There is definitely a difference in flooring the throttle in a lower-powered car and eventually making it up to a high speed (say 200km/h) vs relaxedly coming up to the same speed in a car with plenty of power on tap . One big downside of the more powerful car (besides maintenance/fuel/road tax costs/etc.) is that driving a car with much less power is almost painful.

And yes, cars need to be driven. Parking them for long periods doesn't do the cars (or the owner!) any favours...

I do wish you luck in your car hunt - and whatever car you do end up buying (I'm rooting for the E400!) I hope you'll share your experiences with it here .

Ohh yes, diesels no sparkplug haha.

Roadtax, as long its not ridiculous like >RM5k, its fine.

Thanks a lot, will start test driving them after CNY.

Cheers!

There's really no right or wrong answers here, there's only your answer. You just gotta go out there and try em out and see if what you think is validated.

I had my questions too, and I had to find the answers. I thought what was missing was power, so I went and bought a v8 twin turbo M5 with close to 600hp, thinking very few things out there could smoke me. At first, it was fun, giddy with power and being compressed into the seat, riding the wave of torque coming out from toll gates, or hitting 200kmh effortlessly from launch in 12s. But then I found that while I could put distance, I couldn't really shake smaller cars without having to weave in and out, which I wasn't really keen on doing. And I found out that straight line is good and all, but getting overtaken and left for dust going up Genting by an uncle in a 4wd Fortuner of all things isn't fun, even though he sounds modded and he probably pulls 20 runs up a month regularly. And topping out at 275, I couldn't keep up with supercars. And it burnt a litre of oil every month with a full tank every 3 days. Those younger days are gone, and I think my answer to the question of conti ownership is... the one with the least stress haha.

So give it a go, if you're happy then great, if not, then let's hope it doesn't cost too much.

This post has been edited by RL5959: Feb 1 2022, 05:25 AM

Yes i spend like RM1k+ to RM3k+ for car services, but its a hybrid car so the cycle of each interval is very long before services. From my own experience my E300 service Once / Years

Toyota service 4 month once which mean 1 years Toyota need to service 3 Time = let say RM400 - 600 each time = 1 Years is roughly around RM1800

Which i think is almost the same as E300 oil change value

Though the service interval is set at once a year, I think owners should service it within 8 months or 8k to 10k km mileage. It’s still internal combustion engine and produces carbon. Hence, EO would be quite dirty. After all, what’s an oil change if compared to a blown engine

TS, I was looking for the same model for several years also. Yes, not a typo. It has been several years. Started in 2017 or 2018. That time the price was rm170k minimum. Still very attractive if compared to E250.

Was searching high and low but couldn’t pen down one. In the end, I gotten myself a F10 520d. Really an excellent car in my humble opinion,

Having owned the F10 for several years, maintenance is such a breeze. It’s really quite a solid built car within the 5 series lineup. Furthermore, being a diesel, the fuel consumption is even better an a Myvi! Highway comfort runs can last 1300 to 1400 kms easily in a full tank, rm150 in today’s B7 euro 5 diesel pricing.

However, am also now looking at purchasing a E300 since the price is even more attractive.

Just a word of caution. Definitely you can’t compare a Toyota to a conti. You’ll need to prepare your mindset on possible maintenance and repairs budget. However drive wise is next to non in a conti.

Neighbors next door had office car W212 E300 Diesel Hybrid. His company policy always bought Diesel cars. This E300 always ended up at SC due to many issues, since company registered car, Merz SC always prepared replacement car when the car on sc. Then changed to 520d F10. Good for a year then had it engine replaced under warranty due to burst gasket iinm. 1 month for engine to arrived or settled under warranty, consider fast. Now back to Merz GLE 250d for past 2 years and it is quite reliable

pick the new one. sekians

That i r not very sure, i follow what the service time set by their internal computing, so far i have own thr car more than 6 years, not much faulty or problem yet.. the only time i had a problem is the air con gas leaking which was fix for free by Mercedes services centre

I had a F10 too previously and i dare to say 100% is a shitty car… their SC is the worst compare to Mercedes SC, like previous member say BMW conti car is unreliable and spend more than in a SC than on the road, that why i change to Mercedes….

If u join BMW club u will see how much complaints in the forum

For me personally i think BMW = Bring More Worry

Wow, I thought its 1 year/20,000km or whichever comes first? I drive my cars hard, most EO break down way before it reaches its interval

I see, did you manage to get the final edition F10 520d with the M Sport steering? Such units are super hard to find. Basically 528i spec with a diesel.

Newer Mercs are indeed very reliable, to the point that I rarely hear big issues (apart from the few lemons that left the showroom with issues that couldn't be solved despite repeated visits). Despite mixed opinions - E300 is definitely out of my consideration list now, if I want a diesel, it will defo be the F10 520d.

Which BMW SC did you go to?

I thought the F10 M5 capable of 300+?

F10 which engine u pakai N or B series yea?

Good question, wanna know too

If delimited.

Iinm, thought a few years ago you said you were driving an Audi?

Sold it 4 years ago and reverted back to my Camry ever since then

N Series

Any idea what causes BMWs to be unreliable compared to Mercedes?

I often hear older folks around me saying this, but does this still apply to models say, built from 2010 onwards?

Easily and suddenly break down on few part such as : Gearbox failure , engine failure , combustion outburst ( rarely but saw multiple member kena in 1 stretch ) , gasket ,etc etc etc