F30 is first and foremost a family sedan with a pretty good chassis and powerful turbocharged power train.
Things that you generally harder/more expensive to modify already taken care of.

And that comes to modifications - with good suspensions and some miscellaneous plug and play resto mods (considering it being a used car), it can be a very good Sporty family sedan. And in good driver's hands, command a very respectable SIC lap times or even our regular Touge routes or highway sprints.

But, is it feasible for you to spend more cash into modifications and restorations? Even assuming the used unit you're getting isn't a lemon?

1) depends how much of a driver's car you want in compromising your family requirements.
You can look up actual sports cars/sports coupe
86 BRZ first gen is the definition of a driver's car and very attainable (even in Malaysia) sports coupe.

2) for F30 no
And for 86 BRZ even more no if you gotten a badly modified and trashed used unit/lemon unit.

oh ya, in case still have doubts, cyxnide already done your homework for you, go thank him.
https://forum.lowyat.net/index.php?showtopic=5296063

I used to say I'll never buy any Toyota (no thanks to them making boring Prius for over a decade and our God car/UMWT etc)

That i own a Toyota for more than 5 years.

Such is reality

Yeah not exactly a good comparison aside both cars having the same badge.

But it's a good reminder on how we may overestimate our financial capabilities or just generally being young and stupid.

While it's easy to say you can learn easily through other people experience/age of internet etc. Often, for most people the best lesson is still to self experience (pain).

Lee82gx well apparently X50 is a bad drive.
I have no personal experience with X50 yet however to me, I'm inclined to agree as it is a SUV after all.

*Cries in broken WhatsApp memes*

PURE BLOOD is different lo
Name also win 9 Street already


Seriously la, gone are the days of Toyota bullet proof reliability.
Unless of course they continue regurgitating old drive trains. Hey maybe UMWT is profiteering for YOUR own good! Reliability is priority right?

The new GR Yaris also have their issues but everyone is accepting it being the sports car it is and generally people are grateful Toyota churning out sports cars.

And of course there's Lexus, still getting generally new stuff and still have Toyota legendary reliability (mainly from over engineered drive train) , however there's a catch - Lexus luxury brand premium. It's like that general 3 items and you can only pick 2 - price/performance/reliability

What car?

Depends condition of used car and how the new/current owner uses/maintains the car also.

And for that guy, how detailed he recorded his repairs may be a variable as well.

Just be aware of how the cars were priced originally disregarding it's used car price/resale value

I don't own F30 so can't comment

86 is a tricky thing when it comes to only repair
If nothing goes wrong, you don't spend a single cent.
But if you happen to get a blown engine/transmission, be prepared between 10-40k repair bills/half cut/rebuilding etc

It'll be hard to summarize in a single off topic post

that's just one reason.

Please don't forget:
1) it's a sports car - comes with sports car premium, or if you want more technicality, economics of scale
2) the car original price was RM220-250k+ your parts/engines etc are all based on that pricing. (this should give a good hint for a BMW too, look at the original price)