Learn Australian English in this interview episode of the Aussie English Podcast where James Buchan tells us how to buy a car in Australia! Subscribe to the podcast: iTunes | Android | RSS Download the PDF + MP3 AE 401 – Interview: How to Buy a Car in Australia with James Buchan G’day, guys. Welcome to The Aussie English Podcast, the number one podcast for anyone and everyone wanting to learn Australian English. As a reminder, the podcast, The Aussie English Podcast is brought to you by The Aussie English Classroom, an online learning environment designed to teach you Australian English, or just English more generally, whichever you prefer. Today’s episode is the second half of the interview with James, my mate James, who was talking about cars in episode AE 393 – Interview: Rev-heads, Car Accidents, & Car Culture in Australia. So, James is back today, and he’ll be giving you guys tips and tricks for buying a car in Australia, what you need to know about searching for cars online, when you go and see the car what you should do, what you should look for under the bonnet, and then the process of getting that car bought and putting it into your name. So, remember there will be a 5-10 minute lesson in The Aussie English Classroom that focuses on this episode. You will get a listening comprehension quiz asking you questions about what you hear as you listen to that excerpt, and you will also have an in-depth vocab list about all the more complicated vocab used in there. So, if you want to upgrade your English, if you want to learn more about Aussie English, then definitely sign up to The Aussie English Classroom. Anyway, guys, without any further ado let’s get into today’s interview episode on buying a car in Australia with James. And to take us in, I thought it would be appropriate to play the sound of some V8 Supercar Ford and Holdens from Bathurst. Check it out. **** I guess switching gears again. Yeah. If we now talk about purchasing cars and selling cars, do you remember the first car that you went and bought, and what it felt like to be, you know, a young Australian kid getting your first car? What was the process like to? So, the first car I think I actually bought with my own money was a Toyota Soarer. It was a one of the V8 ones, so, they called that a UZZ31. This is an interesting one and I think this will be good for the podcast, because I made some mistakes buying this car, and hindsight and wisdom I would be able to inform a purchaser now a lot better, but I guess, you’ve got to go out there, you’ve got to make mistakes. Much the same as anything in life, you’ve got to learn. That crash, for instance, that we talked about earlier. Sometimes you need to make a mistake. So, I went and saw the car, and everything looked alright, I guess, when you’re young and you’ve got a pocket full of cash and you see an object, you think well, yeah, you know,