I went to another showroom to see the Grey 508. I must say the more i see and sit in the 508, the more i like it. This time i brought some friends who were equally disappointed with the Passat 1.8. And they were really impressed with the 508. The specs in the 508 are truly top class. Sitting in the driver's seat surely gives u a false sense of driving a BMW 5 series or Audi.

Did u know it also has an Intelligent Airbag System? Only airbags at the point of impact deploy and you can also have secondary deployment for 2nd impact thanks to a power reservoir which lasts about 15 mins after first impact and fuel cut off. Cool eh? 

The touch sensor on the doors are also really cool. Imagine locking and winding up your windows just by moving the palm of your hand across the inner door handle. 

Nope. If uve read my previous posts, u would have seen that im not really impressed with the upcoming Camry. Quite disappointed. Plus i dont think im prepared to wait till mid next year. So yes im giving this Peugeot some serious thought. Go check out the car in person. Ull be impressed.

Almost booked the car just now. But without a proper test-drive, I think its not a good idea to go all out blindly. So the SA suggested me to test a 3008 (same engine/gb but heavier). Acceleration is there albeit a bit of delay (turbo lag?), but still the gear shifting isnt smooth. Shifts feels jerky, even when not gunning the throttle. So I'm holding my horses.

But then the 3008 mileage is already 5k+ mileage and is not serviced (the spanner icon pop-up). So I asked for a 308 to test. 308 is 1400km, and feels smoother, but still the jerky shift can still be felt.

I'm confused now. Could this be same case as BMW 320d and 520d? Both uses the same engine and transmission. But in the 320d shifts are jerky while the 520d is silky smooth

Supposedly immediately upon loan approval (promised by SA). If not immediate, I'll just cancel it. Im taking the aluminium color. Interest rate is from 2.5 to 2.6. So I'm trying to get loan from multiple bank see which one offer the lowest rate.
Hopefully not la. I've visit some SG forum and so far all praises and no complains from owners, yet. Btw the 207 has really bad build quality. I've spent some time in the showroom to take a closer look at the 207. Everything inside looks pretty low quality, looks worse than proton

Hi,

Would like to say that I have booked a 508 myself. Aluminium. I have been looking for a D segment car for a few years. Have not found one until the 508. Was waiting for the Accord 2 years back and, when the car was launched, it was a total disappointment. The price was quite high and the car is basically "kosong". Conservative design, ugly rear light with the typical Japanese circular lights, and the "Ah Beng" transparent plastic light housing. There is a display screen which is getting common nowadays but no GPS, no DVD player - basically the screen is for the radio display. There is no trip computer which was a huge disappointment. I thought I was being a bit picky but my opinion was confirmed by a review in the Paul Tan website which compared the Accord to the Camry and the Teana. Basically, I thought that Honda Malaysia has been taking the local people for granted for offering a "kosong" car.

For the current Camry, it was quite a nice car but not nice enough for me to part with RM175k when it was first launched. I was looking forward to the new Camry but was a bit disappointed with the exterior. Looked so conservative. Very typical Japanese. Looking at the steering wheel, with the two round control knobs on each side, makes me cringe.

As for the Teana, the looks alone is enough to put me off. Furthermore, looking at the interior with the vertical dashboard, I can never see myself putting down the money for a Nissan. Nissan always give me the impression that the car is very "hollow" - with little sound insulation. My previous Nissan has a roof which transmit all the sound of the raindrops into the cabin.

I was quite impressed with the Madza 6 which is fully imported from Japan. The build quality is impressive. However, the price was in the RM 180k range so I thought it did not deserve any consideration, knowing the crazy car prices with the so-called AP system.

Quite disappointed with Japanese cars with the bulbous exterior instead of the sculptured look. The common circular rear light design favoured by the Japanese (and the Korean) as seen in the current facelift Altis and the Accord is tasteless, in my opinion.

Now to the 508. I have been following the 508 since it first appeared in the news. Saw a few on the road in Singapore a few months back. Was impressed with the claw design of the rear lights. Original, bold and interesting. Not the typical Japanese rounded lights or the boring shapeless rear light cluster.

The shape of the 508 is a bit conservative, I must admit, but still has the sculptured look of a continental car. The rear is impressive, though some reviewers said it looked plain. I like the way the boot lid integrates into the rear bumper. Looked so good as compared with some Japanese design.

The interior is of course impressive - almost the class of the Audi, BMW, etc. I like the head-up display on the polycarbonate screen. Something the Japanese will never come up with, I think. The two display gauges for speedometer and rev counter are impressive, clear as the optitron display in a Toyota. This is very important to me as I hate to see display which has uneven lighting. The keyless alarm is impressive. Another impressive feature is the silent interior, according to the reviewers. Well-manufactured cars should have good insulation. I understand that the current Accord is quite noisy because the insulation was reduced to save weight. The only slight disappointment is the bonnet release which is on the left hand side instead of the driver's side.

The doors are solid. But, to test further, I did the slam test on the doors with the windows winded down halfway. The sound is still solid without the glass panels rattling. I did the same for my current Toyota Altis and the glass rattles like hell. Very hollow sound when I slam the doors.

I did look at the Passat but with RM 185k for a plain-looking car, it is definitely a no-go.

Overall, quite satisfied and so I decided to book the car even without a test drive. We can cancel the booking without any penalty later on. This is my first continental car purchase. Yes, I have heard and read horror stories about the quality and depreciation of the continental cars. Not to mention the poor service from the service centres. But I was not impressed with the service centre of the Japanese cars either. When I had to change a steering problem in my Altis in Singapore, I had to go to the service centre 3 times before the problem was fixed. Similarly, I was not impressive with the Honda service in Malaysia for my Accord.

I thought about the 1.6 litre turbo engine for the 508. On paper, it does not looked very impressive. But, I understand that the unit was designed with inputs from BMW and it has won some awards as well. I don't drive fast so the engine should be more than adequate for me.

So, hopefully, the experience of getting a continental car will be a rewarding one.

Guys, I got confirmation today. My car is coming next week Already registered with WWA xxxx plate

Kampung pandan. You?

Bingo, the other buyer couldnt secure a loan

Bingo, the other buyer couldnt secure a loan

I'm hearing the same thing from SA as well. Hope to get my aluminium colored 508 within this week What color is yours?

Huhu, car is coming out tomorrow in late afternoon. But too bad I'll be out of KL for a meeting with customer. Try to rush back before the showroom closes.

Btw, I'm getting free gifts. Hehe

Bro, here's a teaser

SPCX, did you get the same bunch of freebies as Sleepy?
Trying to see if all branches practicing the same or different. 

TTDI seem to be very kedekut with their gifts, even the full fuel tank is being position as a super-duper-ultra-nice gesture that you should feel eternally grateful to them for it.   

Today i went to spare part shop to buy wear n tear parts for my altis. Talked to the experience shop operator about recent invasion of conti car in msia, he said nice to drive than japanese car but be prepared to fork out tons of money to maintain after 5 years. Msia weather is not suitable for conti car. He added further volks passat side mirror can cost up to 6k if damage n getting a new one. After listening his story, i called up my camry salesman. Guess what, he can overtrade my 5 years old altis at 63k excluding the current promo by toyata such as 1st year insurance 4.5k, free premium tinted 2.3k. Overall, i have about 14.8k discount. Dont u think is a good deal?

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Added on November 29, 2011, 11:49 pmToday i went to spare part shop to buy wear n tear parts for my altis. Talked to the experience shop operator about recent invasion of conti car in msia, he said nice to drive than japanese car but be prepared to fork out tons of money to maintain after 5 years. Msia weather is not suitable for conti car. He added further volks passat side mirror can cost up to 6k if damage n getting a new one. After listening his story, i called up my camry salesman. Guess what, he can overtrade my 5 years old altis at 63k excluding the current promo by toyata such as 1st year insurance 4.5k, free premium tinted 2.3k. Overall, i have about 14.8k discount. Dont u think is a good deal?

Erm, to be fair I'd like to say the sweet talk and all the problem I faced has nothing to do with my SA. There's some internal bickering within Nasim that leads to all the delays I'm facing.

Some escalation here and there, I get my car earlier