but what the hell.

driving would be 900km highway - some 100km 'kampung road.

i want a car that is:
- comfort - main criteria
- cheap maintenance
- i don't want to hear any road noise, engine noise, etc
- i don't want to feel any bump on the road

Toyota Camry/ Nissan Teana
u can read full review at http://paultan.org/2011/03/15/the-japanese...s-toyota-camry/



This post has been edited by Alex_tan168: May 1 2012, 01:05 PM

LOL
easy answer

MERCEDES BENZ

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Added on May 1, 2012, 1:11 pmcomfort - confirmed
- cheap maintenance--much cheaper than bmw & audi & vw
- i don't want to hear any road noise, engine noise, etc--confirmed
- i don't want to feel any bump on the road-confirmed

This post has been edited by e36.hartge: May 1 2012, 01:12 PM

which model u have in mind.

low maintenance, rm<130k

hehe 2nd la,if that price range

or nissan teana,thats 150k

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Added on May 1, 2012, 1:15 pmprton prve

This post has been edited by e36.hartge: May 1 2012, 01:15 PM

Nissan slyphy or teana can do that. comfort number one.

Toyota Camry !!

camry or teana. camry's seat alil too stiff for me though. accord more suitable if you are in a 'younger' age. no experience on teana, but reviews are good. doesn't look boring too imo.

This post has been edited by Kalist0: May 1 2012, 02:13 PM

Since Toyota so greedy, I choose Teana than camry

Teana use CVT transmission so its smooth compare to Camry 4AT
Both car maintenance not cheap, but teana is more expensive than camry

slphy enuf d...

Nissan Sylphy really has great comfort, took a taxi from the airport and the driver was using a Sylphy, it was really comfortable even when he was cruising at about 140km/h, hardly felt the the speed too.

Sylphy cuz it's brand new. pretty good room inside, though not so pretty outside. CVT good for cruising 140 km/hr should be good, unless u expect yourself to do 160km/hr most of the time.

erm....for long distance driving...better get higher CC car...1.6L and above is better
if u want cheap maintainance...well, i can only recommend u local car which is preve and inspira...other are not so good in long distance
in terms of road noise, engine noise and bump....preve and inspira is ok too since both of those car uses CVT(which mean lower RPM during high speed) and both are using multilink(which mean its better in absorbing bump on the road)
there are other options like other members stated above which share same thing like preve and inspira BUT maintainance will be more expensive because of premium brand
but more importantly...get something with higher CC

teana, camry. this is why camry selling more than 5k units per year, teana sell more than 3k units per year. as most of the ppl prefer comfort ride.

If you prefer classic and simple but quality built I recommend Nissan Sylphy.
Kinda like the dashboard layout so simple yet elegant

But of course for youngsters like me I wouldn't buy that if I got that budget






This post has been edited by heavenly91: May 1 2012, 05:54 PM

ur missing one big factor which is also very important when ur being cheapskate bout maintenance.

its called MILEAGE

Yea, if Malaysian car is fine with you then Inspira is a good deal too.

thankx guys. looks like a lot of you like sylphy, teana n camry i'll keep that in mind. and also inspira!

what about suv:
- tucson
- sportage

is this car also quiet? means i can't feel the road noise, the bump, engine noise..

i've never ridden in this car segment (D and SUV).

This post has been edited by singaporestreet: May 1 2012, 06:22 PM

the SUV u stated also ok...its abt the same as the sedan u stated as well
road noise, bumps also the same
engine CC also high..in fact higher like 2.5L but those aren't using CVT so noise cannot beat sedan that uses CVT
1 thing abt SUV though...maintainance ain't cheap..stay with sedan
if u want SUV, can try santa fe(maybe)

This post has been edited by MR_alien: May 1 2012, 06:28 PM

Sat before Hyundai Santa Fex (brother model of tucson)
One thing in common.
It is very tall.
Hence unstable.

Comfort wise.
The hyundai's car is quite comfortable.
But petrol wise. ............... You will die
When I enter the Hyundai vehicle, fuel estimation 274km, then travel like 10 min suddenly the meter 250km
So inaccurate .
Maintenance ain't cheap since it is Korean car?
But if you can afford it no problem.