Would prefer NEW but can you suggest recon/ new cars?

1. Brand. PROTON SUPRIMA
2. Budget. 80k below
3. New/Used/Unreg.
4. Specs.
5. Transmission - Automatic,
6. NA or FI
7. Type. 4 seater biggest is sedan. Not too big like E or 5series
8. Remarks. Good and reliable, nice ICE system and updated with current trend

recond car got around RM 60K~70K bo?

really?

2013 Honda CRV - normally a CRV would cost you more than RM140k, however I found this advert which is quite interesting so I thought I share this with you if you're interested.

2008 Merc C180K Sport - IMHO this is much more worth it to buy than an Accord or Camry because it has better safety features, 5 stars NCAP rating, prestigious brand, reliable parts and quite decent part prices. If I were to choose between a BMW and Merc, I would choose a Merc because of the uncle culture here wanting merc's but not willing to pay sky high prices for parts there are alot of stockist bringning in compatible and OEM parts at low prices until even original parts need to reduce price to stay competitive. A good everyday runner, like most German cars of late it uses a smaller 1600cc engine with force induction (this one uses a supercharger) to give it all the required power.

2008 Toyota Estima - this model is so common on our roads I wonder why they never officially bring it over since I see every grey importer has at least 5 units at anytime ready to sell to customers. Being Toyota you know reliability and cheap parts is the key to their success. The advert didn't state this is the G-spec but the equipment list sure looks like it, do make sure with the seller that all is as according to the advert then I consider it a great deal.

RM40k doesn't get you much in terms of new car.

Your choices are full spec Viva, medium spec Myvi, medium spec Saga or basic Persona

2013 Mitsubishi Attrage - I don't know if it will be the final pricing because agents in Mudah and Oto are toying around with RSP of RM59k while the official websites states the tentative RSP of RM71k....so I am not too sure....however if it is RM59k it would be a very very good deal undercutting the current cheapo king Nissan Almera



Not really.
He likes to buy second hand cheap conti to do up.
He has a Fiat which he has done up nicely and is very reliable, the Skoda is another project as he got it very cheap but needs alot of parts to do a proper restoration but he is an engineer so he won't go for all original parts from the official dealer so he sourcing from everywhere and even use compatible parts.

2002 Skoda Fabia - why not consider this one? it is less than RM10k, perhaps you can buy it cash. If it is in working condition and you don't need to fix it up much then it is a very very good buy.

2004 Skoda Octavia 1.8T - this is another MK1, price is right and advert states it is well kept. If you don't need to make any repairs it is a good buy since it is still loanable you can loan it and repayment can be very low you can save cash for that repair which would be coming since it is a almost 10 years old

Would you consider the Inokom Matrix as a car with good fuel consumption, reliable, and not underpowered?
Because the majority of people I know consider the car underpowered, so they drive the car harder which in turn the doesn't give back good fuel consumption.

2013 Nissan X-Gear - this is the new just facelifted model, looks great isn't it? Basically they shrunk the Grand Livina abit and did away with the rear row of seats so this car is a smaller 5 seater (doesn't have rear aircond blowers like the Livina) but that's okay since its like a normal sedan format for seating the cabin cools pretty quickly. At around RM85k being a C-segment crossover is a very very good deal, it has the high seating position you like, plus reliable Nissan engine -- talking about the engine it is only 1600cc compared to the Grand Livina which has a 1800cc engine but with the X-Gear being smaller and lighter I don't find it underpowered but then again there would be people that say it is underpowered, those are the people that would always complain of underpowered issue but will never pay for a powerful car like VW Golf GTI so better go test drive yourself and judge for yourself

Merc is always cheaper to maintain than BMW/Audi.
Audi would depend on which model as certain models share alot of common parts with VW/Skoda so cheaper.
Can't expect a good car and prestige car to have cheapo maintenance like a japanese econobox, that's the reality.

Erm for 10k you can't get any new car, unless that's just the deposit.
Perodua cars are pretty good for small size people.
Though I think for safety reasons you should get something better.
Are you the type of girl that won't care for the car just leave it to your dad?

For a BMW? Nope if there are a few niggling issues.
Full service record at reputable 3S is a must.

Please read here and here and here and finally here.

When you go and view the car make sure you get to start the engine from a cold start to see if it has this issue.


Not too sure what you mean.
You're looking for Suprima or something else as an alternative for the budget given?

bro, im asking how is the maintainence for vios= = ".. its the cheapest i can afford for a sedan

i refuse to answer because you didn't even bother to go toyota's website

This post has been edited by zenix: Oct 9 2013, 11:25 AM

Of course not. I will take care of my car lol... plus I am going use this car for practice..
I think Perodua cars is fine with me. How about ViVa?

If the budget is around 20k to 30k, what kind of car I should get?

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2013 Perodua Viva 660M - if you can handle a manual transmission then you can give this a shot, considering its almost your full budget for such a basic car you might think it is not worth it but this can't be helped the market is such we can't change that unless everyone stops buying cars for a year to force the government or car companies to make them cheaper else buying cars is always going to be a loss to everyone. Anyway, this is a basic A to B car, don't expect much just barely passing all minimum requirements set by the government for cars. If you value your life (which I think you do) don't buy such crap eventhough its new, better buy something used which gives you better value, of course some might say used car is problem car, well not all new cars are problem free anyway so its about equal. I'd rather feel safe in a car I drive everyday.

2007 Toyota Avanza 1.3 - now we move into used Japanese cars as something like this would be a good buy because it is not very old made in 2007 (that's about 6 years old which normal age for people to trade-in their cars for something new), its a very common car (common cars means more shops going to stock parts for it and it would be cheaper due to economics of scale), and slightly safer to be in than a Viva. Granted it is very ugly but at least you have something big, so even if someone bangs into your rear there is a huge buffer space before it reaches you....ipsofacto....its safer....another good point for having a big car for girls is bigger cars then to have better driving visibility because you sit higher on the road and of course bigger cars tend to not get bullied on the road as much as smaller cars.

2005 Nissan Sentra 1.8SG - around this price range it is quite common to find the Sentra's with 1600cc engines but getting the 1800cc one would be better because the engine is more powerful and more fuel efficient. Sentra is a very long lived model as it is still in production until today so you don't have to worry about the car going obsolete and can't find parts for it anymore.

I did have a few more in my mind but I thought they would require additional car knowledge and willingless to learn to keep the car in shape so it won't get faulty to cause you a huge bill at the workshop, so I think above is a good spread for your thoughts.

A local brand new car but relatively not so safe and small.
A japanese brand used MPV but bigger and taller.
A japanese brand used sedan which is powerful but still light on your pocket.

Yup something similar to suprima, or slightly bigger like Preve. Not too big like Accord or Mercedes E Class

Preve and Suprima are very very good value buys if you don't mind the brand Proton.

Is turbo a must?
Size must be c-segment?

thanks for tips!
I'm happy when you mentioned Toyota Avanza.. because back then, it was my dreams to have it lol~ that's good point as it have better driving visibility
By the way I have question for you; you said, "Though I think for safety reasons you should get something better."
What do you mean?

LOL! Why is it your dream car?

Toyota Avanza at least got crash tested and got 4 stars...


What does Perodua Viva have?

toyota.. sedan type if possible..

im asking about maintaining a vios now >_>

lol over-budget le.. any brand recond around price 60k~70k?

Hyoooomiiinn!!!

1. Brand - Any brand

2. Budget - Under 60k

3. New/Used/Unreg - New/Used.

4. Specs - Anything

5. Transmission - Auto

6. NA or FI ? (NA = Natural Aspirated, FI = Forced-induction aka Turbocharged/Supercharged) -

7. Type - 4 seater

8. Remarks - Currently driving Myvi 2007 1.3 full spec... am considering to trade in my car for any new launch car. Actually am looking for good fuel consumption car.

Any recommend?

Well, I like it because it's bigger and taller~ so I could carry few people and luggage

Ah.. now I get it why Viva doesn't have. I always thought it have airbag and guess I was wrong~
anyway thank you very much~

Hi bro, that's the recon car ? Means we can get new car rate as well?