The answer is obvious...

What a stupid question

70k not 5 digit?

5 digits can be rm10,001

Cheap

u will never know until you see the real jdm vs german car.

ya but consider that W210 been running for 11 years iinm

yeah it's around 13k -20k but it is considered expensive for a japanese car that has been driven for only 4 years (not even fully 4 years yet)

I somehow agree that some Japanese cars are not as durable as their predecessors. Maybe JAV boom make their factory workers lemah abit.

Honda stream from grey importers? Sound normal. The car maybe more than 4 years

Still Jap. German cars full of electronic problems after 5 years. Just wait and see. And will cost 5 figure also.

u ask wrong forum d, for kopitiam no other than vios u should buy, so automatic answer is japan la

German cars as in?

i agree BMW, Audi are full of sh1t and problems, but not mercedes benz.

Mercedes Benz after many years only cost 5 figures.

vios not safe, airbags too less

i scared my father kena heart attack if my mom change to vios or me change to vios

murican cars!

I love my Chevy

Your argument is not concrete. Not all jap makes are problematic. I've been driving 2003 Vios till now no major issue only seat belt rosak and gasket oil leak. My friend's relative had been driving an old Merc he said every month have to spend 4 figures to fix various problems.

About safety having more airbags doesn't mean it is safer. It is about your driving altitude. My house has a Kancil no airbag since 2002 till now only light bumper to bumper accident.

Your argument is not concrete. Not all jap makes are problematic. I've been driving 2003 Vios till now no major issue only seat belt rosak and gasket oil leak. My friend's relative had been driving an old Merc he said every month have to spend 4 figures to fix various problems.

About safety having more airbags doesn't mean it is safer. It is about your driving altitude. My house has a Kancil no airbag since 2002 till now only light bumper to bumper accident.

+1 but if kena hit by other safer/modern car

you what car also useless on malaysia road, banyak lubang banyak tak even

what the fuk, more than  70% of people voted for japanese cars?

confirm nvr drive conti before

japs nowadays really bad in quality

Lol, this is crap. My neighbor who is a doctor had a W210 and every time go service center, got this problem lah, that problem lah. He was so sick of the car. Dah lah travel only to clinic and back, never use car for outing, he had a CRV for that. IMO, most unreliable Mercedes of all time. My family use to own a 1994 Nissan Sunny and that shit was a tank, things rarely broke and needed replacing, somemore heavy use everyday. Biggest problem was in 2007 when the roof started leaking and we sold it off. Doctor sold of his Mercedes for Volvo S80 in just a few years, 7 I guess. You really wanna compare the reliability of a Japanese car with a Continental Car? Dad has a Toyota Camry now and maintenance is light on his pocket. Nothing beats Japanese IMO.

obviously german, have you driven a BMW? i can still remember the first time i drove a BMW...damn quiet and smooth...

what the fuk, more than  70% of people voted for japanese cars?

confirm nvr drive conti before

japs nowadays really bad in quality

depends la bro...i drive german car and japenis car, both also reliable...

how i know why ur parents kena 7xk for german and 13k for japenis..

what the fuk, more than  70% of people voted for japanese cars?

confirm nvr drive conti before

user problem.. who da hell repairs until 70k bill for a now residual value 40k car wan..

Conti car owner here

For reliability, Japanese cars win. No doubt at all.

u ask boy96 and see?

Mercedes car enthusiast

My father's W124 repair, services and tax lagi teruk because it's E300 with a 6 cylinders engine

More powerful than my father's W210.

TS, your family is rich is it??

I have to say, nowadays JAVland cars weren't that reliable as the olden days.

1) W210 maintenance cost is surprisingly affordable and parts are aplenty. those older Merc like W210, W202 etc don't really cost a bomb when it comes to maintenance as most people thought they would be. people's mindset = angmoh car, semua mahal.

2) japanese cars are reliable (majority lah, not all), but they simply don't have that kind of superior handling of conti cars, especially when compared with the BIG THREE (Merc, BMW, Audi). well, unless u drive a Lexus or Infiniti, then i got nothing to say.

3) those so called "CBU Japanese cars" from Thailand or Indonesia, please do not have extremely high expectation on them. yes they're CBU, but not directly from Japan.

I have to say, nowadays JAVland cars weren't that reliable as the olden days.

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Wow this is what I heard from foremen and mechanics. Are you one of them ? I respect

Wow this is what I heard from foremen and mechanics. Are you one of them ? I respect

Your dad camry user only. Don't try to speak for your neighbour.

Maybe your neighbour's W210 is faulty/reconditioned/old batch? My father's one is the latest W210 of course lesser problems.

o Proton

Cheap & reliable

Which chevy? Most chevy models in Malaysia rebadge korean cars one

what the fuk, more than  70% of people voted for japanese cars?

confirm nvr drive conti before

Sorry to burst your bubble, his car is not reconditioned. It was a brand new unit. The W210 was a rust magnet and had one of the worst transmission on a Mercedes. Roughest shifts on a Mercedes ever. Worst problem I think is the rust.

Haha to be honest, jap cars are more reliable. From my what I notice/experience, german car is like luck one. U kena nice one no problem, if unlucky kena one keep masuk workshop.

whole family mercs and audis only except for that alphard. nothing beats alphard is its class. macam aeroplane when going for long haul drive.

hey, read the highlighted words down below
rust nvr happen on my father's W210

well said and true.
yes do agree! alphard is so powerful on the highway when going on a long trip !!

too bad, it suffers from the electronic door problem ==

sometimes when you're closing the door, the door will then open again through halfway then close back ==

come and vote.

i personally vote for German cars.

Today,

my mother went for servicing for her Honda Stream RSZ,

absorber, linkage, mounting , brakes and suspensions all got problem, it costed her 5 digits of maintenance fees.

but this is just the 4th year of her usage of the car.

the spare parts are expensive because nowadays honda, toyota, mazda all imported their cars from Thailand that's why not reliable at all.

however,

my father's UK spec W210 been using for 11 years, accumulated maintenance fees only 7Xk (new engine + superchargers).

11 years only 7Xk, but this honda stream RSZ 4th year already need 5 digits, what's wrong with japanese cars nowadays?
not only my mom's Honda got problems, her friend's Camry suffer the same

u still haven't drive a volvo n bmw yet
if no problem thn ok lar

if got problem, cannot fix 1, better get new 1

New volvo like V40 S60 got problem?

new 1 i dono, bcauz now not driving volvo
last time got once volvo got problem, broad faulty,
change 6 times liao still cannot fix

bmw also, once if got problem liao, better can give up on fixing

change new car better 

So the most reliable conti is still a benz la eh?

benz also the same
the worst is those lambo n farali

Your brother Lamborghini git problem?

u still haven't drive a volvo n bmw yet
if no problem thn ok lar

if got problem, cannot fix 1, better get new 1

New volvo like V40 S60 got problem?

big possibility your mum being chop since she doesnt know anything about cars.....and ur benz also kena chop ..70k for 11yrs...pfttt....whole family kena chop

So the most reliable conti is still a benz la eh?

How about the current A class and CLA?