Hey again fellas,

It's time for another review of my 2013 Myvi 1.5 Extreme.

It's been about six months since I got this car, and about 13,000km in. Lately I've been looking at getting rid of this thing, because it was just so BORING.

I remember when I first got the Myvi, I thought it was an okay car for an okay price with an okay performance. All okays. Nothing great, nothing terrible.

But I think I'm starting to see something in this car here...

First, the important information:

Car: 2013 Perodua Myvi 1.5 Extreme 5MT w/ Multimedia Package
Mileage: ~13,000km
Length of ownership: 6 months
Modifications: Bone stock, down to the tires

Let me make something very very clear. I don't particularly like the Myvi 1.5. It has many faults, mainly attributed to that pitiful and gutless 1.5L engine. Then again, this may be due to my previous car ownership history, consisting of a turbocharged 2.3L AWD sedan and a 2.2L 4-banger roadster that revved to 8000rpm.

For the 6 months I had it, I spent 3 months hating every second I was in it. It did not want to accelerate from lower rpms, and if you're on even a slight gradient, it'll start to struggle to get up to speed beyond 4th gear. In fact, I spent more time reminiscing about my previous vehicles than actually enjoying the car.

But then came the news that I have a chance to potentially get rid of this thing, and swap it for a Ford Focus or something else with more guts. I thought, "Hey, since I'm getting rid of it..., might as well cane it!"

And cane it I did. I began shifting at 5000rpm plus on a "normal" basis. On the highways, I poked fun at the idea of a speed limit.

Suddenly, I found that the Myvi has a soul.

Shifting at 5000rpm, it moved with gusto. Once you have settled the car's weight balance, it will take any corner you want.

The Myvi has become exciting to drive. And near the limits, it is a forgiving but fun teacher. It does not punish mistakes with severe understeer like other FWD hatchbacks, but instead lets you know ahead of time that shit's about to break loose.

This is definitely something quite special.

Just don't break 125 kph, or the car will start feeling quite floaty.

Bottom Line

A small diminutive hatchback with a soul..., even though this soul takes some serious strangling and wrangling to find.

If you find a white Extreme laughing in the face of speed limit signs on MRR2..., well, forgive me. I'm just having too much fun.

Cornering stability is okay. There's body roll, but it's pretty well controllable (as in, it does not behave like a boat). The secret is to settle the car first before going in. This car helps me recall a lot of basics of HPDE.

High speed stability is questionable, although that has always been a problem in every single hatchback I've driven.

Bros, got something wrong with my GPS.

I tried updating to the latest version from Lokatoo's website (the one they say for Alza AV2 and Myvi).

Problem is, I have installed a few times already, and it still says it does not detect the GPS software. Tried to install back old version, and it also says the same.

What happened? How do I solve this?

Thanks.