love for Mitsubishi?
What do you mean by lowest possible mileage? I am looking for a fuel efficient car under 5k and you r saying look for lowest possible mileage!
By mileage he means the kilometres on the odometer
First car and first sex, Fiat Uno and Ceri Morgan, the Fiat was rubbish :-)
Lol now they all cost 10k.
Not a corolla fan never liked them
The 1st gen Mazda 3 is so much better looking than the following one. 2nd gen is so ugly.
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These cars don't exist for under 5 grand. Love the video though haha.
Mate you're exactly right, so much has changed since we filmed this. We'll do an updated version soon. - AK
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They are so boring! Boring Boringg. Give me a Mazda any day!
What a load of BS. The cars mentioned in good condition can NOT be had for under $5000. If you get one of those at that price you will be inheriting someone else's problems.
Thanks so much for watching and commenting mate but it’s important to know we made this video well over a year ago before the used market exploded.
We are literally researching a 2022 version of this video at the moment.
Do you have any suggestions for what cars we should feature. - AK
@@ReDriven early 2000's camrys in this current market