White always looks good only when its new and clean. But for daily use, the silver is the best. Silver has a 2 tone effect. Looks really great at night. The white looks good when its under semi shade. But in the glaring sun and at night, it looks just like plain white.

White is also the most difficult to maintain. Need to always have it clean or else its gonna look bad. Trust me. Ive got friends who drive white cars and they actually regret getting white. They said in the beginning they used to wash often but later found its not practical. So when the washing frequency drops, the white really starts to look crappy.

The silver is the best selling color now. Im sure there's a reason for that. I would advise you to go for silver. Its everlasting and gives the car an executive look.

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Added on March 10, 2012, 7:52 amIt was reported on the Toyota Japan website.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Mar 10 2012, 07:52 AM

Although it looks good...But how about the resale value? I saw some owner posting adv at mudah selling their kia 2.0 - 2006 model selling at RM28,888 of which its depreciate around RM20,000 per year. I just wonder If the new Optima K5 value will drop to the same after 5 yrs or 7 yrs loan lol?????

Resale value is dependent on demand. When there is demand, the value will be good. You cannot compare with older generation Kia's. They are totally different. Just look at the Kia Forte. Its enjoying good sales and its resale value is good. It has the best resale value among the Korean cars and its only about 10% lower than rival Jap models.

Also for D segment cars, the difference in resale value is not much different between the various brands after 7 yrs. D segment cars do not hold their value as well as C segment simply because of demand. If you compare a 2003 Camry with a 2003 Sonata, ull see that the difference is only about 15% but u must take into account the higher original selling price of the Camry. So when u do the math, ull see that the final resale value doesnt differ much.

OMG..am i hearing this FROM THE CYBERMASTER..
Well time can do indeed change people

BTW..dont sell your vios la..have both cars

anyone know the price for sierra glow done on optima k5?

i'm not good in speculate resale value but previous kia & hyundai model mmg outdated... the look & design are not cun at all... even new but not latest model like elantra x20 and i10...
dun talk about old sonata or optima... lagi buruk giler... so if no one interested, the resale will drop...
but if K5 drop 20k per year than is good sign for me to buy a 2nd hand K5 in 2014...

That 2006 optima if sell rm20000 pun i dont want...but if new optima drop price like crazy for 2nd hand value...definitely i will trade in with my forte...but i dont think the new generation kia will drop price like previous generation....
From my 2 years experience with my forte...I'm confident to continue my ride with this new optima after this...maby about 2 years more..

Got my bright silver unit yesterday. (My buying & collection process experience, was poor compared to 6yrs ago when I got my vios -so much better. Bottom line is, the SA to the Branch Mgr... They'll sucks.)

Saw my ODO at 65km, I guess it was ok. Drove up to kl last nite and man.... I just love the car. The cruise control very responsive.

good for u alh
i was more like aiming for under 100K kia forte
but lets see how it goes frist ...

I wish I got ur SA man.......

where u got urs from?
the only logical way i can think of is, good SA probably will go to toyota or honda or those AP/recon car seller, coz there, they will get better sales volume and commission, compare to kia or hyundai or lower volume sales company..

tried the alarm, and YES, there is alarm...

anyone checked their car tyre pressure after collection ?
i think it is dangerous that the tyre got pre-pressured to 370kpa for mine..

Got mine from nazakia JB. Don't ever go there. U can accept if there's slacks in the tech knowledge.. but cust service ?? It's ur bloody job man!

How did u tried the alarm?

Damn I forgot bout the tyre pressure. I read its the other day. Thanks for reminding. Btw, where to get a good tint 3m or v-kool in subang? What's the price? Where did u get yours done?

for V-Kool, i called few shops for V-Kool Elite...Tint Shop subang, V-kool official store at PJ, and Dragon Sound Auto Accessories in Klang...the latter being my previous cars tint installer...both Tint Shop and official store quote rm2800 with 10% loyalty discount. And Dragon offer me RM1800. And i havent got it done yet, planning this coming monday. And additional cost if u wanna add the sunroof tints. 3M, dunno.

alarm.... i lock my wife inside, then move away with the smart key...wife then manually unlock from inside, and it triggers the alarm, horns aloud..not really loud thou

This post has been edited by K5WHITE: Mar 10 2012, 11:16 AM

Yes bro, i am the same guy and i still look up to Toyota. But i think they need to start giving us more specs for the prices we are paying.

Still where did u get ur tint done? Anything that should be extra careful? Need to find tint shop that has done k5 b4.

[quote=cybermaster98,Mar 10 2012, 07:50 AM]
White always looks good only when its new and clean. But for daily use, the silver is the best. Silver has a 2 tone effect. Looks really great at night. The white looks good when its under semi shade. But in the glaring sun and at night, it looks just like plain white.

White is also the most difficult to maintain. Need to always have it clean or else its gonna look bad. Trust me. Ive got friends who drive white cars and they actually regret getting white. They said in the beginning they used to wash often but later found its not practical. So when the washing frequency drops, the white really starts to look crappy.

The silver is the best selling color now. Im sure there's a reason for that. I would advise you to go for silver. Its everlasting and gives the car an executive look.

Ya, thanks for the explaination ,I also decided sliver K5 last night..
Will get my car next week

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Added on March 10, 2012, 12:25 pm[quote=michspc,Mar 10 2012, 07:53 AM]
Although it looks good...But how about the resale value? I saw some owner posting adv at mudah selling their kia 2.0 - 2006 model selling at RM28,888 of which its depreciate around RM20,000 per year. I just wonder If the new Optima K5 value will drop to the same after 5 yrs or 7 yrs loan lol?????

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bro, i have same mind as u before , but dont forget , optima 2006 that time does not selling 143K .. is just around 100k or below . so, depresation is ard 10k a year .. most of the car are same

This post has been edited by DJSoo: Mar 10 2012, 12:25 PM

I've just checked mine, 340kpa all round. I lower it immediately.

Looks like our optima community is thriving.

I went to Naza Kia puchong. And for the Sierra glow.. I think bro zrill was saying the price around rm700 for k5.

Hmmm... Maybe I should get silver instead of white if silver really last longer than white.

not suppose to be more freebies meh ?
heheheh

Bro, stock HID bulbs are only 4300K?

8000K-10000K would look smashing!

Won't you risk voiding the warranty?