Yup, I think I will probably wait until January next year, cause hope to get a new car for CNY. I am also eyeing the Alto, which I saw your previous post about it. I know the main issue is still about the lack of service center, but would you recommend this over Myvi?

actually many do.
depending on how your SA does the deal.

Mirage and Alto are of a different class from Myvi.
Myvi is B-segment, the other two are A-segment.

Safety: Mirage got ABS/EBD/5 star safety ANCAP, Alto got ABS/EBD/BA/3 star safety NCAP
Value: Mirage 1year free maintenance 3year warranty, Alto 5 year warranty

Both are smaller but give greater value, plus you're not fetching 5 people all the time why waste fuel?

Maintenance for the Mirage is listed here. I've listed the Alto above, you can compare the two.

Guys,
Company getting me a car...the catch is...i will hv to maintain it myself...
thus i'm looking for some car that is low in maintenance as well as economical fuel consumption as well. Appreciate ur feedback...
1. Brand : Any
2. Budget : otr 100k-120k
3. New/Used/Unreg : New
4. Specs : Any
5. Transmission : Any
6. NA or FI :  any
7. Type : any
8. Remarks : Looking for cars that is economical in maintenance and economical fuel consumption.

hi, to apply full loan
i do need a payslip right?
what if i just found a job and need a car to drive and dun have payslip?

The maintenance list that you provided is excellent, I have always wondered how much the maintenance would cost. Like you said for reliability wise, its better to take Myvi than i10, so how about Alto? I really don't mind a smaller car, as long as it is worth it. Doesn't Alto comes with free maintenance?

1. Brand : non-national (not proton or perodua)
2. Budget : region of around 85k-90k plus minus
3. New/Used/Unreg : New
4. Specs : Auto. <1.6L.
5. Type : Sedan/Hatch
6: Requirements: Comfort for daily Seremban-Cheras (130km) to work. Good resale value. Will loan only for 5 yrs and buy new car. Very good fuel consumption. Safety (VSA is advisable)

Any recommendation?
TQ

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This is a WHAT-CAR-TO-BUY thread for everyone out there that need recommendations on buying a NEW / USED VEHICLES...
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http://kereta.info/how-to-buy-a-used-car-g...sed-car-dealer/
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http://www.ontheroad.com.my/classifieds.php
http://www.mudah.my/li?cg=1020&w=3&th=1
http://www.star-motoring.com/
http://www.carlist.my/
http://www.autoworld.com.my/v2/usedcar/default.asp
http://autobizz.com.my/
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Not too sure about current deal for Alto will have any free maintenance deal or not.
You can always check when you pop into the 3S for a visit.

I10, Alto and Mirage all are about the same.
They're A-segment cars.
Imported CBU.
Better spec than your average Viva/Myvi, but may not boast the same engine capacity.
3S/SC limited.
Resale value usually quite bad but since it is already cheap it cannot really depreciate much, probably Mirage is better in this than the rest.

Brand : any
2. Budget : 60k
3. New/Used/Unreg : Used
4. Specs : Any
5. Transmission : any
6. Remarks : anything above year 2010, i saw peugeot 308t is range around this price.izzit a good buy??

1. Brand : Anything as long it's japanese
2. Budget : 60-80k
3. New/Used/Unreg : Doesnt matter
4. Specs : anything
5. Transmission : Auto
6. Remarks : considering either a vios J, 2 year old vios G, city S , swift Gl or attrage. any opinions?
thanks!

What is the price for a recond is250 lexus?

I think Alto have not yet comes with free maintenance from the sales agent advertisement I saw at mudah and oto, about the current Perodua RM1K rebate for fresh graduate and RM2K rebate for Myvi, will it continue until Jan? The sales agent said will end at December, although i don't really buy it, so wondering how the rebate would be for CNY.

The Alto deal is stated in their website.
There would be another deal for CNY.
Right now they trying to clear all the older 2013 stocks as soon as possible.
Although in January you'd probably get made in 2013 stocks but they're newer ones.

So usually the CNY deal will be as big as the year end sale also right? Actually Is it worth to get the i10 1.25 Kappa version if compared with the 1.1 Epsilon?

not too sure.
never really bothered with their technology.
i suppose the newer one is better.

2013 Suzuki Alto - for your budget I think you mean the Alto instead of Swift, correct? Swift is much more expensive. Alto is a basic car as far as Japanese are concerned but it is their export quality car so it is no doubt better than a Perodua Viva. It has a good chassis, Euro NCAP 3 stars (as oppose to Perodua Viva no stars and untested), safety equipment is front 2 airbags, ABS, EBD and Brake Assist, and 5 years warranty. Its a good and decent package for a new car of this range (normally even ABS also don't have). Maintenance wise you can look up the cost structure here. I think for a lady driver which isn't too concerned on performance and looks -- mainly looking for easy of maintenance and cost effective this would be a good choice -- no need to worry so much coz got 5 years warranty so just pump petrol and use then when reach mileage for service interval just drive to service center and let them settle no need any car knowledge. One issue though is there aren't too many 3S/SC so do find one in your neighbourhood and check it out for yourself before commiting.

Another car in the same range is the Mitsubishi Mirage, more or less similar specs and package but a tad more expensive.
You can make the deal with the dealer on your parents behalf but they will be the ones signing the paper.