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

I see, haven't driven MT for awhile now. Perhaps I'll go test drive one and see if I still got it.

Thanks for the reply. Any reason why markx is on top of your list?

I see, is it better in the suprima? And if I use the shift paddles will it be any different?

Hmm okay so I'm guessing you're suggesting the 1.8 mt INSPIRA ?

The maintenance for Mark x is very costly?

Would rather spend the extra money to maintain that's why I'm going for one with the budget of the 3.

Trying to stay around the 40-50k range.

I see, so amongst the 3 which would you recommend ? Or any other cars within that range ? As I mentioned previously if the cvt is really slow then I'll have to consider other options as the last cvt car I drove I could barely over take other cars in day to day traffic so definitely a no-no for me.

Thanks for the insight . So I take it the suprima's cvt will be sluggish as well regardless of whether it's the suprima or inspira is your exora the turbo one? If so how's the maintenance of it? Do you have to spend alot to fix parts related to the turbo and how much do spend yearly on maintenance? Very curious. Thanks

Okay I see. How do you find the driving of the Suprima? Did you also find it underpowered?

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 !

Okay thank you for the explanation it really helps. So your average yearly maintenance costs is around 1-2k? Thanks

That's really helpful. Thank you so much bro

Okay, duly noted. Looks like I have to find the right mechanic before thinking of getting one. Thank you.