Defeat the purpose of buying hybrid in the first place. wanted to save FC but pay for conversion..

That is bcoz many freshie buy new car base on waht ever monthly installment they can pay ONLY. they never calculated the overhead such as maintenance, fuel, insurance, roadtax. and many other stuff in life

lancer @ inspira also 5 star what .. but base on 7 airbag
local insights how many airbag?

i am quite sure ..
chasis is the main support is not like u can cut cost from there.
mitsubishi didnt even allow proton to touch any of the chassis and engine parts until last minutes for the absorber setting only.

milo tin or not .. i think u really have not much ideas on car.. if u look at those door panel and stuff.. its exactly the same .. even those parts are soften to reduce impact ..

i use to have access to proton db .. thats why i know what the 40% roughly is ..
normal malaysian thinking .. expensive = good ... cheap sure cut many things .. but do remember its a car .. if mitsu allows proton to ALTER the chassis why not just allow them to use the CAMPRO engines... a lot cheaper the cost rite ?

anyway n00b123 --->
http://www.honda.co.uk/cars/insight/

check it out ..
they have

Side Airbags
Curtain Airbags

So do u still think malaysia insights NCAP 5 star ??


This post has been edited by K3nnYkl82: Oct 2 2011, 04:35 PM

http://www.honda.com.my/insight/detail/majorequipment/

if u look at malaysia one .. it is only with front 2 airbags..
even inspira comes with dual stage airbags but we dont consider it NCAP 5 star bcoz lancer has 7 airbags (not malaysia version) ..
removing the airbag sure will lower down the NCAP rating..

opss.s.. out of topic .. hahaha

btw n00b ... NCAP is base on euro spec.. i have check all EURO spec comes with side airbags and head airbags .. the ALL MODELS doesnt apply to MYR one as only 2 front airbag .. summore single stage ..

http://insight.honda.com.au/about-the-car_safety.aspx

The Insight is equipped with a comprehensive set of 6 airbags as standard. Upfront airbags protect the driver and passenger in more ways than one. Not only do they provide cushioning in the event of a collision, they're also designed to minimise any injury that could be caused by the airbags themselves. Full-length curtain airbags round off the Insight's impressive airbag package.

This post has been edited by K3nnYkl82: Oct 2 2011, 05:00 PM

erm.. i dunno u miss it or dunno how to read ..

Go to the part .. detail of tested car

u actually see it has
Side body airbags
Side head airbags

where malaysia version dun have..

a simple logic .... if i take a insight from japan .. remove all the airbags.. i can still call it ncap 5 star ?

its okay ..

malaysian car are always like tat.. they remove to save cost.
but anyway .. the NCAP can only be applicable for car 2 years old... unless everyone willing to change all the airbags every 2 years.. which i really doubt ..

Calvin,

yes, we all know it is economical .. provided it is in healthy condition.
just look at car battery or laptop battery. It really depends on luck sometimes..
i have used a branded car battery before.. but lasted me 18 months only..
while i use a lousy brand before but lasted me 3 years!!

and with our local temperature which goes cold and hot .. which is the worse condition for batteries. You can hardly know how long it last .. if you are unlucky, u end up fork out more then u wish to .. its a gamble i would says.

i would gamble on something more solid .. yea .. we know petrol price will go up .. but i do put my gamble on them .. coz in malaysia there are still a lot of poor ppl whom needs transport.. no matter how, the G will subsidise the petrol bcoz if they increase too much .. ppl will makes a lot of noise especially those poor one
there are a lot ppl earn very less

[quote=IpohLad,Oct 2 2011, 06:23 PM]
Yes I do agreed theres a lot of people rely on transports. But the government will end the sub soon or later just like any other gov unless you in middle east country where they have endless oil (end soon). Do Malaysia gov really care about the poor people? I dont know because I never live there as an adult but soon find out.

Talk about cold and hot in Malaysia is no match to the Western country is there? My Prius battery survived -10c to 30c all year round since 2006 after 216000 km and it still running like gold. Yes some battery do die early I must admitted that, but it will depend on how the local dealers or franchises. In this case Honda Malaysia is F*** up customer service. If this happend in the UK then Honda will never sell car here again. Honda & Toyota get the top customer service in the Western country. People who manage this brands in Malaysia should work on their customer service & they really want to sell Hybrid there, they should give customer at least 5 yrs warranty on the battery no 3 yrs.

Do some study in the EU petrol price. Same thing, people dont believe in hybrid when it first launched in 99-00.
Now you dont lose any money on hybrid secondhand market especially petrol cost £1.36 (RM6.6) a litre.
Electric car is the next big thing in the west. Same evolution again started "people dont believe in electric car"
Sadly Malaysia motoring still 10 yrs behind. Because the gov still hugging the crapy old Proton.

Ipoh Lad

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Somehow they have too. the percentage of poor is just too great else ppl will protest.. declare emergency.. country economy go down the drain

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so lets see in 5 years time

Good for u

That is what i am thinking too ..
20 years ago i play Gameboy with 4xAA battery .. that cost me RM2.50 ..
now 4x AA everyday also like RM5 jo ..
dun say china one la

u know what.. my fren teach me this geh ..
get a hybrid.. drive 4 years ++ .. sell it ..
give ur problem to other ppl .. lolz
then get another new one

possible .. my fren is from a wealthy family .. that is his practice thou .. 5 years .. sell ..
but we poor ppl no choice.. have to have budget only change car 1 ma

not only inspira has 2 airbags.. most car have only 2 .. even the civic's 1.8 comes with dual only
to get more then 2 .. cars nearly 150k ..
the only 2 cars i know offering lots of airbags is forte and fiesta for its price
and u have to replace the airbags every 2 years to make sure it is effective