it is more than just features mentioned.
long story cut short, resale value depends on either demand, or market confidence
since honda, toyota rarely sell high demand vehicles here thus great resale value must down to market confidence

market confidence born out of several key performance parameters. hard to crack, durability, easy to maintain, easy to repair, easiness to misuse (k20a haha). those features, especially the safety stuffs could contribute as well but we dont know for sure how people in the past value those airbags, abs, etc etc.

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Added on July 26, 2012, 10:33 pmexcise duty exist for CKD vehicles and if my memory serves me well, for 2.0L car it is about ... 75%? 85%? the other is sales tax which is 10%

i dont know how the arrangement of excise duty to be paid before the car is put for sale. they should have cleared it when CIF value comes out and before the car deported to customers.


This post has been edited by mokhzaini: Jul 26 2012, 10:33 PM

theres something called profit margin.
thats bigger headache. and not be controlled by government of the day.
there is a formula calculating car prices in malaysia. if u care enough to google around, theres an argument about persona and city, which belongs to similar tax bracket, having sticker otr price difference of nearly 50k RM.

so if u are to reduce the tax, there is no stopping for profit margin to be increased. what we need might be a law to bind the profit margin percentage i.e 20% - 30%. however that may violate free trading market somehow.

waiting delivery - tafetta white 2.0S

haha he must have been smiling ears to ears now.
congratulation mannnnnn



there are many whites booked/delivered. i never thought white STILL the in-colour now
silver and white are my preference, but to be honest i would love the light blue they got for thai market
but nevermind, white still rocks!


now must wait. sighhhhh

dont worry. petrol price is always going up. unless they try to clone the atoms and the bonds in the chemical that built fuel. thats phd thesis for you! hehe

the hybrids may take a while to set in into our peoples mind. and being CBU i dont think resale value is going to be a problem afterall. the build of CBU is pretty much sturdy and battery problem aside, it will be the one people go for in couple of years.

to be perfectly honest with you, hybrid does not really save money
there was a calculation which i cant find it again over the internet, about fuel saving using a hybrid and whether that does justify the need to pay a bit premium over a regular vehicle

but it is becoming a trend these days to own a hybrid. which is fine to me. u save some money (people say not really but there must be some saving no matter how small it is) u trying to save the mother earth, u are educating your generations/ peers on the importance of driving a hybrid. those are all PLUS points. and hybrids look quite good in everyday life. slap on good bodykits and rims, it is going to be stunning to look at.

in malaysia there is only one case, big case regarding the battery in honda vehicle. specifically the one coupled in an IMA system. you know the story, right. but that case went big NOT because of a faulty battery, because both party didnt want to budge although big compromise by honda malaysia to replace the faulty battery FOC. i dont know how to put it but the battery didnt explode or harmful, it just died for some reason we dont know till today.

i dont know why she rejected the offer and keep going to the tribunal. maybe she was pissed off big time. so there you are. they sold perhaps, in 5-10 thousands of hybrids since the last FD hybrid here in malaysia (including jazz, crz, and insight) and ONE case. so it is 1/5000.

the chances, my friend, are miniscule. very slim.

nice nice nice those civics look deliciousssss

who is in the right mind to drive with the ECON button on???!!???? haha

i took delivery 4pm this afternoon. cant concentrate much on fuel efficiency or whatever. just drive slowly and very carefully to reach home. didnt take trunk road to avoid any stupid freak thing happening, instead direct highway. but insulation quite good. cud be the michelin or cabin insulation.

so far so good. what i got are 2 umbrellas one from honda the other from maybank, a soft head rest? with honda written on it. and ... oh i forgot what the other thing. they suppose to give me soft-cloth compartment which they say put in the boot? ah i dont know what is that. but not much freebies, then considering the personal discount he gave me then okay la. not even tinted voucher! hurrmmmm......



so now i need to learn how to protect white paint. some say wax first. some ask me to ready tar removal thing just in case u know the dirt at the bottom lids/body.

there will be many fingernail scratches on the handle. everybody wants to try magic door handleeee wuuuhhuuuuu

yes but it does not refer to auto lock
i tried yesterday cudnt find any
now people may come to our over 100k car and compare to 50k lagi best myvi

"myvi got auto lock. myvi better" LOL

+1million



the white snake and the socerer ( i like the snake girl. and the OST very much )

This post has been edited by mokhzaini: Jul 31 2012, 05:07 PM

i was in the same situation 2 weeks ago.
a 1.8 always the safest choice financially, and nearly 15k difference i thought what possibly could go wrong if i went for that. plus my thinking at that time was, i dont need this-that-this-that so on, and 1.8 should be allright.

until i went to see the exact vehicle.

at that moment i promise u my mind suddenly declared 1.8 is a no no for me. worse still, after that i sat in the hybrid. i was set on either hybrid or the 2.0. it cannot be the 1.8. it just tooooo plain for my liking and i cant help but to think the specs are too bare to justify committing myself to an over 100k car. if u cant commit just to an additional 210RM permonth, i strongly suggest u to add jussssttt an additional 70RM permonth for the hybrid.

of course the hybrid is something people quite uncomfortable with but with that price (i was hoping it is lower than 120k) u are better off with it.

u should try drive both. the dynamics are different i was told. it cud be just different people different taste. plus we had enough of flaming in the past.

but if u got only 97k to spend on a car, u know your obvious choice.

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Added on August 1, 2012, 12:56 amerr ogawa-san,

auto light off need to physically turn off the light or not after the auto light off function done?

tomorrow start car lights turn on? because the light knob is turned to on?

understand or not my question?

This post has been edited by mokhzaini: Aug 1 2012, 12:56 AM

so thats mean we got to physically turn off the light by turning its knob. otherwise tomorrow morning when ignite engine lights come out automatically

i think he was referring to the first service at 1000km of which they fine tune this that. dont think any oil change or anything changed for that matter because the cost is only less than 30RM which is waived as well as one of the 6 free labour services



on fuel economy note,

to be honest i dont really check my milage or fuel consumption etc etc. i mean not in figures. my driving distances are pretty much routine. so i know what the appropriate ringgit cost per distance i drive. it is easy to realise something is wrong by just checking my petrol payments or refuelling intervals. and for the econ button? i never fail NOT to push it. haha.
the cruise control works well. so far so good the civic.

err. what on earth u were doing down there? haha

u didnt really have this idea of engine run in period? i mean, we both got the car this week and u are already 180kmh? haha

i am afraid it is true this excise duty thing. me had the same problem. two friends the same thing different place buy. i dont get it as well last time. i would have thought they clear the darn thing BEFORE they ship the car to one dealer or another
i was held back for nearly a week for that last time. but be patient sir, after they cleared the duty, then it just about registering with the jpj. all it take is 10 minutes key in this that sign this that. system okay, its all 10 minutes.

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Added on August 3, 2012, 9:41 pmi felt the engine a bit warm even after 30-40 minutes the car parked. is this normal?
and in S mode, what the speed that engage the fourth gear automatically (without using the paddle shifter). last time the city needed 140kph to engage to fourth gear.

i dare not to try as i am patiently getting the engine to run in first.

This post has been edited by mokhzaini: Aug 3 2012, 09:41 PM

welcome aboard sir.
speed excitingly.

ECON button is a farce. trapped in traffic jam seberang jaya yesterday, pushed econ button iMIED showed FC dropped like water. 2 minutes drop 0.1

if u want good milage, stick to the cruise control. today got 12km/litre.

ps-of course not during bumper to bumper.

ours white colour need waxing every 6 months? to clear those stains and preserving the colour itself.
what the hell i am blubbling about.