Bros, can you guys share the what brand you use as well as the cost for your M2s please. Need to get have a benchmark. Scared later my SA mark up the prices. Thanks in advance.

With or without coating, there will be stone chips, same goes with bird droppings. A car will encounter all these throughout its lifetime. I know the feeling to own something new, owner will sayang the car a lot when brand new.

But remember this well, a car is to be used, and it will be damaged no matter how careful you are. If you used it day in day out, no matter the what damage it suffered, nor the mileage it rakes up, it has served you well, and it is worth every money you spent on buying the car.

Don't worry about stone chips/bird droppings/accidental damage, it is a car, use it, and let it assist you in what it is made for.

Horse and man one body, if man scare horse got scar, then might as well don't get a horse.

In the end, polish/respray can help you regain the shine back. How much does it cost to respray?

Welcome to Mazda 2 club and family.

If you got spare time, and want to exercise, wax yourself, but remember to wax the car in one shot. Else, send it to car wash and let them wax, they might have package. Or those on Groupon if you feel it is not worth spending so much on a car after 5 years.

No cure for all cars, there will be rain sound from the roof no? It also depends on the size of the rain drop.

1) I buy an M2, because I feel it is worth the price. After 9 years, every RM90K car should have at least RM22k worth. I am selling my '06 City and asked around 2nd hand car dealers, RM20k - 23k range. All car value will drop eventually, value high or low, it all depends on the reliability. VW Golf 1.4L TSI, original cost I believe RM140k+, 2012 car now cost RM79k selling at a 2nd hand car dealer.

2) Honda City '06, cost me about RM360 per normal service at Honda SC with fully synthetic engine oil (for 10,000km interval, I set my own since every 5,000km after X0,000km is just normal service), RM2,500+ for absorbers & undercarriage links, changed 3 times throughout 9 years (200,000km), brake pads front and rear (forgot price) 4 times, brake rotors (RM1,100(?) for front pair) 1 time, air filter, fuel strainer, aircon filter, idle pulley, clutch flywheel once RM1,200, spark plugs 5 times RM400(?), brake fluid, CVTF, aircon pulley, beltings, 1 set of rims, 3 sets of wheels, wheel bearings one set, etc.

So, since Mazda 2 is also a B-segment car, I expect it will cost about the same as Honda City for maintenance. It won't cost a lot as maintaining a Mazda 3/Honda Civic (C-segment) of course, try ask for Mazda 3 CKD Hi-spec 18" Toyo T1S tyres price and see?

Looking at your feedback, the maintenance cost for Mazda 2 is about the same as Honda City ('06 VTEC version). I expect it will be around this price range if we considering have our cars service at SC.

Yes, engine coolant. In fact they recommend to change every 100,000km, but that is for winter countries, since the anti-freeze (glycol) absorbs water over time, it will lose its anti-freeze effect. The car coolant is a close-loop system, and you need to check the small water reservoir besides with radiator every month, and top up with distilled water, not mineral water. If there is a hole at the radiator, it will leak and time to repair.

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This post has been edited by RicoT: Apr 13 2015, 11:08 PM

if your are concern about money, my best suggestion is to get a car that useful to you and ur family. M2 is more to the fun drive side. I believe you wanna buy a car that for long term use and City is the best choice so far.

Sound proof is poor in all new car are all poor. It is said that hearing while driving is important for driver to be alerted of surroundings.


can do basic sound proof roof + doors. Below RM1k should cover it unless u want higher end more layers of sound proofing + dampening material.


Mine is only loud (about 2.3k rpm) during morning cold start but not to your "Krak krak krak" extent.

This post has been edited by t3chn0m4nc3r: Apr 14 2015, 08:44 AM

stone flew and hit my windscreen this morning. there's a small part that got chipped off. not virgin anymore.

did u bought insurance for windscreen?? ?if u bought then dont worry la.. just change it..

Nope I didn't. It's ok it's actually the trouble of getting it change, it's just a chip I think dr windscreen can fix it

Aiya I missed the word 'tinting'. So yeah, which brands are you guys using and how much? Appreciate your feedback .

Hamel V95 8mil, 95% IR rejection RM1100
http://www.car-tint.com.my/p/hamelPromotion

There's also a great package from Cool Master which I didn't manage to go as they were fully booked and I lazy to wait so I went for Hamel instead. If you call them, they actually have a higher grade tint than the 1 below for RM500+:
http://www.coolmastertint.com/promotions.html

Good news and bad news guys. I found an adaptor that can mirror our phone/tablet to the screen but it costs US$320!!!!!
http://car-solutions.com/nfs/product/85057...ation-Guide.pdf
EDIT: US$249 without Navigation
http://car-solutions.com/en/video-interfac...rom-2014-my.php

This post has been edited by t3chn0m4nc3r: Apr 14 2015, 09:44 AM

Personally I have doubt on your statement of City the best choice for long term use. I was a City '04 owner and sold the car after 6 years due to CVT gear box issue. Although Honda claim their current City model is using new CVT technology, for me it's reliability is still yet to be proven...

Well, I would say you have bad luck. It is well known that Honda Malaysia messed up big time during the initial introduction of CVT. They used the wrong oil and the result was apparent. Some were lucky enough to have it malfunction within 3 years and therefore save a hefty replacement. My family had a City 08 which also had the same dual clutch CVT and still running fine till today.

yup,ure lucky u havent buy rio..

I do own 2 City, '04 and '06, the 04 City changed gearbox, and replaced more stuff than my 06 City. To sell it now, seems like not worth it to let go, hence selling my 06 City instead. But, 04 City has better fitting and NVH insulation than 06 facelift version.

The new torque convertor type CVT used by Honda is proven technology, used in Nissan Xtronic CVT, Toyota eCVT. The older Honda clutch type CVT is no longer used. Only problem with torque convertor is loss of power, the latest City doesn't accelerate faster than older clutch CVT City.

i believe so long the cvt fluid change periodically and you not racing the car like playing around the shifters (if your car comes with it like inspira or preve or older idsi citys) cvt box should be lasting for quite some time. Yea i do personally skeptical on cvt box as my feeling on the wear and tear on the steel belt and pully would have been really intense (imagine the belt and pulley always grind on each other all the time compared to gears which take turns as the gears are shifting), of coz you won't see anything obvious before your car odo clocks 100k and above. hence my personal take is take auto box if you wanna drive the car for long long time and cvt if you are a gentle driver. it's just my 2 cents though.

Don't be so racist against CVT la. Even Altis and Sylphy are on CVT and their acceleration are quite superb. New gen CVT really different liao. I first felt this when I test driven the Mitsubishi ASX and the Sylphy. New Honda City I not sure but based on my experience with the vTEC Honda City I think it was '06 they are very very slow.

<-- this guy prefer manual than all that cvt stuff

unfortunately manual car only on damn cheapo car or damn expensive sports car...

^ haha true.

If m2 got manual version in malaysia, I go for it for sure.

This post has been edited by ssyycc: Apr 14 2015, 01:26 PM