So uh, fellas, I took the plunge.

In about 3-4 weeks time, my 2012 Perodua Myvi Extreme 1.5 will arrive..., in manual transmission trim.

Maybe I'm nuts, but I have a gut feeling that says all this fuss about "auto is needed in KL traffic jam" is pure laziness. So I got a manual.

So hi, I guess I'm one of you guys now...

P.S. >> This car will be used to ferry customers around. Any chance I can remove that gaudy wing? I like the power and bodykit, but the wing, not so much. Doesn't look that professional.

Anyone with a white Myvi SE wanna swap trunk doors?

This post has been edited by dothackRAVE: Dec 22 2011, 12:07 AM

I wanted the DDINN GPS. Can't get it with a manual on the SE.

3-4 weeks because Perodua has to build it from scratch. The dealer did not stock that many manual Extremes, so they didn't have any by the time I got there. This was the top dealer in KL (friend of my mom), which name I cannot remember. I only know they sell at least 200 something cars every month.

Multimedia unit is not available with an SE manual. If it was, I'd have taken it, and then bought the leather seat covers after the fact for RM1500.

Not sure if I should tell you this..., but I got the Extreme for RM2000 cheaper than their current price (which is already cheaper than MSRP).

That alone covers the leather seat covers and then about 6 months of petrol.

Of course, don't go knocking on the dealer's doors saying someone else got RM2000 off so now you also want RM2000 off.

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I have a question:

The first thing I want to do to my Myvi is to get steel shifter bushings. This was the first thing I did to my wife's Scion xA in the USA, and it made a HUGE difference. As I understand it, the Myvi's shift feeling is very rubbery and vague. I'm guessing it's the rubber bushings they put in there.

Where can I get such a kit? I just came back 2 months ago, and have no idea who are the major manufacturers of aftermarket parts for the Myvi.

Thanks.

Scions have manuals. I am a kaki manual, and all the cars I've ever owned are manuals. From my first car (Mazda RX-8) to my last (Honda S2000), they were all manuals.

When I first met my wife, she got very interested in my obsession with manuals (maybe because I would not shut up about the shittiness of automatics), so she changed her car to a Scion xA manual (from an Oldsmobile Alero V6). Hence how she ended up with a manual.

But you're right, most Americans spit on the manual. I think the statistic was that only 1.8% of all cars in America were manuals?

Cars here are expensive lah.

Over there an RX-8 cost me about RM60,000, and the S2000 also the same. So ridiculously cheap. Even cheaper, my MazdaSpeed6 cost me about RM15,000 with RX-8 as a trade in.

RM60,000 is about the price of a Myvi Extreme 1.5 auto here.

So not much choice. Plus I think the Myvi Extreme 1.5 is very representative of my current financial situation here (entry level executive).

Plus on top of that, when I get my Subaru BR-Z (I WANT ONE SO BADDDD), my wife can take the Myvi.

Fuel cost was higher yes. About US$3.00 per gallon, so about RM2.25 per liter?

And yeah, the reason I traded in my RX-8 was because the transmission and engine were about to go. I raced almost every two weeks for about 3 years with it. Track days, time attack, autocross, drift...



I'm a sane person. If I can't afford a sports car in Malaysia, I know how to be content with a Myvi. And it's all okay.

I wanna work my way up to afford nicer rides anyway. A Myvi is a good entry level car (it was between the Myvi and Inspira, but my mother will NEVER let a Proton sit in our house's driveway).

I like the Myvi anyway. 1.5L, 2300lbs..., why not? It's a good car to learn to drive a slow car fast. And that's what's important to me. I prefer lightweight agile cars. Luxury and the badge are all secondary.

It was about US$3000 for a new engine. Then you add in labor...about 2 days worth. Easily US$3000 extra on top. Damn Americans cost a lot for labor.

So total US$6000, or RM18,000.

Might as well trade in for a new car lah (MazdaSpeed6 was RM15,000, so I already saved RM3000).

I fully intend to deck my Myvi out with UltraRacing bars.

There isn't a difference. It's simple engineering.

What was the Myvi designed to run on? RON95. That means it doesn't matter what octane you pump, as long as it meets the RON95 requirement, it will perform as designed.

Pumping V-Power won't give you ANY performance benefits whatsoever, since the engine was not designed to handle it. The "benefits" you named are nothing more than psychological.

Increasing octane just means that the fuel requires a higher compression to detonate. The engine has a fixed compression designed to handle RON95, so increasing the octane does nothing.

So save yourself some money at the pump next time, bro.