Car sales are down around the country, with about a quarter of a million fewer new cars being sold this year, according to Tasmanian car dealership owner Errol Stewart.
Key points: International car manufacturers are experiencing shortages Fewer new cars are coming into the country resulting in less sales, and fewer trade-in cars at dealerships Second-hand cars offered for sale privately are being purchased by car dealershipsThat also directly impacts your chance of picking up a privately sold used car for a bargain price.
Gone, at least in the meantime, are cars by the side of the road with a phone number and asking price scrawled on the windscreen that are offered for private sale.
Car dealers are increasingly buying direct from the public due to trade-in car numbers decreasing and …