QUOTE(Nursh @ Oct 24 2017, 04:21 PM)
Hi all, I hope car professionals can advice me on getting a car. Currently studying in KL for another 15 months(may buy car within this period) before I'll move back to Kuching Sarawak. Not urgently needed, if it's worth the wait for price of cars to drop, I may even buy car on 14th month while I'm still in KL. As of now, I walk and use bus to college, occasionally Uber/Grab if I'm too tired/heavy rain. I will not do part time Uber/Grab with the car, so MFG year doesn't matter.
1. Not local car brand, no rare brand which will cause the difficulty of finding spare parts.
2. RM20-RM30k
3. Used
4. 1.6 above
5. Transmission: Manual if possible, otherwise auto will do
6. NA or FI ? Probably FI for low FC.
7. Type: Sedan, Coupe, Convertible.
8. Low/Average maintenance cost, planning to use the car for at least 3-5 years while still studying+part time work. Low FC. Expecting peanut salary in the future, but backup from FAMA sponsorship may be possible.
Additional Remarks: I'll not drive the car too far, mostly just around city. However, I do drive fast, I'd like the engine of the car not to fail on me in case if I do drive fast. On top of that, I'll most likely ship the car from KL to Kuching Sarawak as most good cars sold at reasonable price can be found at KL instead of Kuching. Besides that, I'll most likely stay in Kuching so the spare parts of the car must be easily available in Kuching. I'm currently interested in any BMW cars (year 2000 and above), Honda Accord/Toyota Camry, but I don't really know the maintenance cost for them.
im not sure if you have your expectations managed. But anyway im not sure what is considered 'fast' to you. When you try mix, old, powerful, reliable and low fc together it usually becomes turns into a dream.
Some issues and few notes
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Probably FI for low FC. with this money, you can barely afford any newer car, and trust me, older turbo-ed cars drink fuel and cost a fair amount to maintain, trust me.
-Sedan,
Coupe, Convertible. yeah no convertibles, coupes possibly but u might not like em depending on what you consider decent.
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spare parts of the car must be easily available in Kuching. i have limited knowledge as to what you guys have over there, so i can only play guess, you have to figure out part availability over there.
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BMW cars (year 2000 and above) FORGET IT. an e46 is as far as you go, its VERY difficult to find a manual and im not sure you are ready for something like that given the peanut salary infomation.
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Honda Accord/Toyota Camry If you want a manual, keep walking
-cash only is key.
i think its best you figure out a few things 1st-max engine capacity (
there are huge cc cars available for a steal cause nobody wants to pay the roadtax for them)
-how much will you pour into the car in a year? (rt, insurance servicing, tires? all in)
-whats considered to be a 'decent' fc (
expected l/100km)
-what is fast? whats fast to me might be slow to you (not like you can go fast anywhere in kl anyway)
so far, the best i can come up with:
i)satria neo cps (more of a hatch but yeah.)
-cheap to jaga (i guess proton bits are easily available over there too?)
-cant really go wrong long as not abused
-performance is passable, handling really good for the pice its sold for.
-fc isnt great, but it isnt terribly bad