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DABAS helping YOU get behind the wheel of your next car.

Buying a car? confused? you don’t know where to start and you need help? DABAS can help YOU – with our tailored car-buyers advocacy service. DABAS offers flexible personal assistance to clients on their car-buying journey tailored to suit their individual budgetary needs. DABAS services can be delivered in a vast variety of ways, including - but not limited to - phone consultation/s, Zoom meetings, research emails, research links, LMCT yard email link referrals, face-to-face meetings at a car-yard/s, in the cafe at an LMCT car-yard or at the café of a leading Melbourne automotive auction house; we can even come to your home if required. The choice is totally yours pending personal needs and the urgency timelines of being behind the wheel of your next car. DABAS services are offered flexibly - as stages in a journey – you pick what stage of your journey you may need DABAS’s assistance – maybe?, the full journey, or - just vehicle selection/clarification?, or - just a car-yard buffer zone, help with the yard process? DABAS constantly keeps up-to-date researching Melbourne’s licensed motor car traders' current drive-away deals throughout the many car brand segments and model variants. DABAS compares safety features and added options for you, as well as warranties, including potential servicing timelines and costs. At DABAS we know that buying a car can be one of the biggest purchases in your life and we look forward to having a chat to assess your personal car-buying needs. Please contact DABAS If we can be of help and assistance in your car-buying journey. Helpful tips and more information can be found in the DABAS blog tab above or see the most recent blog posts below. Thanks for visiting the DABAS website and have a great day.

DABAS helps find you a brand-new car or a low-km used car to suit your lifestyle and budget.

DABAS helps find you a brand-new car or a low-km used car to suit your lifestyle and budget.

Tailor-made car-buyer's advocacy services for clients purchasing brand-new or low-kilometre pre-loved used cars. DABAS can help find the car to suit YOU and your safety and lifestyle needs appropriate to your budget. Getting you behind the wheel of your next car sooner. At DABAS we know that buying a car can be one of the biggest purchases in your life, we look forward to having a chat to assess your personal car-buying needs to suit your lifestyle.

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Buying your next car? quite simply, DABAS helps you buy a car.

Buying your next car? quite simply, DABAS helps you buy a car.

DABAS offers flexible personal assistance to clients on their car-buying journey tailored to suit their individual budgetary needs. DABAS services can be delivered in a vast variety of ways, including - but not limited to - phone consultation/s, Zoom meetings, research emails, research links, LMCT yard email link referrals, face-to-face meetings at a car-yard/s, in the cafe at an LMCT car-yard or at the café of a leading Melbourne automotive auction house; even in your home if required. The choice is totally yours pending personal needs and the urgency timelines of being behind the wheel of your next car. DABAS services are offered flexibly - as stages in a journey – you pick what stage of your journey you may need DABAS’s assistance – maybe? the full journey - or - just vehicle selection and clarification, or maybe just a car-yard buffer zone and help with the yard process.

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Want to go to the car auctions? DABAS can be your "car auction buddy"

Want to go to the car auctions? DABAS can be your "car auction buddy"

A variety of late-model low-km ex-government department and Vic-fleet vehicles. And everything in between are just some of the areas our auction buddy can be of assistance. *Conditions do apply so please read the full car auction buddy page/s to see if this auction buddy service suits YOU.

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Melbourne’s automotive industry’s new C19 normal.

DABAS Blog – The Melbourne automotive industry’s new C19 normal. Hello Readers, the well-publicised recent easing of metro Melbourne C19 restrictions was very welcome news to all, including the entire associated automotive industry. As the whole of Victoria moves from stay-home measures and restrictions to a new stay-safe C19 prevention plan “normal”, this means there are no longer restrictions on the reasons to leave home. You can now test drive that new car or late-model used car in person, if desired. This is fantastic news to car enthusiasts and motorists alike, as Melbourne’s LMCT caryards and all associated automotive businesses […]

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The 10 secrets to successful car cleaning.

DABAS blog – The ten secrets to successful car-cleaning. Hello readers: hoping all is going well as we approach summer 2020. During our most recent Stage 4 Melbourne C19 restrictions our vehicles were mostly sitting parked idle and not clocking up the regular commuting and/or social travel kilometres usually driven a year ago. Now Melbourne’s coronavirus lockdown restrictions are slowly easing – pending your postcode – and we can venture further distances from our home in progressive stages (even hopefully, allowed to travel on a local regional holiday by Xmas). But, before we start using our cars – aka the […]

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“Time travel” anyone? during stage 4 Melbourne Covid-19 lockdowns.

DABAS blog – 2020 “time travel anyone?  during Stage 4 Melbourne Covid-19 lockdowns. Hello readers, hoping all is going as well as possible during September’s continuing stage 4 Covid-19 lockdowns here in Melbourne. There is light at the end of this Covid-19 lockdown tunnel – with a well-publicised road-map out – it just seems that currently in Melbourne we are stuck for a few more weeks in the MCG’s car-park – or – the Geelong road freeway boom gates, still waiting for the car’s navigation systems to update so as to be let out onto that road-map. Or, alternatively in […]

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Car ownership; the perfect Covid19 social distance bubble.

Car ownership: the perfect social-distancing bubble. Hello Readers, Hoping all is going as well as possible during these current stage four Covid19 lockdowns in metropolitan Melbourne. During these Covid19 times, as strict social distancing restrictions continue throughout Melbourne and parts of Australia, guess what? – vehicle ownership, it is on more people’s minds and on the list of things to do once Covid19 restrictions lift. Thoughts of car-ownership are even gaining popularity amongst the most loyal public transport and ride-share app supporters. Which will be something to look forward to, as, at the time of writing this blog, LMCT caryards […]

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Don’t forget to look after your car too! – during these Covid19 times.

Hello Readers, hoping all is going as well as possible during these Covid19 restricted times in Melbourne. Are you remembering to look after your car –  as well as yourself?  Melbourne’s current ongoing Coronavirus situation is putting pressure on households in many ways; and of course, this extends to managing the normal round of family and household bills. Previous history has shown that things can tighten up financially in situations like those we are experiencing in Melbourne presently. In those instances, car maintenance – and more specifically its regular log-book servicing – can take a back seat and, in some […]

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Holden, farewell and thanks for the fond memories: a brief look at the history of Holden cars.

DABAS blog: C19 Lockdown restrictions reading article 2020– Hello readers, hoping you, your families – and all – are well during these Covid19 restricted times. In this DABAS blog post due to the current lockdown, let us take a step back from looking at a new model MY20 vehicle: with – l hope- an interesting distraction: an historical look back at one of Australia’s favourite car makers, Holden. Back on February the 17th of this year it was incredibly sad news to hear that the Holden-badged car is – by year’s end – to be no more, with the head office […]

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Australia’s best selling small SUV “The ASX” updated for MY20 .

DABAS BLOG FEBUARY 2020: The updated MY20 Mitsubishi ASX. Hello readers, Melbourne’s 2019-20 summer holidays are over, and another school year has just started; as with previous years, the Mitsubishi ASX continues to dominate the school drop-off zone and Australia’s rapidly expanding small SUV market (DABAS featured the MY19 ASX in a past blog). Recently, for MY20, it received its third and most significant upgrade, bringing substantial design, safety, multimedia and powertrain advances. The Mitsubishi ASX has been in showrooms since before August 2010, yet reportedly it’s still Australia’s most popular small SUV in one of the most contested segments of the […]

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KIA, Its new small SUV – The MY20 KIA Seltos range.

DABAS BLOG JANUARY 2020: KIA – its new small SUV, the KIA Seltos range. Hello readers, hoping your new year 2020 is off to a good start and all your holiday travels went well. It’s that time of the year again – yes – now it’s 2020 there are many great drive-away deals on MY19-plated vehicles across the LMCT dealerships’ sales-boards. Also, Melbourne hosts the Australian Open tennis tournament later in the month with KIA motors being once again a major sponsor. At last year’s Australian Open tennis tournament Kia launched its warmly anticipated new MY19 range of Cerato hatchbacks, […]

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Tips for a safe Holiday road-trip.

DABAS blog December 2019: Some tips for a safe road-trip this holiday season. Hello readers, DABAS hopes all is going well as your Xmas and New Year’s celebrations are in full swing. With another year – 2019 – ending at the close of this month, lots of us in Melbourne (AU) are anticipating having some days off work or will be on annual leave. Lots of you, I’m sure, will be taking advantage of the Xmas-New Year public holidays and annual work break by having a road-trip holiday to your favourite inland or beachside destination with friends and family, either […]

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Four popular brand-new MY19 small cars priced under $20,000.

DABAS blog November 2019, Four popular brand-new MY19 small cars priced under $20,000: Hello readers, hoping you backed a winner at this year’s VRC Flemington spring carnival – or, if you didn’t follow the horses – at least you are getting a chance to enjoy November’s – intermittent at times – spring sunshine. Following on from last month’s blog post let’s briefly look at four popular small car choices that are priced under $20,000. The days when light/small cars and city runabouts were unsafe and unreliable are long gone, many popular vehicle manufacturers now offer high-quality light/small and micro cars […]

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Whatever roads your life journey takes you on, DABAS helps you find a car to travel those roads.

Buying a car? you don’t know where to start? DABAS can help you – with our tailored car-buyers advocacy services. DABAS offers very flexible personal assistance to clients on their car-buying journey tailored to suit their individual budgetary requirements. DABAS services can be delivered in a vast variety of ways, including - but not limited to - phone consultation/s, Zoom meetings, research emails, research links, LMCT yard email link referrals, face-to-face meetings at a car-yard/s, the cafe at an LMCT car-yard or at the café of a leading Melbourne automotive auction house; even in your home if required. The choice is totally yours pending personal needs and the urgency timelines of being behind the wheel of your next car. DABAS services are offered flexibly - as stages in a journey – you pick what stage of your journey you may need DABAS’s assistance – maybe?, the full journey, or - just vehicle selection/clarification?, or - just a car-yard buffer zone and help with the yard process? Helping to get you behind the wheel of your next brand-new or low-kilometre used car with less stress. Please contact DABAS if we can be of help and assistance in your car-buying journey for helpful tips and more information see the homepage tabs or the DABAS blog's index page.