Hi, can anyone kindly recommend what car shall I get for traveling between home and working place (distance from home ~ 30km)?

1. Brand : Proton, Perodua (open to suggestion)
2. Budget : 10-12k
3. New/Used/Unreg : Used
4. Specs : -
5. Transmission : Manual
6. NA or FI : ???
7. Type : 4 seater
8. Remarks : my main considerations are reliability and low maintenance cost =)


Thanks in advance.

1. Brand : Proton Iswara / Proton Wira / Daihatsu Espri / Open to suggestion
2. Budget : < RM 12 k
3. New/Used/Unreg : Used
4. Specs : < 1.5l
5. Transmission : Manual
6. NA or FI : either
7. Type : 4 seaters
8. Remarks : mostly concern about the FC and cost of maintenance

Hi all, wanna ask for advice for getting a decent 2nd hand car mainly used to go to work. I need to travel about 50-60km per day (90% highway), and most probably will stick to this car for the upcoming 2-3 years. What I have in mind right now is either choosing an Iswara (around year 99-00), Wira (around 95-97), or Daihatsu Espri (around 94-96). I kinda like the appearance and also the upgrade potential for the espri, but prior to making decision I would like to ask, among these cars:

1) Which of them is more reliable + easy to maintain.

2) Will the espri have better FC since the stock engine is 1.0 and the others are at least 1.3 ?

3) Any other choice? The Mazda Astina falls within the budget as well, but the feedback from the forum is not that good. What about Toyota SE?




This post has been edited by YS_yongmou: Mar 31 2010, 08:46 PM