Neh. I'm not a big Civic fan. In fact I'm not a Honda fan... period. Old Hondas yes.. new ones not so much. The Civics front dash is ridiculously big. Damn space waster. Can't argue with the performance though.
Now I'm curious. What's so special about his Altis? I have a lady friend who drives back to Seremban daily with her 1.8 Altis with OZ 17" rims. Was a great drive that car, pity she sold it to her father, I wanted it.
Should Have sold mine to you last time
Ok so based on your feedback (you're the only one who's actually tested the car other than me) the Eastar is out. But I assume you tested the 2.0 variant and not the 2.5 right? The 2.5 was a failure. Eastar is the most comfortable car in my list. I've pretty much test driven (for a very short distance in some cases) all the cars mentioned and I have mixed feelings about all of them.
The most comfy is the Eastar. The next most comfy and the most spacious is the Sylphy. Sylphy outranks the Eastar in terms of driving but both handling characteristics are horrible. But they are cruisers so cruise is all I'll do in them if I buy them.
The VW is a conti, feels conti and handling, suspension, everything is conti. I like it a lot but space is lacking in the rear since for the same money I can get more from the Kia Forte 2.0. This Kia is a very zippy responsive car but handling is downright scary in corners, but again like the Sylphy it's a cruiser so Polo Sedan wins in terms of handling.
Ford Focus is a wild card, I got lubang to get an older model for less money but at the same time I know this car is probably the most expensive to maintain amongst the lot. I'm a little mixed with this car. It's huge and feels huge when driving it around.
The Vios ultimately is still a 1.5 and my Wira (although heavily modded.. not quite a fair comparison) out performs it and I feel the Wira is slow to some extent. So I prefer not to get a small car like this. Comfy, economical and pretty easy to maintain - sure. Does it make me want to drive it everyday? No.
The day I give in to priorities over my own personal needs will be the day I really become an uncle. Right now I'm compromising because my wife said so. Otherwise screw practicality, I want a RX7 FD. My car has to be something I enjoy driving. I do not enjoy driving the Myvi so I get very easily irritated whenever I'm driving it. With my Wira however I just waft along and let anyone and everyone overtake if they want to. I rarely get agitated. Also another thing is people seem to give way to the Wira more than they do the Myvi. In fact
no one gives way to Myvis. Bloody hell so bloody irritating.
Everyone hates Myvi when they see them in their rear view mirror
Mostly ah bengs with stock myvi but all HID and etcs...Lighted up like a parade car.
Wira, mostly we know they are modded nicely :top:
I have a Honda City in the family and I've driven it to Klang, Kajang, Subang, Sungei Long and PJ (in that order) in one day before. I hated driving it. Manual or paddle shift, it's just sluggish. The Vios is more responsive. I don't care about top speed, I want torque and the Vios has more imho. Maybe it's because of those heavy 16" vs the Vios 15".
Is the Altis that much cheaper? The Nissan Syphillis has an overtrade of 8k and a family friend is working as a high level manager there so I probably can get a good deal for the Nissan if I wanted it. Toyota isn't really quite that much cheaper.
If you are looking for a comfy car + enough power for overtaking, I believe is
either the Toyota Altis Dual VVT-i or the Nissan Syphilis 2.0. But Altis will be the 1.8 model.
The 2.0 model cost around RM132K for Toyota Altis, and is newer model compare to Syphilis.
http://www.toyota.com.my/corolla-altis/
I guess just narrow down to these 2 and test drive both to see which one you like bro. Might
also consider including Proton Inspira into the picture? or maybe Proton Preve 1.6 CFE.
Bro, you and I have been around for a long time. We're both old. LOL! :slug: