Aku dulu ingatkan murah!
Awas jangan baca!
Tapi cuba kau tengok betul-betul.
Harga Kancil EZ (1994): RM35,789.98
Dan bila kita semak guna CPI inflation calculator,
nilai tu pada tahun 2025 bersamaan RM72,608.76.
Soalnya sekarang?
Murah ke? Atau kita sebenarnya dibodohkan oleh persepsi?
“Murah” itu ilusi bila kau tak faham.
RM35,000 pada tahun 1994
= RM72,000 pada tahun 2025.
Itu bukan murah.
Itu hampir harga City baru, S70 atau Ativa AV spec sekarang.
Orang zaman dulu pun struggle.
Gaji masa tu RM1,000 – RM1,500 sebulan.
Nak beli Kancil, tetap kena loan 7–9 tahun.
Jadi kalau hari ni kau rasa “dulu semua murah”,
hakikatnya dulu pun tetap susah tapi bezanya dulu tak ada iPhone, tak ada Shopee, tak ada GrabFood.
Masalah bukan pada harga.
Harga barang naik sebab inflasi, ya.
Tapi kenapa kuasa beli rakyat tak naik sama?
Sebab gaji naik 1%, harga naik 10%.
Sebab sistem sokong kroni, bukan pengguna.
Sebab yang kaya makin kaya, yang tengah makin terhimpit.
Kancil 1994 bukan murah.
Ia mahal untuk zaman itu.
Dan kalau kau nak faham realiti ekonomi, jangan banding harga TAPI banding kuasa beli.
Tak setuju? Takpa.
Aku tetap pilih fakta berbanding fantasi.
Prinsip berbanding persepsi.
Persoalannya, jika kau ada kelayakan pinjaman RM72,000 (tempoh 7tahun) dengan monthly RM1055 kau nak sambar kereta atau rumah?
Pemilik kancil munculkan diri. Have2 depa ni.
DISCLAIMER:
Nilai inflasi berdasarkan kalkulator rasmi CPI Malaysia. Perbandingan dibuat untuk tujuan pendidikan dan kesedaran awam, bukan promosi atau kecaman terhadap mana-mana pihak atau jenama.
Fb Zam Sani
REN30858

eh, check the pre proton price lah

topkek

all I know if you are b40 and earn under rm1500 back then, you can try your luck applying gomen subsidy house under PKNS. RM 25,000, either landed or flat.

that was before 1996. so yes, one brand new kancil can get a house already.

this is in section 24, shah alam. basic 2 rooms house



This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Apr 30 2025, 11:01 AM

1975 Datsun 120y just RM10,000 only

Hai lat d. Ppl see this post terus storm Honda, Toyota showroom can wallop all cars. Because 72k last time buy kancil, now can be Bangsa H

Conti cos how much back then?

if you are that poor, you should not buy car also

what is the point?

This post has been edited by desmond2020: Apr 30 2025, 11:02 AM

hakikatnya dulu pun tetap susah tapi bezanya dulu tak ada iPhone, tak ada Shopee, tak ada GrabFood

Means last time spend less. Not sure how that helped in your argument

back then u still can get second hand motorcycle, say, c70 for rm400. or you can take public bus. which is almost everywhere

I am talking from my own experience

but yes, some ppl die die want to buy new car for whatever reason

just like kids these days got salary of rm2K but die die want to buy brand new axia

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Apr 30 2025, 11:03 AM

at least the price better than Singapore's, the car prices there are so expensive...

But but but

Car price is actually the only thing that's gone down over the years. 40k today is actually maybe only worth 20k 20 years ago, so essentially you are paying less but you are also getting a car that has 7 airbags and autonomous safety features compared to just a steering wheel and 4 seats back then.

which was big amount back then

3 years max loan repayment
20% deposit
interest dem high 10% and above

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Apr 30 2025, 11:13 AM

Who said it was ?

this is true

that kancil 660 is basically a very basic car, we tend to see it cheap now. no airbag, no abs, no shit at all

All relative.

That time after MCE if can get junior clerk job salary only RM400 per month only. That time RM50 can buy one trolley of groceries.

The Proton Saga, Malaysia's first national car, was launched in 1985 with a launch price of RM 17,757 for the 1.3L variant and RM 19,005 for the 1.5L variant

if adjusted to today price, holy cow

back then ringgit actually have higher purchasing power, when 1 SGD= 1 MYR

just the fact that our currency loose value real fast

Concur to this.
Last time those bus and van sapu is everywhere.
And motorbikes is pretty cheap.
So is bicycle.
I remember getting a basikal for only RM110 during my school time.

I feel old. Parents era here apparently refers to 1990s.
Should refer to 1980.

Most important milestone is before Proton and after Proton.

last time i just spend for cinema, video games arcade, newspaper, magazines

then handphone bills. which is way way more expensive than mine now ( less than rm50 now , unlimited calls, plenty of GBs )

no worries, all of us here are old folks already, from analog era bro

eh that time US$ 1 = RM2.5

quite low already

1 SGD= 1 MYR = 1979 then slowly creeping up

This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Apr 30 2025, 11:12 AM

I surprise people don't realize this:-

houses, food, education, services all the necessities all increase a lot. People of the past has higher purchasing power for these products.

"Products" such as cars, computer, electrical appliances, phone are actually cheaper than the past.

nope, last time ayam buy 386 processor computer, cost me blardy 5k that time

I used to play King's Quest on this!

topkek u are that old eh

Apa la bangang sangat ni compare dgn 90s... After Proton & Perodua era.. Tax already increase multiple times..

Early 80s (b4 Proton), my father can buy Datsun & Mazda 323 which equal level to Honda Civic/ Mazda 3 in 2025 for just RM10k.

This post has been edited by khusyairi: Apr 30 2025, 11:18 AM

I maintain my stance. Nowadays ur celery not even rm3k shudnt even be buying a car.

Thanks to mahaidiu

gila anak orang kaya!

bugger I bought my first own assembled pc also in 1999 only. parts by parts lulz. before that only use office pc.

some case is, you don't have own car, you don't get a job

just saying

now 5K can get u macbook air already.. owai..

This post has been edited by brkli: Apr 30 2025, 11:23 AM

Damn that era my dad said rm150k for our bungalow lot acquisition, hire consultant architect/engineer and naik the rumah. Damn cheap.

Nowadays the bungalow lot nearby want to buy saja oredi rm300k++

betul lar dia cakap

" are actually cheaper than the past."

meaning now are cheaper than ever with the specs

Pinjam appa amma car dulu 😹

Many cina buy cash. My dad bought 160J SSS. Learnt how to drive in that, heavy clutch but good pick up.

Mamakthir spolied everything when he started plotong and added high duties to all other brands. All the gomen until today still kept his legacy although P1 belongs half to PRC and junk most of the time being rebadged.

This post has been edited by pgsiemkia: Apr 30 2025, 11:22 AM

back then anything above rm100K consider a lot already

at least before mid 90s

this car can score chicks back then

but car salesman, dealer, gomen dont like your idea

now everyone can utang. with bnpl.

In the 70s, less that RM30k, if not mistaken

ya. replied wrong post. was going to reply the rich kid with RM5K PC in the late 80s- early 90s.

10k that time can buy a house already

ayam dad owns a 1980s toyota corona for 10k... thanks madey for potong

that is exactly my house where I grew up
2 rooms, 1 bathroom, kitchen sink outside, 1 shared area for living room/dining, corner lot

Now 4 rooms, still 1 bathroom but toilet separate.
all covered and paved, can fit 2 cars inside gate, 2 cars private parking outside.
kitchen took the whole backyard space.
1 area for living room, 1 for area for TV/dining

This one is for 5.25 inch drive. I used to learn my comp science degree using 8 inch one (1Mb data max).

And my dad own Toyota KE20

This post has been edited by haturaya: Apr 30 2025, 11:34 AM

>inb4 TS avatar
topkek
Nearlee

wah, u seksyen 24 ppl also eh?

i remember visiting my friend there, the siling is kinda low and the house is kinda stuffy

but again, cant expect much from that price

now price shoot up , rm300K and above, right?

House yes. Food and services maybe, I argue that it has increased but not to the scale of other global prices. Say watching a movie for example, it's still cheap in Malaysia compared to China or Singapore or even Bangkok.

many dont realized that before 1990s , it consider a luxury to own a car and a PC at home

Memang lah, sudah old fag. Looking back, it really was a different time.

My parents got an Accord for 20k.
Pre Proton prices were something else.

exactly,

TV only 3 channel,
no ASTRO, Netflix

No so panas back then, kipas is enuff,
now my home got 8 airconds and always on cause so panas

House phone only, no internet
now got to pay Unifi and upgrade phone at least every 2-3 years

We eat lunch at home during weekdays cause parents can go back during lunch hour
Sometimes we pay people to cook and send multi layer Kaleng to our home.
Now all eat outside, every single person during lunch time

Still go out eat on weekend but only daytime,
we rarely go at night cause back then only night time food court open, no choices
Now, 4am still can bring family eat a full meal outside

No expensive daycare, tuition or play school
we just send to grandparents house, my aunt takes care of us all.
If not, dad just dump us at state library after school.

Why lar u make me feel like prehistoric only.

rapuji ken gib u myvi at rm25k
apa lagi mao

cant afford to own a pc back then, the only entertainment that I have was this after work

Kuching. I think same price
Now last time I heard, just around 250k

I moved out already but my brother takes over the home.
ceiling is okay, still need ladder to fix lampu

Ceiling board still stands, maybe a bit bocor here and there
Atap still okay, we lived there in early 80s. so 50 years?
one segment got wooden wall, still stands today
pipes, electrical still okay.

The only problem was some tiles got retak due to construction nearby, got pampasan
renovated and all fine till today

Yup... we got our own IBM 8086 pc at home in 1984. That when I was 12 years old. Learnt some BASIC programming back then. The rest is history.

stopped reading at REN30858

agenda suruh beli property letew

Mana gambar of the night soil man ? LOL

that time Accord is for atas ppl wei

Used to waste coins playing this at Pengkalan Chepa army camp. Deep inside 'Pegawai' area. My BFF at that time always bring us there.

ahahaha angkat tahi punya orang

cant remember whether I still keep the dbkl punya

SG got



This post has been edited by JimbeamofNRT: Apr 30 2025, 11:48 AM

Corona did make a huge comeback in 2020s though… 👀

Someone said it's Boon Siew 'first' job Not sure how true it is.

This post has been edited by haturaya: Apr 30 2025, 11:49 AM

Family car also can pull chicks when I drove to school.


This post has been edited by pgsiemkia: Apr 30 2025, 11:53 AM

The 850 was such a baller car back then.
I remember when I saw a Kancil with the 850 sticker, fuh tabik.

Conti was more expensive then, but probably also more high spec + CBU made in Germany at the time.
None of that demo/pre-reg/recon models selling at rm2**,*** at 0.88% pa promos.

any car can be sakit car back then

ohwai

During that time cost of living and houses are still affordable , car consider a luxury , mostly are using kapcai for travel around town.
Mcd kepci also consider luxury foods where only on special occasions for normal families. Nowadays terbalik dy where fast food are more affordable.

This thread suddenly become okdfag gathering.

I remember McD last time kena kecam from my parents. Spend RM3 to eat roti (burger) only. Better than the same money go eat KFC snack plate, RM3.95 if not mistaken.

Nah, a plate of Ayam Penyet + Teh Ais is still cheaper than a Big Mac set or Snack Plate Combo.
Just had breakfast, Kolo Mee + Teh O Ais = RM8.60

Lowyat is full with 40s unker like me
Reddit is full with SPM kids

I haven't seen ppl here posting their SPM results like in r/malaysia & r/Bolehland

70, 80 time, 1 acre of farm land is RM1k or below only.

Those with Car, House (City), Color TV, Computer n study foreign is rich.

Those day bank interest is very high.

Salary few hundred only.

With thousand salary mean you are on top already.

Eat out per bowl or plate also 5 or 10 cents only.

Now, thousand thousand salary also money not enough.

Too much of entertainment already.

Please check your Datsun and Honda car price before Proton exist then come back to me.

Technology gets better and cheaper with time ma
Manufacturers found ways to optimize efficiency of production also...

Last time one supercomputer cost few million now a phone cost few hundred also can rival it


This post has been edited by Knnbuccb: Apr 30 2025, 12:14 PM

yes, that time housing loan interest is damn high, that is why property price back then remain stagnant or little growth

until after 1998, the number pumping begin

that time depo 50%

This one my primary sch tchr driving oh.. in the 90s

Car was never cheap during proton era regardless of what generation.

What about the zhuyok lou toyota wagon?

10k in 1975 is worth 42k in todays money

so basically an Axia

The real high jump for property price is Najib time.

Serious, he is devil.

Free tax + 0 down payment + 1.5% to 1.75% bank interest. Go office n sign paper, you own a property already.

I believe those who are age around 40 to 50 with a lot of property are buying on Najib time.

Those miss out, omg......

1994? unker taking PMR.. lol.. TS u pretty young eh?

FYI b4 the proton years in the early 80s, both my parents were able to afford their own cars on their office exec salary..

so are you trying to say computer now is more expensive than the past?

I wondering how my 32 years old father in could afford a Wira in year 1997.. 🤣

Thats might equivalent to RM100k-120k in today price?

it is always relative to salary not global prices.

I remember chicken rice being RM1.80 in the early 90s. The same shop(obviously different owner) now in my housing area, cost like rm11 now.

about 600% increase.

Proton project is DrM's crony

ppl suffer kau kau

They have less commitment in housing , insurance, children education.

In the past my parents used to say how lucky the current generation is.

I told them my monthly expenses for children daycare, bus fare, education etc can buy 6 terrace houses in PJ in the early 90s.
My yearly insurance payment is equivalent to a yearly 1 PJ house loan installment in the early 90s.

They never dared to complain after that.

our generation much tougher la, more things to spend on, internet, phone, data plan, netflix etc

and not to mention the competition our generation have in the working world, last time our parents generation compete with another 10 more ppl, but today our generation is competing against 100 to 1000 people or more for the same job

our parents generation, got a degree or diploma already can get a very good job and guaranteed bright future ahead for them, but now our generation got degree also not guaranteed a good job and have to go do grab foodpanda etc

Haha, i still remembered. Kancil 850 installment RM584, 6% hire-purchase rate. That time was with EON Bank.

the land price of 1K is not applicable to Selangor unless very rural
my grandfather bought 2 acres and it cost 11 thousands in end of 70s

a lot of people salary back then was 100-300 depends on area.


now have to compete with AI somemore, just saw a news on jewtube, china now those hair saloon already use AI robot for hairwash :X

This post has been edited by anakkk: Apr 30 2025, 01:00 PM