the previous Ford Focus Ghia 2.0, it's certainly selling cheap used for it's class and spec but what i'm concerned about is maintenance costs and spare parts availability.

what's your opinion on it zenix.

1. Brand : Any brand
2. Budget : Under 50k
3. New/Used/Unreg : Used
4. Specs : Full spec
5. Transmission : Must auto
6. NA or FI : ???
7. Type : MPV 7 seaters
8. Remarks : Good boot space....

Noobies in car buying zzz

Location: Kuching, Sarawak

This post has been edited by ITLearner: Jun 7 2014, 04:26 PM

Nope, try find 2004 model.

2009 Honda city.

Overall more to maintain than an Altis or civic.
But a better car overall.

any manual transmission 2nd hand car with budget of around rm8k?

i dont mind using old aged cars@@

good ones would be any civic/accord/corolla

generally is it expensive to maintain a honda city? spare parts exp or not ah?

as compare to what?
what are you driving now?

because "cheap" is relative.

e.g. people say merc parts are "cheap" but that is because they're about in the same ballpark as a camry/accord part prices while other european cars like bmw/audi/renault/etc cost alot more.

jetta ckd or mazda3 or ford focus ?

1 lemon
1 lime
1 limau

I am planning to buy a Proton Persona SE 2008 from a used car dealer. It's going for Puspakom inspection today after I made my booking. But once that is done, the dealer is asking for Full cash payment before they do the ownership transfer. It is normal? He's not listening to anything I say about the payment and is adamant on taking the full sum before name change. Is there any way I can ask to pay a bit later? Does all the used car dealerships work like that?

better becareful or cancel the order if you don't feel comfortable.

U plan to pay in cash or take loan?

If you plan to pay in full, use bank draft. When he has made the transfer, then give him the cheque. You must have an agreement also to state when product, timing of payment, condition of payment (when transfer is succesful) etc....

If the guy wants his way (ie Cash), look for other cars.

Better be safe than sorry.

I have bought 3 used cars in my life. 2 loans and 1 by cash. in the 3rd case, when i gave the money, the person gave me the whole documents to do the transfer. This was with mutual agreement.

This post has been edited by alcatrez: Jun 10 2014, 05:57 PM

Hi all,

I'm planning to buy a car as my current car (owned by parents) need to return back. Im 26 with a nett of 3.5k monthly.

I've narrowed down to a few options (not limited to): New Myvi 1.3 vs 2nd Myvi 1.5/Swift/Fiesta.

Mostly in KL with occasional PG/JB drive approx twice monthly. I'm not the vroom vroom type, but need a decent pick up speed & stable highway cruise at average 120-140km/h

Planning to take a max 5yr loan with d/p 20k & once it's clear, I'll buy my 1st house.

I've list down some criteria, in order of important to least:

1. Safety
2. Durability (won't need to keep repairing the car)
3. Maintenance (repairing won't cost a bomb)
4. Quiet car
5. Aesthetics (interior mostly)

All sifus, please input which to choose... I ding-dong around for months liao. Let me know if I'm even on the right track.

BIG THANKS!!!

myvi 1.3 cannot make it

1. safety very basic or none
2. decently durable
3. cheap
4. NVH no good
5. ugly

look around for nissan latio

Thank you bro. Nissan latio hatch or sedan? Better than myv 1.5/swift? Cos I can only afford 2nd hand....

hi need help to buy 2nd hand car. i working as site technician and need to drive around klang valley daily (average 80km). fuel and maintenance covered by my company. my current car myvi 1.3.
thanks

1. Brand : any brand (non local)
2. Budget : 20k
3. New/Used/Unreg : used
4. Specs : -
5. Transmission : auto
6. NA or FI : -
7. Type : prefer sedan
8. Remarks : prefer above 1.3 below 1.6, low maintenance and spare part cost.

This post has been edited by xinanxxx: Jun 10 2014, 11:33 PM

nissan's are good but usually never the most hightech (which is good coz old tech easier to fix and parts cheaper), and sometimes can be ugly.

hatch with bodykit looks good.
but if you need a boot and 1800cc engine get the sedan.

1. Brand: Any
2. Budget: Below RM10k
3. New/Used/Unreg: Used
4. Specs: any. Prefer auto window
5. Transmission: Automatic
6. NA or FI ? : NA
7. Type: Sedan ( Need trunk space)
8. Remarks:

need a car for highway+city driving average 30KM/day
gonna use it for atleast 2 years.
Looking for something with low maintenance cost (FC, Road tax)
Spare parts availability and price are important
most of all, reliablity for next 2 years.

i have narrowed to a few choices:

nissan sentra '99 1.6A (parts available?)
hyundai elantra 1.8 2001/02 (FC? parts?)
hyundai accent 1.5 '01 (FC? parts?)
kia spectra/sephia (reliable?)
proton waja '02 1.6 4G18
proton wira '02 1.5A

im gonna buy with cash and monthly budget is 250 for fuel and 100 for maintenance (1200/yr)

any comments or recommendation is welcome.
thank you


This post has been edited by B.S.O.D: Jun 12 2014, 02:32 AM

hi guys,
need some advice to buy 2nd hand car. need a bigger car for driving family around so prefer a MPV or D segment car
thanks

1. Brand : any brand (non local)
2. Budget : 20k
3. New/Used/Unreg : used
4. Specs : -
5. Transmission : auto
6. NA or FI : -
7. Type : prefer sedan or mpv
8. Remarks : saw a serena 2001 and cefiro 2.0 eskimo but cant really decide

1. Brand : Toyota Estima... 2006 model and above
2. Budget : Under 120k
3. New/Used/Unreg : Used or Unreg
4. Specs : What Ever spec...till Basi one
5. Transmission : Must auto
6. NA or FI : ???
7. Type : MPV 7/6 seaters
8. Remarks : look good

hav been searchin and price start 150k too 120k

any advice on this Estima model
anybody oso searchin?