if i were you, i'll stick with the existing car and do the restoration slowly. before this, i always bought 2nd car. 4afte detomaso - Blacktop ae92 - 3gte st171..after totalled my st171, and wait for the insurance claim, i but a brand new car which is alza..then,i start to pay for installment. at first, it doesn't bother me but as it pass a year already, i think it quite inconvinience to pay it. for the warranty and air conditioning service center, i dont find it very convinience. because we need to make appointment and they only operate office hour. so, need to make appointment during weekend. appointment at 2, went there at 1.45. service done near 5.. whay they arrange the appointment at specific time if they can't even meet it..this one for the taman pelangi service center. then my car got GB issue..jerking when shift to R gear..go to service center rawang, near perodua factory, report there. wait for 2 months to get replacement car. left the car there for about 2 weeks. when go back, my car in terrible condition. left outside, the white paint turn black. and guest what they says, its normal. all of alza at the service center also same. damn..at last, during last service i go to SC kinrara, they inspect it and says that there is some delay during R gear engagement but they dont have the tools..need to go to bigger service center. at last there are SC acknowledge my issue. even if you read on wikipedia also mention about this issue for alza first batch..so, for this trouble that i face, i quite regret owning brand new car..if it is 2nd hand car, i would pay for it..let say 3K for new GB, it less than 5 month monthly payment + no need to wait for several weeks for installation. is 2nd hand GB, maybe can get it around 1K. and how long it would take to change it?perhaps, 1 day. if you left the car at SC, it would take more than a week. then you can notice the milage difference when take the car back..even if you sump the monthly payment for a year, you can get good halfcut already. i prefer to have 2nd hand car(without loan)..no need to worry about the monthly payment and for the service, no need to do the appointment and wait for 2-3 hours..just go to any shop will do..or even just service it by yourself..waranty claim, they will try to make excuse more than fix it.. because there is some thing they can hardly fix expecially the CKD parts. if local parts, they can simply complain and visit the vendor and make ECI but for CKD parts, they didn't dare to do the same..
but i'll not make loan to but 2nd hand car if the car age is near 10 years..because you need to worry for the part you need to replace + still need to pay for the loan..
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