how about safety of the car.....from just a view from outside....seems like very "soft" like vios and city......
Smart For Four, Any owners in LowYat?
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QUOTE(gsuave @ Jan 16 2007, 04:13 PM) Well, as for safety, the car is protected by Tridion frame, or the chasis frame. The four disc brake system is fitted with ABS, anti skip control, stability control and of course, air bag. that's nice.....meaning that it has all the features needed to keep the driver and passenger alive during accident.... how about maintanance wise......does the original parts tend to be more expensive and do you need to go to special service centre or any experience mechanic will do.... dun get me wrong, i am not trying to say smart is bad, its just that i am also contemplating of getting for two......damn cute car...... also, i am more worried of spare parts.......like some of the ford cars, the gear box damn expensive.... |
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Jan 17 2007, 11:25 AM
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QUOTE(gsuave @ Jan 16 2007, 04:44 PM) currently, the warranty is for 2 year with unlimited mileage. wow really...at 20000km interval....550 is cheap man....but wondering what kind of engine oil they use and wondering if the oil filter can take the beating of 20k interval.....usually even for other cars that use 20k fully synthetic engine oil, they will advice to service according to manual which is usually every 10k km, because the engine oil filter cannot tahan liao....As for Smart ForFour, the maintenance is only once every 20,000 km, roughly, 12 months once which cost appx. RM550. The parts may be slightly more expensive if it is source from Cycel & Carriage, because it is a SMART ma. However, I think it can also use mitsubishi part, as it shared the same engine with mitsubishi colt.  Also, another economical factor is the fuel comsumption, which is appx. 6 litres for 100km. |
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QUOTE(gsuave @ Jan 17 2007, 11:29 AM) hhmmm... you have a point there, tester1979. wah lau eh...what car u use where do you go to those special service centres?Let me do some digging, and I will let you know.  But regardless, at 20k km interval it is really cheap. My current car interval is 5k, normal oil, and it cost me roughly close to RM200 each time. i have kia carens II 1.8L, i use castrol magnatec 10W-40 which is semisynthetic, service every 5000km, assuming its just minor service where I change oil filter and engine oil, it will cost me about RM90 for engine oil and RM15 for oil filter (original Kia) and RM15 for labor. I go to this shop that the owner and workers are from Kia Service centres. They got trained and worked at kia service centres for few years and come out and open workshop. QUOTE(chamelion @ Jan 17 2007, 12:05 PM) Realistically, vios and honday city is still the ideal compact car.. really meh.....no lah....... |
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QUOTE(PowerSlide @ Jan 18 2007, 12:02 AM) wahahaha err.....if you dun like the neighbour, tell him and he will like my neighbour jus 2 months ago bought a used forfour for 80K n now     and you will ike    but if you and the neighbour is ok ok, then dun have to let him know. he he he.....this is such a cruel world..... |
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Jan 19 2007, 04:17 PM
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QUOTE(aLittleMisfit @ Jan 19 2007, 02:36 PM) Hey.. let us know when u got the car... let us envy also can have gathering and all oogle at your car....he he he.....how I wish I have the extra income.....plus my gf dun even have license yet........no seriously lets see if any string attached! |
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QUOTE(Aggronax @ Jan 24 2007, 09:25 PM) i tot smart 4 seat more than 130k? there was a BIG BIG discount....you should start reading from the beginning of the threadthe 2 seat last time was RM83k but now dun know |
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QUOTE(1133 @ Jan 27 2007, 05:55 PM) It's pretty unfair for ppl who bought it 1~2 months ago. Their 2nd value just droppppppp innocently. but it is also unfair to compare these cars to tiara......IMO, a discontinued car will not secure the future resale value. So 76K also not so ideal.... Just see what happen to Renault 19 and the wellknown TIARA. |
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