I would suggest if you could, up the ante alittle.
Somewhere in the regions of sub 10k to mid 10k, you can get a decent selection of our national 'trash can' cars.
Namely a Satria 1.6 manual, Wira 1.6 manual, Savvy manual, Kelisa Manual.

That is a good broad spectrum of choice.
And each of the cars listed are relatively affordable to maintain.

Also, please stay away from Satria and Wira 1.6 Automatics.
The auto tranny shall give you hell.

Hope this helps!!

if you really cant stretch to around 10k then about 5k , better to get a Proton Iswara. Its a reliable car, with most of them still being used as daily cab. Better to get this Hyundai Accent, scared is the repair cost will be high. AC condenser also kena stolen is abit fishy.

if u not always long journey travel,get a proton iswara 1.3 manual...easy to maintain...spare part so cheap,fuel also save,not much problem...rm3k-5k can get oredi..

Nowadays, repairing/maintenace cost could be higher than the price of a car. And some lousy workshop might cause other damages while they are taking out parts for service.

I do agree that saga/iswara 1.3 manual is simple car to maintain, but need to get a good condition one/newest possible (no kereta potong, drive shaft no klok klok noise, engine smooth no gasket oil leak and how bad it consumes the lubricant oil, ori body paint without bubble, check for crash marks on chasis, aircond compressor working... gas leak hard to check).

Hey guys this might be out of topic, But how about Hyundai Coupe 1997?

Anyone exp it before F.S engine sparepart etc?