QUOTE(Lanchio @ Jan 23 2019, 12:36 PM)
At the end of the day, if the buyer wishes to buy with full loan at 9 years, best they rethink again.
The maintenance of the SUV isn't going to be cheap. 19" SUV tyres aren't cheap (yeah, Ling Long brand pun ada, boleh jimat duit... LOL). The ATF is RM500 every 3 years, coolant RM119 every 3 years, spark plugs RM112 yearly. Fuel consumption is gonna be hell as it's 1.7 tons beast (not your 1.2 tons B segment Japanese car). Wait till you see the price of the shock absorbers & lower arm bushings, these gotta carry a 1.7 ton car.
The RV isn't gonna be great too, so you'll end up having to pay back the bank hire-purchase should you decide to sell before 9 years.
In short, if you're just about making ends meet, think again coz your pocket can't support your desire.
QUOTE(l2k @ Jan 23 2019, 04:56 PM)
Kinda agree with you. Face value wise, x70 does look appealing, but I think those who can really afford x70 should be from the group that able to afford those like ~>130k ish cars like cx5 low spec.
For those who are thinking to stretch their financial to step up from cars B-seg like Honda City or even HRV should think twice due to the reasons you stated above.
For example, x70 probably consume almost close to 2x the fuel of Honda city (based on some users feedback above that it can touch 12-14L/100km, and a Honda city typically average around 7-9L/km, both mixed driving), if B-seg needs to pump RM200 per month, then x70 will need RM300-400 per month. Not mentioning other maintenance cost.
I did think all of these points over, my wife and kids mahu the X70 due to the brown nappa leather interior, extremely nice look & feel, the sunroof especially, and all the bell & whistle. The CX5 im looking at would have to be the 2.2D or the CR-V TC-P in order to compete with the features offered in the X70, thats a clear ~40K difference.
Stretching everything over 5 years, including higher FC, higher maintenance (30k change spark plug, WTH?) and all that, it will only come to ~RM8k in all these extra compared to CRV and >RM10k to CX-5 since that one comes with free 5Y service.
If you betul2 jenis tukar kereta here and there, do not take the X70 laaa, Proton/Geely RV will take some generations to match T&H RV. So overall, i still save over RM20k for (IMHO) nicer interior look and feel, OK looking exterior, beaten only by the CX5, and bigger internals (kalah to CRV).
And yes, this Proton is not your typical Proton, for the common Malaysian in term of financial strain. Even malaysian T20 also financially could not afford the car, apa lagi the M40 and B40. /k standard no hal la.
Apr 11 2018, 10:08 PM, updated 7y ago
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