Hi sifus, been a lurker here for a while now but as I'm planning to get a car soon, thought i create an account and ask for advice. So as the title denotes, I'm looking for a used car to be daily driven. As of right now I have the Suprima, Inspira 2.0 and 2006/2007 Mark X in mind. The reason I've included the mark x is because I've heard it is remarkably reliable despite being an older car and I am looking for a car that can suit my driving style that is rather aggresive and heavily right footed. Need a car that can be a reliable daily driver as well as a good zippy one for the occasional spirited drives. I like the suprima but am abit worried about the maintenance as it is a turbocharged car although my friends tell me it handles great. The inspira looks nice for me, but as with the suprima has a cvt and I'm not sure how bad is the delay and whether or not the throttle response is weak in the lower gears( drove a nissan once, the cvt was awfully draggy and irresponsive below 80kmh) and in that sense I much prefer AT cars with the better power delivery. I know performance doesn't go hand in hand with reliability but I'm pretty much trying to find the best balance between the 2. 

So as I see it all of these options each have their respective pros and cons and wanted to get advice to choose between them or any other cars that I've missed out on that fit the bill. Thanks

Not sure why would people keep praising a first gen mark x but my experience with it ain't no fun. Drove a 3.0 mark x back in a small town getting out of the car is a pain especially for elders. The driver and passenger safety belt is extremely annoying with rapid beeping.

I never sit in another mark X but I guess it's a bit lower. From outside the car does not seems lowered and everything is original. The car is still equipped with the original head unit in Japanese where the radio FM at max 90mhz.

Hey! Do you own a Mark x?  If you do could pls share some maintenance costs and what is the average cost of ownership per year? Thanks !

In regards of the tail happy thing, how does it drive in the rain?

with that body width & wheelbase i doubt he saying "tail happy" is real

like that say every car r tail happy lo. myself suka play stunts kaki.
not specific to mark x

Hmmm... didn't manage to oversteer my X before... 

Just recently done that in a low powered FWD car recently,    so fortunate to escape scratch less, hence looking at some options and Mark X I guess tick the reliability box and interesting rear wheel drive-drain experience.
Not a big concern, friend told me that the TC will intervene if you pedal too hard while exiting junction on a wet road, the intensity of intervention gradually increased with generation,
older generation (TC) don't intervene at all all,
mid gen Mark X would reduce torque when sense sliding
newest gen would cut of engine RPM straightaway when it sense slide

is that true? the newest gen even got these * Pre-crash Safety Sense (PCS) * Lane Departure Alert (LDA)

By the way, do you guys worry about the availability of parts in coming years
this is the biggest concern is still since the model ended in 2019, any concern with the parts for said next five years? 2019 +5 = 2024, still plenty of supplies from Japan right?