Hey guys,

I need some suggestions. Please help. I'm a fresh grad starting a job soon, which requires a bit of travelling. I live in Sri Petaling, and the office is in PJ near UM. So sooner or later I would need to get a car.

My budget is anything less than RM30k. Of course, the cheaper the better. I have to cut down on the monthly payment as I have other commitments (loans).

I don't mind local cars or imported ones, used or brand new. I just need the car to get from my house to my work place (with some leisure in between).

Sadly, I'm too used to driving auto, so I'd only consider auto cars.

The main priority is the car should have good FC, the maintenance should be low, and free from problems that will require me to spend more money to fix (very reliable).

I'd prefer 4 doors, over 2 doors. Doesn't matter hatchback or sedan.

So any suggestion?

I thought about getting 2nd hand local cars (proton or perodua), maybe gen2 or saga. Is this advisable? I've heard bad things about them, but hey, they're cheap.

Any other alternatives?

Thanks for any input.

Hi cracksys,

Thanks for your suggestion. Any particular reason to avoid gen2/blm and go for waja instead?

Yeah, I've actually read about gen2 problems. I don't think I'd mind about the power, I'd be using it mainly to go to work on a daily basis. If the car is 1.6 does it mean it consumes more fuel than a 1.3 car?