Yes. I did some math and found out that the depreciation value is even higher than changing all parts into the new one. Just want to get a rough figure so I could prepare for it. Thanks for your info. it's useful!!

RFT is not necessary right? Because you'll hv to be superb careful on it. Die die need to change a new one if u hit a lobang.

no extra money better don't try boasting...you cant afford to pay for maintenance and repair later. i earn 2x-3x k per month and i am only driving a 3xxk and 2xxk japanese car and maintenance is not cheap. bought a bmw before that was the worst decision ever.crap car

you need RFT for that car. Theres no spare tyre. Thats why la you need to count in the cost for tyre replacement. Sure need to change either 2 pcs or 4 pcs. change 1 piece not balance.

One main advantage of the continental car is the on-board computer. It tracks the driving habits, service records/histories and life span of the parts. E.g. when to change the brake disc/pad, when to change the brake fluid, micro-filter, and etc. By modifying all these, that means have to track manually when to replace those items. Doesn't this defeat the purpose of owning a continental car?

Cars are just cars, even suspension will leak after 5 years. I used to own a 5 years old continental car. When I felt something was not right about the front suspension, I thought I could live with it. At the end, the suspension problem led to more problems, my struts, cross arm and bushing all needed to be changed. Comfort and performance drivings always come with cost. So, owning a BMW is not just about speed, but to keep it in good conditions.

Yes, I already expect that. Worse to worse, I'm ready to change all the necessary parts.

if you die die want to buy, no one can stop you. after all its your money and your life. ppl here just advising.

No die die larr. Need y'all to give precious advises.. still thinking whether it is the right decision.

Anyhow, thank you so much for your time..

So from experts opinions, y'all prefer the brand new one with 5 yrs warranty instead of having the second handed one.

yes. If i were you. I'd just use the car that your parents gave you. Just pay for petrol and maintenance. Maybe spend your money to repair that car and mod abit.

buy. make things work. dun wait for things to work. cash not enough then work harder.

Seriously, by then, it is better for you to buy a new car with 4 years warranty and free oil change services. To replace all those parts, you have to spend about 20% of the value you paid for the car.

Btw, RFT is not a must for continental cars. I know some owners buy normal tyre and have repair kits and pumps with them. But, new BMW and new Mercedes are designed with RFT as integrated components. It means the suspension, car body, all have been tuned to run on RFT. You change to normal tyre, in short term, you don't see any difference. But, long term, you might feel the difference.

Furthermore, F30 is coming to the end of lifecycle. G20 is coming soon. Soon, there will be a lot of pre-owned units. Whenever there is a new model, depreciation will become worse. I bought my F30 328 in 2012 with fleet discount. It was around 290k. When I sold it 5 years later, it was merely 110k because of the facelift.

Your still young.go for it.
Now im in my 30s have to pay house monthly installment for around 2.3k
Getting ready the fund for my marriage.
after that getting ready the fund for my kid.

dream of driving CX5 seems like 5 more years to go.

Why pity me? If someday we meet in our business I'm 1000% certain you won't pity me! I just told exactly what you said what? Why feel offended?? Someone asked you how much cash balance you have in the bank and you only mentioned your FD of rm50k, right? So that's what we got from what you said, simple as that. If you have more then good for you lor, but don't blame us for not knowing coz we're not mind readers! Sigh...

Awww. You're such an innocent.

If you're in this forum long enough, you'll know this fellor has quite deep pockets but still tries to be wise in his spending.

People give you advise out of good will because you asked for it. But by observing your replies, clearly your understanding about cars are novice level, limited at best. You really need to learn about cars, and the best way is to start with the free vios that you are having now. Mistakes made on the vios won't be that painful and you can stomach it easily. Consider at "school fees", and i went through that with a vios after getting pissed off with a workshop i trusted very much that turned out to be quite a 2 face.

But if you got f'ed up by some workshop wanting to take advantage of you, asking for help then won't do much good. German cars are sophisticated in their driving, and so is their engineering. If don't have basic foundation on car related knowledge, you'll have a hard time thinking through so many whys. You're in a very good financial position at such young age, many more here don't have that sort of privilege at the start of adulthood. Don't trash it unwisely, but if you want to YOLO, then, just get it done with since there is no right or wrong of spending your own money. And of good things/karma/good luck/god bless, your dream car that you picked up may be a good durable unit that don't give you much trouble that you heard of.

Yes he could be, but at his age (should be 60s or 70s), EQ wise, he's poor. I don't need his sarcasms, so I'm just simply had fun of him. What I'm looking for is the advises not criticizes.


Thanks for yours too. At least it's something positive.

Hehehe, I'm certainly still pretty far from being that old but old enough to know how dumb and superficial kids nowadays are. I'm just emphasizing EXACTLY what YOU said, so if you don't like it, then next time think before acting up like some young hot shot. Anyway typical of people who started this kind of topics, if still asking like this then actually they cannot really afford it. People who can really afford it NEVER need to ask such things coz have enough confidence to just go ahead and buy whatever they want, that's the real mindset of people who got money.

I am pretty sure you meant 'advice '! Young ppl should be humble enough to accept criticism la!

If you have to worry about resale value, then ure not ready to own one

ur saving and income is more than enough to cover for loan and installment
go for it...nothing to lose, u still young

dont be bogged down by other who tell u not to buy.
probably they drive myvi only