TS must be those who only buy cars because can afford the monthly instalments but failed to include maintenance.
The more expensive the car, the higher the maintenance. If u never bother to add those up when calculating the monthly instalments, it will bite u in the ass after 6 months.
The right way is the get the total cost of the car + yearly maintenance + road tax + insurance & divided by how many years u plan to keep it.
Say u plan to keep the car for 7 years and just add up to become RM 159400 (loan RM 150K). Divide this amount by 84 months and u get RM 1867 monthly. This does not include the loan interest rate. With a 3% per annum, the monthly comes to RM 2272 plus the maintenance.
Car dealers will advertise the car as RM 1785 monthly without the interest rate or RM 2160 monthly with 3% per annum interest.
Of course, some parts will go up in price over time but since u already have a budget, it would be a lot easier to calculate. Some items such as tire only change every 2-3 years or insurance which gets cheaper yearly due to NCD.
By not bothering about the discounts, u will have a surplus which can be use for emergencies.
I think it's just many Malaysians rich unker not cars enthusiast, many can afford super cars or sports car but daily still luxury sedan/suv for family.
Supercars or sports car also too low to get in and out. Kek
i don't mean macan, i mean the face of porsche: 911. let me show u the calculation:
median t20 earn 6k a month (t20 household median income is 12k)
brand new porsche 911 is 1.1 million ringgit => car price is 15 years of annual income for a t20!
now compare to uk, new porsche 911 is 93k pound => only 2 years of annual income for a t20. (t20 in uk starts from 3.7k gbp)
in one country you work 15 years, the other you work 2 years only. no wonder i don't see any new 911 on the road these days. and people who drive taycan already flaunting their car on tiktok ig non stop..
Car is supposed to be a necessity and affordable. Due to protecting potong and ap holders, is heavily taxed. Hence, malehsian disposable income is low.
This post has been edited by icemanfx: Jun 13 2022, 09:29 AM
Car is supposed to be a necessity and affordable. Due to protecting potong and ap holders, is heavily taxed. Hence, malehsian disposable income is low.
but fuel is almost free compared to UK. Here RM2 but UK just RM12 a litre
People that thinks this chart "cannot be true" and thinks that a lot of cars on the road laa a lot of people dining out laa this and that .
Do you realize that our working population is 16 million strong ? T20 in this sense over 3.2MILLION PEOPLE . If you dine out in publika or malls and places like that , of course most of them comes from this 3.2 million la .
One ktard lagi funny said that tHis SoMehoW cAnnoT be true . Hello ? It simply means that your social circle all falls in the 3.2million category la . Just because all your friends are from this category doesn't mean the poor doesn't exist . Just means that you are oblivious to them and you aren't looking close enough . Malaysians are poor AF and saddled with debt.