Ceejay3196
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This is my humble beginning for car ownership life in my 24 years of life. A kinda rare- because nobody are buying them- MC2 manual Proton Iriz.
As what I mentioned in post before this, several options has been considered to purchase a daily car, and finally this is my choice because:
- I want a fun to drive yet no fuss daily driver
- speed isn't much of a concern, safety and price is
- need to take care of Fuel consumption and overall friendliness on overall running cost
After a huge debate internally with all the needs and wants, in consider of my thin wallet too, I finally made my decision on purchasing this brand new Proton. To summarize why I do not consider taking over my dad's Wira, repairing my old savvy, or buying a second hand Inspira/ Myvi 1.5 Mt, here are the reason why:
Wira- it is not the C99 platform, but a C97, and my dad still need a car. If I take his, meant I'll buy to buy a car for him... can't afford that. This car is kinda beat out, which means- cash and cash to get it back into shape.
Savvy- again, it is very cash demanding to repair this.
Inspira&Myvi- For both, they are actually quite similar in terms of second hand value, no mater Inspira 1.8mt or Myvi 1.5mt.
Logically speaking, Myvi should be the best option for daily driving as you guys know it is
a.) Darn easy to source for parts
b.) Huge performance part for support
c.) it is also damn fast for it's price
But, a decent 2015 (which is already 5 years old) 1.5 Myvi still cost around RM30K~35K!? what in the world...
and you all know, without much word needed, to make a Myvi really good to drive- a set of good suspension, wheels, and tyres is a must coupled with shortshifter kit.
Purchasing something that are much older will increase risk of major services or major component start degraded, which also means cash output. Coupled with higher interest rate for car loan and ease of getting car loan... It does not make much different on purchasing a new Iriz in terms of total spending.
For Inspira 1.8mt, we all know how good it is. Just that, again, it is a Japanese C segment car which runs on Mitsu parts, albeit it is not really that expensive, it still cost a lot if there's anything goes wrong. To make it simple, just talking about rims and tyres- for inspira, 16inch is just barely there.
So in the end, I choose a new car to opt out all those trouble and wish to make things simpler in my upcoming years. It might be lag of power, but when I made it in life I can always opt for a weekend car.
Mods that I planned for this car:
Advanti S850 rim+ Michelin PS3 tyres
Eibach lowered spring
Samco radiator hose
Bendix brakepad
Upon digging old tread, I noticed that there are some brother who installed stroking kit to their campro 1.3, effectively making it a 1.6 without need of endorse from JPJ. Can anyone generously advice me on possibility for stroking my iriz's 1.3 VVT to 1.6?
That will make my car even better to drive!
As what I mentioned in post before this, several options has been considered to purchase a daily car, and finally this is my choice because:
- I want a fun to drive yet no fuss daily driver
- speed isn't much of a concern, safety and price is
- need to take care of Fuel consumption and overall friendliness on overall running cost
After a huge debate internally with all the needs and wants, in consider of my thin wallet too, I finally made my decision on purchasing this brand new Proton. To summarize why I do not consider taking over my dad's Wira, repairing my old savvy, or buying a second hand Inspira/ Myvi 1.5 Mt, here are the reason why:
Wira- it is not the C99 platform, but a C97, and my dad still need a car. If I take his, meant I'll buy to buy a car for him... can't afford that. This car is kinda beat out, which means- cash and cash to get it back into shape.
Savvy- again, it is very cash demanding to repair this.
Inspira&Myvi- For both, they are actually quite similar in terms of second hand value, no mater Inspira 1.8mt or Myvi 1.5mt.
Logically speaking, Myvi should be the best option for daily driving as you guys know it is
a.) Darn easy to source for parts
b.) Huge performance part for support
c.) it is also damn fast for it's price
But, a decent 2015 (which is already 5 years old) 1.5 Myvi still cost around RM30K~35K!? what in the world...
and you all know, without much word needed, to make a Myvi really good to drive- a set of good suspension, wheels, and tyres is a must coupled with shortshifter kit.
Purchasing something that are much older will increase risk of major services or major component start degraded, which also means cash output. Coupled with higher interest rate for car loan and ease of getting car loan... It does not make much different on purchasing a new Iriz in terms of total spending.
For Inspira 1.8mt, we all know how good it is. Just that, again, it is a Japanese C segment car which runs on Mitsu parts, albeit it is not really that expensive, it still cost a lot if there's anything goes wrong. To make it simple, just talking about rims and tyres- for inspira, 16inch is just barely there.
So in the end, I choose a new car to opt out all those trouble and wish to make things simpler in my upcoming years. It might be lag of power, but when I made it in life I can always opt for a weekend car.
Mods that I planned for this car:
Advanti S850 rim+ Michelin PS3 tyres
Eibach lowered spring
Samco radiator hose
Bendix brakepad
Upon digging old tread, I noticed that there are some brother who installed stroking kit to their campro 1.3, effectively making it a 1.6 without need of endorse from JPJ. Can anyone generously advice me on possibility for stroking my iriz's 1.3 VVT to 1.6?
That will make my car even better to drive!