Oh, 1 more thing. The rear windscreen sun shade is manually operated . I'm 27 and from my previous posting, you can see my 508 was decorated for wedding ceremony, so yeah I'm married, just

WOW!!! Congrate bro!!!! wish u a happy happy married life
how does it feel to be a paired now?
And nice decoration by the way.. and nice choose of the deco color, really suit the car

wait manually operated? like u have to climb to the back seat and pull it up? I know the rear seat window shades are manually operated...

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Added on April 2, 2012, 3:20 pmoh, by the way, I was lookin through the pic ur posted, I like the piano black finishing around the gear shift

This post has been edited by williamhltdudu: Apr 2 2012, 03:20 PM

hehehe....williamdudu, best you test drive both cars but something tells me you will definitely take the kia optima.

sure, I'll def test drive both cars whenever I can...

but still there are few bad things I dont like bout optima:
1) the quality I hav heard, is not as good as 508,
2) quite a lot of problem I hav heard from optima already
3) the interior is not as gud as 508

From the pic, I thought the 508 looks very elegant compared to optima... but then I found out actually length wise, they both are similar... so as of now, frankly speaking, in my mind, none them is superior to another...

How much do u earn? How many properties do u have?

am just a newbie entering the society la... between 3-6k la..
properties... not yet

u? cybermaster

Hope m not stepping into the wrong car category..

This post has been edited by williamhltdudu: Apr 2 2012, 04:16 PM

Bro, dont u think these 2 cars are a bit over the top for you? I think u should focus on buying properties. Cars are a losing commodity and as i mentioned on the Optima forum, if ure not earning at least RM8K per month and have at least 1 property, u should give this car a miss. Your time to own a d segment will come later. U still have your whole life ahead of you. Dont get caught up in all this hype.

Ive been earning a 5 figure salary since 2006 and driving a 2003 Vios 1.5E till today. I have 2 prime properties in KL and its only now in 2012 that im finally thinking of upgrading while looking for my 3rd property to invest.

No offence to you. Just my humble advice.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Apr 2 2012, 04:24 PM

quite an awesome life u hav now
Quite true la... but this is goin to be a present from my parents, they are goin to pay half and let me pay the rest la...
how old are u now?

Tats y hav u seen me asking around people's age ma... tat will indirectly tells which salary category this car belongs to (well, not 100% accurate though)...

This post has been edited by williamhltdudu: Apr 2 2012, 04:36 PM

Wah can get such present from parents eh? Good on you then. Well im just above 30.

Wow.. above 30 already getting 5 figure salary/mnth.. u've been workin hard

but only one la... cause this is like a late 'graduation gift' from my parents...

I dont know man, may be optima suits me better la, cause most owners of 508 are in their late 20s to 30s....

But lets see.... I still yet to test drive both cars... I'll make a definite decision after I have seen and drive both cars myself... thx for the help guys... esp sleepy for providing so much useful infos.. appreicated..

This post has been edited by williamhltdudu: Apr 2 2012, 08:13 PM

I started with 5 figures when i was <30.

Instead of a car, why dont u use that gift money and put downpayment for a property? Thats more worth than a car. Get a simple car but go for property. U wont regret. Ive already made more than 500K in the past 3 years in property appreciation.

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Apr 3 2012, 11:39 AM

awesome!!! now this is what i call a successful career. very sound advise there bro..

5 figure from <30yrs? well... it sounds successful... but to be honest, its quite rare in m'sia I guess...
As for property... hmm... my parents hav already planned it up properly (the one good thing when ur parents are still around )... I dont know much la... so far I know for penang, the house price had been dropping for at least the past 3-4 yrs already (am saying generally), dunno about KL... So instead my parents have been investing in NZ housing properties (they had made >NZD 1 mil in 6yrs in the appre., prices still raising plus the rents), and apart from few houses in m'sia they hav been invested a lot in palm oil (>100Acres) in m'sia... I think the most stable income in m'sia is the Palm oil land... Housing properties, m not so confident in it so far (may be because m hardly in m'sia)...

Its not like I can behave like a spoiled brat... I'll def try my best to earn my own money and my own investment, but in the meantime, I think I can also make use of some fun as well

Appreciated for ur advices

Glad that I did not wait for the Camry 2012 but got a 508 instead. For those of you who waited for the Camry 2012, please read the review at Finance Twitter. More expensive, less power, old design, etc. Priced at RM 183,000 for a conservative design?

You should know, ppl buy camry because it's a Toyota. Only thing good about it is some reliability and good resale value

There are no more reliability in UMW Toyota unit... except unlocalized CBU unit direct from Japan. I have lost faith in new Japanese models by our local tycoon (UMW, HM, ETCM) and don't have much faith in Koreans yet as well.

This post has been edited by dstl1128: Apr 4 2012, 07:46 AM

Since your parents are successful, no reason why u cant be as well. Learn to stand on your own 2 feet. Being young is not an excuse. I started off earning just RM1,700 per month and i was also paying RM800 for my new Wira back then. Still i never took a cent from my parents not because they couldnt afford to give but because i didnt want to parade around in something which was not of my own hard work. If i couldnt afford something because of my lower earning capacity back then, i just didnt get it. Simple as that. Personally, i dont see why our parents should support us in any way once we start working.

If it was me in your shoes, i would rather drive a smaller Vios paid 100% by me rather than drive a much bigger car paid for by my parents. You can see many young ppl in KL driving around in big cars. What do you think when u see them? Usually we say 'ya la he can drive that cuz his parents are rich' right? Most will feel envious but how many will have respect? And even if they did have respect, how much is it for you? I would rather drive something which ppl will say 'ya le he can drive that because he is successful in his career' cuz then the credit is mine alone. I know many wont agree but its a matter of philosophy.

I drove a Vios since 2003 and despite moving into the 5 figure bracket in 2006, i still chose to continue using my Vios till now. Yes i could have afforded a much bigger car. Even now i can easily afford to move into the big league of BMW, Audi, etc but i decided against it as cars are a losing commodity and i didnt think i am at that level yet.

Anyway, the choices you make are yours alone. All i hope is for you to make the correct ones. Cheers!

This post has been edited by cybermaster98: Apr 4 2012, 09:12 AM

You made a right choice in buying the 508. the new camry price is just incredibly high without any wow factor or great things thrown in.

Very well said!! Respect

Nicely said, bro. Those are words of gold .... but sadly not every young buyer knows how to appreciate it. I'm within the 5 figures earning bracket and I too emphasize on investing in the right assets. Fancy cars can come later.