Yes I did canceled the booking earlier in july luckily.
Recently the sa called and telling about the great offer, so I booked the same car again haha.

I got the car last Sat. Drove about 200km so far and like it. It is not as responsive as my other compact MPV (Grand Livina) due to the sheer weight and size of it but comfort wise and handling are good.

I have the exact same thought as tehqy - same price for a new CBU Serena or 2008 used Estima - I chosen Serena ;-)

lucky u . We the first batch buyers miss this great full spec offer. How can TCM do this to us anyway welcome to the club

Its really unfair to those early birds who book much earlier but I believe TC never mean to slash the price last minute within such short period.
It could be their misleading marketing strategy causing this to happened.
First they putting pretty much profit margin during the first launch, but cant blame them cos they need to play safe for such limited market product during initial launch.
Maybe the high demand or booking making them feel confident to bring in a lot more unit which is going to make them rich.
However TC forgot that this segment of mpv are pretty limited potential buyer and the worse thing is their sa really squeezing customers who trade in nissan cars.
Finally too much leftover units need to be clear off by year end or TC really need to fork out plenty of money to buy all of them in order to enjoy the hybrid car free duty.

This post has been edited by sianglee: Dec 25 2013, 10:24 PM

Congratulation to your new purchase on this new Serena, Bro

Shall we expect some pre - registered units from TC early of next year should TC not able to clear all the remaining stock end of this year ?

I'm in the market for this type of MPV but I personally have a habit of not able to accept the fact of any particular distributor appeared too greedy in their product offering, in this case for Serena to be sold @ RM149k with waiver of 60% excise duty is big NO NO for me ... but if this car is sold at this same price of RM149k or slightly higher pricing with normal tax structure (ie not under Hybrid tax structure), I'm more willing to get this Serena as well ...

Now considering Mazda Biante as alternative to this Serena but no test drive unit yet, sigh ...

This post has been edited by ls71: Dec 26 2013, 11:46 AM

Placed my order last Tuesday, got public bank loan for 7 Years, 90% at 2.35 after asking around...now wait for the approval and hopefully can get the car by next week

Frank76, Thanks for the feedback

btw, SiangLee, did you manage to get back your booking $$$ when you cancel?

This post has been edited by tehqy: Dec 26 2013, 11:40 AM

Yes got 100% refund cos I did the booking much early before the car available in showroom.

So you get rm8,000 discount plus free mm navigation and lcd. It pays to be patient. Congratulation!


This post has been edited by jackbanner: Dec 27 2013, 05:48 PM

Just got the car yesterday evening. So far quite satisfied with the performance, just feeling the noise level abit higher than grand livina.

I choose the 6k cash rebate instead of the accessaries offer.
Just wonder how much more offer would be given by TCM for 2014 serena.

This post has been edited by sianglee: Dec 29 2013, 09:28 AM

So how is your experience with the mpv? Any regret? Value for money? How is the mpg as compared to livina? "Satisfied with the performance"; is it better than livina 1.8 in terms of performance?

If you dont mind about the fc, the mr20dd engine really rev as you wish. In eco mode the engine power is very much suppress but give nice fc about 12.5km/liter as shown in average fuel. Anyway my g.livina 1.6 is slightly more fuel saving compare to tis serena. But the level of finish , space and comfort is not wat g.livina can give.

got a question here hope you guys can help... does the arrow button on the side mirror control switch and the steering auto cruise buttons illuminate when the head light is turned on?..

Few buttons does light up at the side mirror control like the open and closing switch. But not sure about the four directional arrows and cruise control button

Really hope you can confirm this .. thanks bro

Yes confirm that both directional arrows and cruise control button wont light up.
But does this really so important??
I believe most people will adjust the side mirror while the car is static before moving.
Cruise control is just beside your thumb and you can find it easily without looking at it.

Thank bro for clearing it up... right now im thinking about doing my first service with the additional revo advance oil. Anyone using this revo oil?

are u sure about the additive oil bro?? I believe only Nissan approved additive can be added or it may spoil your warranty. Dont joke about this..

Used to put in my old Serena.....not much of a diff actually.
New car no need additive wan.....

Just collected my christmas lucky draw service voucher, going to send for first 1k service.
Noticed the idding rpm set at 800 only, seems abit low rpm and can feel some vibration.
Thinking to tell SC tune it to 1k rpm ..

This post has been edited by sianglee: Jan 10 2014, 11:57 AM

got my car last week, still learning the angle of driving a big car? lol coming from an old smaller car, driving in tight corner is a challenge and also side parking

a few questions... is that, the day after collect my car, I noticed that the mileage is around 200++ km shouldn't this be zero? I remember the SA told me that he has to get the car for me from Sungai Petani to Penang... I suspect they gave me a test drive unit...

another questions...that's about the rims... I was told not to change the rims because it is made in Japan and better quality, is there such a thing? tempted to change to a better looking 17" rim and quite worry about voiding the warranty and will it also affect the ABS and other safety features? thanks alot for listening... new user asking lots of questions...

overall I am satisfied with the performance... first try going up hill today, ... I tried the paya terubong hill road to bayan lepas and it was quite smooth, but I was alone driving...