If long term, forget about the CRZ and the Golf GTI. Get a 4 door Japanese saloon which is reliable and have lesser maintenance. Both CRZ and GTI are just hobbyist machine which is not practical or good for long term. And if you are already worried about the dollars and cents even before plunging into the cars, you are not ready for them unfortunately, knowing that both these cars suck your wallet dry while maintaining them.
Have some patience, better cars will definitely come along in the future as manufacturers always strive to improve upon their products, you'd be better off saving money for a car (or a house) now for the future (better, faster cars etc) rather than slaving yourself to maintain one now, leaving you penniless all the time.

Not whole lot you can do about it, stock suspension are already really comfy. Any comfier, it will turn into Corolla Altis, a sampan. At most, you can change the tyres, but I am not aware of any comfort tyres which suit our car unfortunately.. good luck finding.

Any mods to the car? If not then get your SC to reset the ECU this time round.

No guarantees that it will not occur again, but note down this round of reset, if it happens a few time, I guess you need to get SC to fix something...
For those with mods, especially running either too rich or too lean, this error can appear....

Pre-FL? Did u gotten it new or used? Mind sharing the price?

IMHO, probably you won't get that kinda loan. Assuming the car is RM110k, and u put 10% downpayment, the loan would be for RM99k, and top up RM20k balance into the loan, which then your loan will be RM119k, more than the actual value of the car. Not many banks would want to do such credits knowing that their collateral on the car is lower valued.
Best to talk to the banker directly, some bankers do allow if you have strong financial backings (probably use a bungalow as a collateral etc).
Good luck!

Define "kacau" pls.....

It depends....
If its a manual gearbox, NA engine, you hardly have any problems, definitely not DSG kinda issue. CVT, so far I have not heard any problems from other folks who have them. The only few cases of manual GB problems are for turbo/supercharger cars, and that too are due to user problems (masuk gear without fully depressing clutch etc), and not GB problems. It can be easily solved by rebuilding the GB as parts are available.
My CRZ is rated at 130ps on the wheels, everyday sure bounce off the rev limiter at least once, runs of 18" wheels (Ilyas can testify) and I do hard acceleration. I m still driving it, coming to 2 years now.
The only "kacau" i have is that it still does not have enough power.

Its actually not a secret anymore, like what Ilyas mentioned, it is available in the CRZForum. Basically it is from the freeflow intake all the way to the very tip of the exhaust, plus changing the engine's head to Honda Fit and of course, Hondata to control and optimize everything that was changed. Pretty standard stuff NA mods stuff.
One advise, RON97 plays an important role too... it allows ignition timing to be advanced without problems.

The only variable here is your tuner... he needs to do a good job to get such HP figures.

Good luck!

Don't worry, you are not dumb coz I am not PocRoc unfortunately
But as mentioned earlier, the NA mods are no longer a secret in terms of hardware, alot of modders do the same thing, so the upgrade path for NA is a very well beaten path.

Poison for u Ilyas.... after dyno and brake calipers. Make a guess which is ori and which is not?

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My experience, probably I am not a hypermiller like Ilyas, is I get roughly 420km per tank of 35L, which translate to 12km/L. I would not count this as a great fuel saving car, as I believe there are even better fuel saving cars than CRZ, such as the iDSi Honda City, and based on what I have gathered, the dugong Vios trumps my car in terms of fuel consumption too. Heck, even my old Viva does a better job (at 14km/L).
Try the Prius if you are really into fuel consumption, you may be disappointed with the "Hybrid" badge on the CRZ. However, if you are into great driving and good looks (somehow, till today, I still get kids pointing at my car when I drive, not exactly sure what they say though), maybe CRZ might fit the bill.
Good luck!

Mod the car bro... tak usah tunggu lagi
BTW, want to ask, did u install a TPMS system into the your car or not?

No firm news yet, but high chance it will be extended.

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Age is not a factor, I m late 30s, and I have a colleague who bought the CRZ for his wife, they are 50-ish now.
It is whether the car suits your life or not, and not the other way round. Never be a slave to the car, coz at the end of the day, its just another tool. If your pocket is deep enough for a weekend car (with a spare normal 4 door MPV/sedan for family use at home), then by all means please go ahead. Most people who have CRZ will have more than one car parked at home; and people who have only one car, usually it won't be a CRZ due to its impracticality.
Sometimes, for the sake of the family, racing blood will have to be put aside, most petrol-heads I know have to cast their car thoughts away while they bring up their kids, or until they are fit enough to get a second spare car.
Good luck!

From his pics, still got a lot of space, don't think it will rub.
I am using adjustables coilovers, and 18"x8J also still not rubbing, but need to be careful on selecting the correct tyre size.

Why not? No reason not to use it....

The Sports mode button does not change the car's engine to a more ganas version... it merely remaps the throttle to feed more fuel at a certain pedal location, plus lessen the steering's assistance. You can still drive sedately using Sports mode... so no issues using the Sports mode now.
If you insist to run-in the car (hardly a thing to do these days since they already wring the engine to redline to test the engine at the factory), you can use all 3 modes, but accelerate slowly. It should be fine...
Enjoy your car!

Better than mine already... the best I get is 16km/L, the worst is 9km/L.... so you are in good shape. Some folks I know can do much better, but I am not really into hyper milling.