I) Driving pleasure. It will be more like my weekend car or pleasure car, as my usual day to day wheel will still be my eight year old MYVI.

since u already got a daily driver, why stick with conventional 4 door sedan? and since u want it as a weekend 'pleasure' car, get a coupe, get a sports car, get a RWD machine

II) Resale value is not important as I will drive it like for the next 10 or 12 years. (I rarely change car)

BMW or Merc 2nd hand

III) Spare part easy to get (no need to wait months and months to order in) and will not cost me a bomb.

BMW or Merc 2nd hand. don't believe people's BS about conti spare parts expensive, they are actually not that different from Jap. and they stock spare parts for decades, compared to japan parts which are only 10 years or so only. u can find and buy a 30 year old BMW NEW part from any well known distributor easily (i just bought my E30 radiator last week, brand new and original for less than 1k). u can even get a brand new VW beetle (the ori beetle, not the pathetic new one aka girl's car) engine from Germany and ship it here. Jap cars? u can't even find a new clock after 20 years.

IV) Fuel consumption reasonable within class expectation.

BMW or Merc 2nd hand

V) Something that will not be too flashy to potential robber like a Beemer or a Merz.

BMW or Merc 2nd hand

errrr.......u do know all the cars are POTENTIAL target right? should i mention to u that the Civic EG, the Satria GTI, Myvi and even a Toyota LE (30 year old car) are the HOTTEST target now.

to prevent your car from getting stolen, u have to be aware of where u park it in the first place. but this also doesn't deter thieves from getting their hands on it. My dad's CRV was stolen few years back and the car was parked at a VERY busy section of road in the afternoon near his shop. the thieves probably got to know his daily routine because he parks near that area every day to go for work.

This post has been edited by stormlcc: Jun 3 2014, 09:49 PM