Thursday, April 19, 2007

Want to change my car!

Nowaday, car prices dropping crazily. Its really shopping haven for new car buyer (as well as 2nd car buyer). It start with Mitsubishi Lancer offering at 75k. I went to town to test drive. But can't find the dealer. How silly. I thought it was somewhere in town but I was wrong. In the end I drop by Proton Edar in town area and ask for Waja test drive. But there's no test drive car at the moment. So I take the next best thing, that is the Proton Perdana.
While majority of Malaysians are bashing Proton, I do agree Proton is the reason why Malaysian can't enjoy better and safer car. Anyhow, this is not reason for this post. When I step into Perdana, I've already feel very good. The leather seat and trimming are very luxury. Spacious. When the engine start, the sound is very nice. I seldom heard such nice engine sound. Not even from Honda City or Toyota Vios. Ok, I kid myself. This is V6. Can't really compare to those small engine. NVH is very good. Hardly heard any noise. Not much low end torque. But handling is perfect. I love this car. If this car has airbag, this might be my new car even though its Proton. Priced at rm80k or lower with 5 year warranty (retail at rm100,000), price is not bad.

Not enough of car test drive (I guess test drive bug just hit me:P), I call up Mitsubishi and got the person to bring the car to my factory for test drive. Am I bad? Looks ok. Outside looks sporty. Inside looks cheapo. No leather seat. 1 DIN CD player. All trimming looks old and dark. Not luxury at all. Retail price at rm100,000 just not worth it although it has airbag. Handling is good and speed is ok. I did a high speed cornering.  It does skid a bit but I never felt I'm going to lose control. I guess that's the ABS taking control. We'll this car does not interest me at all. But I know this will be the lowest maintenance car. Fuel consumption is fantastic. Better than Kenari. 5 years warranty. But not what I wanted for my next car. The last thing I heard, the price drop 
to rm62,000.
Chevrolet Optra

Ok, suddenly, I heard that Chevrolet having once in a life time promotion. Optra selling at rm99,000 is dropping to rm60k. Wow, I mean,  what is happening to new car price. Never test drive this car. Smaller and less luxury than Perdana. So this is not what I want. No auto cruise. But its really a good deal. Better than buying a Waja.

By now, I guess you all know that I love to drive big luxury car. But 1 car really hit the artistic side of me. Well, it does called Picasso. I really love the look. Then I just log onto its website. And read all the feature. Wow, its really electronic heaven. Everything is button control right to the brake. But I think I won't be buying car soon. After long thought, I'll just bear with Proton Iswara at the moment until I pay off my house loan.

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