The best thing about buying an ex government car is that you know that it has been looked after. Of course this depends to a large extent on the quality of the government, but in Australia you can be pretty sure this is the case.
With other car purchasing scenarios, such as buying from a dealership or privately, there’s no way to really tell for sure that a car has been serviced properly in accordance with the manufacturer’s specifications. After all, it’s easy for a (dodgy) mechanic to stamp the pages of the service book retrospectively or for the seller to blatantly lie to you.
Governments have strict servicing requirements and most importantly have the funds to see to it that cars are in proper running order for the duration of their tenure in whatever government department they were being used for. Furthermore, many ex-government cars aren’t used very much at all – especially those used just to ferry politicians from one meeting to the next.
In Queensland, it is important to be cognizant of the fact that we live in a huge state and some ex government cars may not only have racked up huge mileage but will have done so over some rough terrain and terrible roads. Keep this in mind when you’re at a Brisbane car auction as once you agree to purchase the car at auction, there is no way to get out of the deal – it is legally binding and doesn’t come with a statutory cooling off period either.
You can also be confident in knowing that vehicles that were once used by government departments probably weren’t used to deliver children to school and so won’t have food stains and other internal problems. It’s also unusual for government bureaucrats to be doing burn-outs and otherwise revving the car to kingdom come.
There are many places you can get an ex-government car and some of the car auction locations are listed on this website for you.
Happy car hunting!
