Good -
Cheapest in 1.5cc segment non-Malaysian brand. Affordable B segment car,
Huge space, big trunk (Basically a 1.6cc car size).
Cheapest in maintenance, so they claimed.
Fuel consumption - depending on driving style, personally i like driving fast. I'm ok with it.
Looks - Depending on personal taste

Bad -
Basic in specification
After sales service, like every other brand
4 speed auto - gear ratio tak bagus

ron 95 will do. ron97 a waste of extra $

every car sure got problem one. If no problem, car would be a one-off sold thing.
no need for facelifts, no need bank loans every 5-9 years.
car isn't an asset, it depreciates, imo not worth fussing over.

IMHO, engine temperature isn't a necessity. Technology have improved and cars do not overheat that frequently anymore. As long as the coolant is being top up frequently, it is unlikely that it will overheat. Coolant are prevalent these days, any petrol station will sell it.

Should the temperature rise to an unusual level, there will be a warning sign.
Actually, some car producers omit the temperature gauge on lower tier cars.

Rattle sound is common, because no sound absorbance in between the steel.
Can be easily overcome by installing sound proof absorbance.

Unless it's something else, don't think they would even entertain for that

You may choose to practice that.
Overheat = orange light comes up.
Overheat engine would cause the car to stop functioning, wouldn't explode, since the engine block itself is exploding all the time while we paddle on it. The combustion chamber can take an explosion. Your car internal however, would overheat and malfunction.


Better check. If it compromises your safety, my advice is have it checked. Check tak payah duit.

Yes. Diplomatic insincere reply. So I blasted another long love letter to them. cc someone whom they are afraid of.

Immediately 2 person called up, apologise and try to fix things for me.

Scheduled on 23rd to have my car fixed on the oil leakage part, and will have them scrutinise my entire car condition. Since they did not deliver it in good state.
Also, they arranged for a complimentary car for me to drive around when it's being serviced.

Gave me a cover for my warranty book. aiyah, i'm hoping for discount voucher for my next service.zzzz

unfortunately i can't do that hahaha...
highly confidential and he is a friend.

So i have driven livina for couple of days, as my temporary replacement car.

Aircon got the ""tookkkk" sound too when switched on.
Guess this is common?

My driving style memang fast and furious.
But the car bo steady. past 120 shaking.

rubber seal which car also will deteriorate ler

no choice but to change

as for your dashboard....cheap plastic. all i can say. Usually i also put the big ass heat reflector piece to prevent the heat from bbq the car

My car finally done. They manage to fix it, will be collecting later.

weeeeee...... i miss my car

depending on your tyre. if it's the stock 14'

it's around 210-230.

Check on your dirver seat's door panel. it's stated there

I bought mainly from MUV, so the onus was on MUV to deliver the pre owned car as claimed, which they did not.

2 pages is on their lack in promises.

the new almera has stabiliser bar at the front. should make some tangible difference compared to the previous model.

MUV is a subsidiary company of tan chong to sell their test drive car. In another words, i bought a pre-owned car / test drive unit.

if you buy one with nismo suspension and absorber, should be better than stock in terms of goyang-ness.

mine came with impul suspension and adsorber, 160 no goyang.

i dont suffer from rattling doors or creaking dash board. rattling sounds can be solved with door proofing. even high end cars have it. it depends whether manufacturer are generous to use good sound proofing material or not.

for number 2, it's 2.7 rpm for my almera. 3 would have gave me 120km/h and above.

almera's auto gear ratio isn't something you would expect it to give you the best fit to naik genting, but it gets you there. it's designed for urban drive.

service center to me, unsatisfactory, unless you know of any unimpaired sc offered by others. it's a personal experience, and for mine, i am disappointed.

checked the website and they mentioned that it has.

anyone knows what sort of coolant Almera is suited for? Which is accordance to what sc would pour in?

I notice the color is blue (or green?), and my coolant was drained recently by sc. Noticed they didn't top up my coolant.

Also, any idea on where to get it?


This post has been edited by douglas_tong: Mar 8 2015, 10:45 PM

teach you one technique, very effective.

Start a petition/memorandum and have everyone signed on it. Starting with this forum and almera gangs...haha

Sure they scared.

Mountek. It's fashionable and befitting. Doesn't obstruct road view.