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kadajawi
post Jun 25 2013, 11:09 PM

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Hm. To me it is Conti > Korean > Local > Japanese. I would thus buy a second hand conti, save a lot of cash and have enough for repairs or other emergencies, if there should be any.
kadajawi
post Jun 26 2013, 04:38 AM

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QUOTE(Boy96 @ Jun 26 2013, 12:39 AM)
Japanese car with outdated specs in Malaysia is definitely a no-no. But other uk/us/ euro/japan market Japanese car, im fine with it
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I agree. ASEAN spec Japanese cars are a big no-no, but EU or JDM spec ones can consider.
kadajawi
post Jun 26 2013, 01:26 PM

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QUOTE(swgiant @ Jun 26 2013, 12:58 PM)
Can elaborate more on Asean Spec Japanese and JDM specs ? Not very clear with JDM specs and what so special with them. Can a reconded of import car consider JDM specs?
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ASEAN spec cars are made for 3rd world countries. Lower safety standards, cars that the Japanese or Europeans would not buy because they are not good enough. Unless the cars are so damn cheap that they are willing to overlook that, for example Dacia.

The problem with recons (I think they should be JDM) is that they are probably tampered with. High mileage cars where they rewind the meter for example. Polish it up and suddenly it can be sold at a high price.

Since the only way to drive a new European/Japanese/US standard car is a conti...

RV... don't care. Buy second hand. laugh.gif I have lost like 5k in RV in 2 years. laugh.gif

 

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