No, it was a 4 year loan, RM43k d/p and monthly installment of RM1069

How come I don't hear good reviews on Nissan Slyphy. Within the same mid tier range of car, it's always Honda City, Civic, Lancer, Camry, Accord, Mazda etc.

If you have to rank all the car, what would the ranking be.

1. Civic
2. Lancer GT
3. Camry
4. Accord
5. Slyphy

I know this group of car might be in a different league. But this is the car we are considering now.

1. Brand: Toyota, Suzuki or anything reliable...
2. Budget: 90k
3. New/Used/Unreg: New
4. Specs: Full
5. Transmission: Auto
6. NA or FI ?:
7. Type: Sedan
8. I need something that has low fuel consumption and cheap maintainence

ok, can my motorcycle's NCD being transfered?i want to use the 20% NCD i've obtained from my bike to be transfered to my new car..is it possible?

Hmmm the new nissan slyphy won COTY by autocar asean back in 2008. What are ur reasons the slyphy is bad? I know it has a very good CVT gearbox and its economical.

U did post at the LYN thread about the vios right? Well apart of the vios, u can consider the honda city or the suzuki swift. If u daring enough, u can think of the suzuki SX4 sedan, but dont be dismayed by its look, it has better reviews than the vios.

Hi travis

I don't really like the appearance of the new City. I like the Suzuki SX4 but for the full specs it will be over my budget. I'm considering a VIOS 1.5G now...how would you compare it to the SX4? For their FC, maintainence cost etc...

1. Brand : best u can think of
2. Budget : 20-30k
3. New/Used/Unreg : Doesn't matters.
4. Specs : Whichever
5. Transmission : Preferable Auto
6. NA or FI : whichever
7. Type : 4 seater.
8. Remarks : good fuel consumption,handling,cheaper maintenance.
9. Salary : RM2k+-

Gettin my 1st car...i dun even know where should i start from to pick...need ya advise..

Hey there Travis,

I believed u misinteprete the statement. I was asking how come people don't usually suggest Slyphy. Instead people always go for Civic etc. But minority of the people go for Slyphy. If you don't mind, do u mind ranking all the car that I suggested? Kinda in a hurry to get a car. Thanks, mate.

Hmm FC wise n maintainence cost comparing vios n SX4 the vios will have advantage here but it seems most car mag reviewers prefer the SX4 over the vios. I think based on ur criterias, the vios is a better bet.

Can i just recommend a used perodua kelisa? I really dono what u want beside the criteria from ur remarks.

Ahh now i get u.

Here my ranking according to criterias. I assuming the camry, civic n accord were based on the 2.0cc model.

Fuel Consumption, cost and maintainence
1. Slyphy
2. Camry
3. Accord
4. Civic
5. Lancer GT

Fun driving, handling, performance
1. Civic
2. Lancer GT
3. Accord
4. Camry
5. Slyphy

I test-drove the SX4 today The engine was quiet for me and from the meter I saw that I was getting 23-30 km per litre. I'm still waiting to test-drive the VIOS...

This post has been edited by ginsy: Jan 6 2010, 10:04 AM

Slyphy is actually ranked the last for performance wised. Ouch!
Actually trying very hard to summarise to the last 2 choices.

I test drove the Camry 2.4, and I would like to say that the pick up is really disappointing. Maybe due to the heavy weight of the car. No doubt that Accord is more fun to be drove due to the F1-style shifting paddle. Civic is abundantly found on road. Really headache. Aiks!

If I would ask you to choose 2 out of those, which one would you pick?

Regards,
J.Y

I have to say apart of the poor resale value of the SX4, if u looking for a better overall car the SX4 seems a better choice.

Test drive the vios at any toyota outlets. I can recommend one toyota SA who will give very good deals if u really want to buy a vios.

I'm a performance freak so i will pick the civic 2.0. But if i looking for economical, comfort and smooth driving, i will definery consider the slyphy. I might be wrong on why i put the slyphy on last.

Test drive the slyphy and u make the call.

Hello,

I brought sx4 sedan about half year oledi.Well i can say this car are perfect to drive and if in FC side City + highway 50-50 is about 12.5Km-13.5km.

If pure in highway u can reach 15.8km-16.8km.

Well this car max is 50 Litre i always pump about 75+ Full tank about 45 Litre+ it would about 550km for city and highway.This car i can say pick up it is abit dumb but then once go smooth u can feel the power in the end.

In service quite pricey abit ba. Everytime i service roughly about Rm300.00 for 10k service.

This post has been edited by arc1414: Jan 6 2010, 03:36 PM

This is because Civic looks more trendy, sporty and stylish compare with Slyphy....

one question here, the japan malaysia FTA said in 2010 tariff will be remove for passenger car above 2000cc, is this still going to happen?

Japan Luxury car will destroy German luxury car brand if this is true.

This post has been edited by robertngo: Jan 6 2010, 04:38 PM

Hi arc1414 thanks..I've decided to go for VIOS...

I was thinking to go for viva elite but some says saga is bigger & more stable, some says myvi is better because of toyota? Zzz.. but i scare the fc & maintainance of saga maybe higher & the price for myvi is higher... So I need some helps here..which one should i go for

1. Brand - Saga BLM M-Line, Viva Elite EZ, Viva Elite EZI , Myvi EZ, Myvi EZI
2. Budget - 40k+- (salary 12xx-18xx)
3. New/Used/Unreg - New
4. Specs - -
5. Transmission - Automatic
6. NA or FI - -
7. Type - -
8. Remarks - main purpose is for go to work (about 10km from my house)
- 50% driving alone, 45% driving with 1 passenger, 5% driving with 2 passenger
- 95% driving in city, 5% highway (for holiday, like travel to genting, cameron, Langkawi etc)
- long term use, won't change it in couple of years
- downpayment 10%, properly will make 7-9 years loan

a) which one is more reliable? I mean like won't spoil easily.

b) since the price is about the same, so i'm more concern about the FC and maintainance(spare parts) among these cars, is there a big difference? If can please state out the figure for me to compare.

c) for viva elite and myvi is it worth to go for EZI?
- Is the "ABS with ERB & BA" useful like what perodua said?
- Are the airbags useful in a small car?



This post has been edited by Kuso~Kuso~: Jan 7 2010, 12:30 AM

Thanks for ur valueable feedback.

I honestly not sure about this. But i doubt the gov will allow prices of cars to dropped here.

Viva elite is overpriced but for ur case, i think a normal viva around 30-40k will do enough. Since u driving city most of the time and short distance, the viva normal spec will just do fine.

Having ABS & EBD is helpful in case during emergency braking and air bags is a plus. But for ur case, get a cheap reliable car will do 1st.

Let say i just a student, and looking for a fuel consumption good and comfort car..which one would be better choice between kancil? Satria?Saga?Iswara? or any other recommend?I looking for manual car. I own a 660 kancil few month ago, but plan to let go it because it powerloss..and the air cond not that comfort, i prefer those car comfort and wont so heat like kancil. And every 3 month+ i will drive car back JB from KL..is over 400Km journey, and kancil is not comfort and danger of it..so which one would be my better choice? My budget is from 6K--->9K and i able to find those car within this budget on my list..Satria is the most expensive..But for me, satria is safety and fun. And the car mostly use for campus..and sometime hanging around KL area, and sometime use to back Hometown.

1. Brand : --
2. Budget : 40-80k
3. New/Used/Unreg : used
4. Specs : Full Spec
5. Transmission : AT
6. NA or FI : ??
7. Type : 4 seater.
8. Remarks :

car for travelling(2000-4000km/mth)
realiable(doesnt break down easily)
low wind noise & gd for highway
reasonable fuel consumption ~12km/litre on highway
currently looking at altis, sentra(1.6 or 1.8?),optra.
any other suggestion is welcome.