68th month report: I10 1.25 CVVT. Also vs New i10.

LONGTERMER 5: 68th Month report: Hyundai i10 1.25 CVVT with Comparison vs New i10.  What's changes?

This post will explain Why this is the BEST buy A-segment car Now.

In this blog entry, I'm posting my 68th month ownership report of i10 1.25 CVVT.  I bought this i10 back in March 2013 at RM45,500.  It's because of Year make subsidy (YM 2012) and 10% Staff discount.  Today, You can buy a Better Spec'ced 2017 car for RM39,888 without insurance.  Stocks limited...  1st come 1st serve based on LOU.  Hurry!

What you gained:

1) 2x ISOFIX Rear anchor points

2) 3 point seat belts for center
3) 60:40 Flat Split folding seats

4) 2-tone Leather seats

5)  Rear foglights with Manual Headlamp levelling

6) New design rim

7) Side skirts, Front bodykit
8) Passanger airbag off switch (can put your child seat in front)

9) Better soundproofing

Please see my 1st ever video presentation:

https://youtu.be/RQSWEGwBH2U

Let's proceed to Photo gallery as a picture's worth 1000 words:

 Above and below: 225 liters boot space in action.

 Above and below: The i10 seats 3 Adults abreast Comfortably.

 Above: i10 full load.

 Above and below: Plenty of Storage compartments.

 Above: 225 liters boot space.

END OF NEW i10.  Start of my 2012 i10 1.25 CVVT:

 This milestone was hit back in 9 October 2018.

 Above and below: Empty Buttons and fabric seats.

 Above: No Rear 3 point (lap belt) and No rear center headrest.

Above: No rear foglight here...

END OF My i10

Without further ado, let's proceed to Logbook:

Mileage upon delivery: 0057km

Mileage last update: 62,736km (22 March 2018)

 Mileage today: 70,638km (28 October 2018)

Mileage done past 7 months: 7,902km

Average mileage per month: 1128km (past 12 months)

Average mileage per day: 36.2km

OVERALL Average mileage per month: 1034.5km

OVERALL Mileage per day: 34.5km.

Purchase price: RM45,500 (cause Year Make 2012 registered 2013 March)

Current value: RM21,000.

Interest rate: 2.96% (PBB) for 48 months loan @ 25,000.

 Monthly RM582.

 FUEL CONSUMPTION SO FAR:

 BEST: 14.7km/l . RM70 =  457km.

 WORST: 9km/l.  RM70 = 270km. 100% CITY.

COMBINED AVERAGE: 11.5km/l.

Expenses:

1) 1 service. Previous service RM298.00  - Fully Synthetic.

2) Petrol (average RM220 per month) and toll (once a month top up RM30)

3) Wipers.  Front Silicon RM70, rear Bosch RM15 total (RM85)

4) Front Brake pad labor - RM15 (bought back in March)

5) DBKL Summons - RM30.

SHOULD YOU BUY THIS CAR?

This is a Very Solid car with decent soundproofing, Great Ride and handling and high speed stability.  Check out the Top speed: 175km/h.  And 0-100km/h in 12.2 seconds.

 Test drive to agree with me.  There's a reason behind...

Apparently the i10's Engineered, designed and tuned in India.  This is to meet Indians requirements.  This explained the Robustness of the chassis and suspension.  Built to take on Indian Roads...  If the i10 can survive Indian Roads, then Malaysian road conditions are piece of cake.  

Note that our i10s are CKD, but the CKD pack Came from INDIA.  The i10's only produced in 3 countries and NONE are Korea.  It's Kulim, Malaysia, Chennai India and Mexico.  

OVERALL I have NO REGRET Buying this Hyundai i10.  Rating 9/10.     

I bought this i10 for RM45,500 back in 2013.  Today, with more safety kits now RM39,888 without insurance.  WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

Call me now:

If you want to test drive or buy the i10, please call me Jefferson Lim at 012-6852-718. or http://wasap.my/+60126852718

Before I go, here's a parting shot:

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That's all folks, thanks for the time and patience to read this blog entry.

Cash Back: Not what it seems...

Many people asking about “cash back”.

Actually not really cash back. you paid thru your monthly installment. Eg. Car 103k, your original full loan installment RM1146.

If you Loan 120k to get the cash back, your monthly installment become RM1376 with total interest paid RM28,620 vs 24,565.50. You paid extra RM4,054.50 interest for the cash back.  Or 23.5% interest for RM17,000 cash back.

You paid extra RM230 monthly for the cash back 😰. Ask yourself, Is it worth it?

CLOSE UP+DRIVEN: NEW Perodua MYVI range

In this blog entry, I'm posting a Close up review of the New 3rd Generation 2018 Perodua MYVI.  It's very well received with 6000 bookings and counting as I'm typing this.  Below: Signature color for 1.3.  Peppermint green.

  60% booking 1.5 Variant and 50% buyer chose the New Granite Grey Color.   Signature color for 1.5.

Price list as below:

 Above and below: Brochure scan.  MYVI Launched On 16 November at Putrajaya, 5:30pm.  Live stream by Paultan.

Without further ado, Let's proceed to my Youtube Playlist.  90 mins++ and counting.

 Above and below onwards, Checking out NEW MYVI at Perodua Sentral at 10:30pm.  They opened till 12am today.

 Above and Below: Myvi 1.3X.

 Above: LED Headlights across the range.

 Above: Toyota VIOS 1.5 Dual VVTI Engine.

 Above: Toyota Avanza 1.3 Dual VVTI Engine.

 Above: LED Tailights.  Below: my Car Nut Friend Chris.  Later you see why...

 Above: HUGE 277 litres boot space with FULL SIZE Spare tyre (below)

Above: Semi-Bucket front seats. 

 Above: EXCELLENT Leg room and Really fits 3 adults comfortably.

 Above: ISOFIX Rear seats...

 Above: Excellent Legroom.  Below: Fatty feels comfortable in it...  Front adjusted to my 6 footer Friend's seating position.

 Above: Despite New MYVI Lower than before, Excellent headroom.

 Above: 60:40 flat folding split fold rear seats with 2 step Recline.

 Above: View from another angle.

 Above: No Center Armrest.  Fret not, Buy from Brothers...

 Above and below: Built in Smartag.

 Above: 1.5 SE.

 Above: 1.3 Gives GOOD tyres.  Bridgestone ECOPIA EP150.

 Above: Anti-Snatch Handbag hook.

 Above: 1.3X dashboard.

 Above: Push Start/Stop with keyless entry ACROSS the Range.

 Above: this is the 1.3 Variant.

 Above: This is the 1.3 Variant.

 Above and Below: 1.5 SE Variant.

 1.5 SE Variant.

 Above: 185/55R15 Good tyres.  Goodyear Assurance Triplemax.  No Silverstone, No GT Radial Crap (Unlike Proton).

 Above: No more DVVT. Licensed to use DUAL-VVTI from Toyota.

 Above and below: Quality Vendors...

 Above and below: 1.3 and 1.5 door handles.

Above and below: 1st MYVI 1.5 Advance waiting to deliver to Customer.

 Above: the ADAS Radar/Camera.

 Above and Below: Most Popular colour and variant.  50% of booking chose this New Color and 60% of booking choose 1.5 Variant.  5000 booking as I'm typing this.

 Above: odd position Reverse Camera.

 Above and Below: Spacious Perodua Sentral Showroom

 Above: ABS supplied by Bosch.

Horn, Air-cond, Compressor Supplied by Denso.

 Above: Quality Vendor.

 Above: my Car Nut friend.  Mr.Chris Checking out the Radiator Vendor (DENSO).

 Above: Alternator by Denso.

 Above and Below: Thick Firewall insulation.

 As I'm leaving the Showroom, I realised the 1.5 Advance's the Test drive car outside.  It's 11:50pm already, and the showroom's closing.  Quick snap...

 Above: Leather Semi-bucket seats...

 Above: Soothing Blue Meter cluster.

 Above: Multimedia AVN with Navigation and Reverse Camera for 1.5 Advance only.

 Above: Cleverly designed to mimic Dual Zone Auto Air-cond but it's actually Manual Single Zone air cond.

 Above: this is what FULL SPEC with All complete buttons

 Above: the ADAS Radar/Camera.  Rear view.

 Above: Another clearer angle of the Soothing Blue and white Meter cluster.

 Above: LED Rear tailight.  No Rear Fog lights at moment.  But will eventually add (at bumper)...

 Above and Below: Gear up Boot tray and Gear Up rear bodykit.

 Above: Gear up Side skirt.

 Above: Gear up Door visors.

 Above: Check out the Comprehensive kit...

 Above and Below: LED Headlights across the Range.

 Above: Nice Dashboard.

My OPINION: This is a VERY GOOD Buy.  Very Spacious and versatile Interior that Fits 5 adults comfortably.  Well spec'ced across the Range.  

SMART Move by UMW Group fitting the Avanza 1.3 and VIOS DUAL VVTI Engine on the 1.5 Variant to fight the Honda Jazz.  Also, ESP Standard Across the Range.  No doubt it's Still 4 speed E-AT Transmission but Conventional Auto is anytime better than rubber band CVT No?  

The New Myvi's Well built inside out with Quality Plastics and Nice panel gaps.  Quality Vendors by Bosch, Denso, Pilkington (windows), AL (lightings).   Good ECO Tyres too with FULL SIZE Spare tyre across the range.   The 1.5 have 6 airbags.  4 more than the 4+1 seater Nissan Almera!  

The Icing on the Cake's Daihatsu Indonesia's going to REBADGE this MYVI as Sirion in Indonesia and Singapore?.  Who will imagine Daihatsu Rebadging our Perodua?   

My pick will be 1.3 Manual spec at RM44,800 OR 1.5 Advance (with the ADAS) at RM55,800.  1st impression Rating: 8/10 for 1.3, 9/10 for 1.5SE and 10/10 for 1.5 Advance.    

All I need is a Test drive...  

Test driven:  
I just came back from Test drive Yesterday.  Apparently the MYVI still drives, ride and handles like the Lagi Best which was a bit Letdown.  The engine noise not well suppressed, engine Note sounds EXACTLY like the Old Myvi upon revving.  

The brakes was Great but over Sensitive.  The steering feels over-assisted.  It's DULL to Drive.  The suspension Re-bound over hard bump.  Under damped is the word.  No chance to test High speed stability and hairpin corners.  It's only a 5km short drive around PJ.  End of Bad points.

Now the Good points: 4 speed E-AT's still doing a great job.  No shock shifts, No drama, smooth operator well matched with the Engine. Way better than Proton's crappy PUNCH CVT OR even Mitsubishi Attrage CVT.  Engine now feels Slightly more nippy, better acceleration.  0-100km/h for Auto estimate slightly below 10 seconds only.  Kickdown from 50 to 110km/h quite fast.  Around 5.6 seconds only, useful for Highway Overtaking.  At RM55,800 price point, it's still  THE BEST BUY in it's Segment.  Makes Honda Jazz feels Obsolete.

No chance to test the ADAS.  But Kon Wai Luen mentioned in his Youtube the ADAS's not stable yet.  Most features Won't work in Heavy Rain, especially Auto Emergency Breaking.

REVISED RATING: 8/10 for 1.3.  8/10 for 1.5H and 8/10 for 1.5 Advance.  8/10 across the range.

That's all folks, thanks for having the time and patience to read this blog entry.  An original Jeff Lim's production.  Copy like a man, Don't plagiarize.