You already got pretty much all the figures settle. The insurance is based on your age as well, under 25 wiould be more expensive. After you are over 25 and above you can get discounts on registration and insurance. Insurance got the usual third party fire and damage, third party only and full coverage.

You can get a free quotation from any insurance company. I got mine from Comm Bank, they gave me student price. Try google around for free quotation on insurance in Australia, just takes 10 mins to fill in the info and get a rough figure.

I bought a junk here in Australia to get me around, I only bought third party insurance
Sydney driver is like KL drivers(aggressive and rude) so if you are buying a Merc i suggest you get full coverage.

Another thing to consider is parking, in Sydney will cost you an arm and a leg if you park or travel anywhere near CBD. 20-30 dollars a day depending where you park.

Maintenance for car in Australia is pretty straight forward, the labor is expensive so prepare 150 dollars for a simple oil and filter change. Spare parts are abundant especially in NSW, just head to the auto wrecker for some chop chop parts, new parts would cost 1000% more.

Oh ya forgot to add, I think there is no point buying a merc with the exchange rate so high. 80k x 3.2 = 256k. It's about the same as buying a new C250 in M'sia. Factor in custom tax, shipping fee etc etc it might cost more than buying one in Malaysia.

This post has been edited by -storm-: Jul 24 2011, 11:18 AM

The price is about right for the full coverage. Imagine my old junk car, the full coverage cost more than the car itself. Lol if accident i rather scrap the car.

If you pay the whole sum for the year you will get a slight discount. They usually very efficient one, they will tell you if you pay quarterly how much you save or lum sum how much you save etc etc.

I wouldn't say it will cost 100k RM to bring back the car,that's a bit too much, if i'm not mistaken student ap got discount on the import tax. Shipping cost i'm not too sure, maybe 5k AUD.

If AUD drops buying a car would be damn cheap for us.