By end of this year, my car will turn 5 years old. At this juncture, I'm considering should I change to a new car or continue driving this current one? Yesterday itself, I spent close to 1K for regular servicing, got my front brake changed and serviced the air-con. Next week I can foresee another big hole in my pocket because I need to send to the workshop again to repair some annoying sound from my left rear tyre which has been bugging me for almost 3 weeks. Bummer....
In my last couple of visits to Honda workshop, I have been spending an average of 400-500 ringgit, just for regular servicing. It used to be around 150-200 ringgit. The moment it hits 50,000 KM, the cost for regular maintenance shoot up high. *sigh*
When I bought my car back in 2008, my plan was to change my car every 5 years. I know for a fact that cars nowadays are not built to last. Back in the olden days, it's quite common you see people driving a 20 to 30 year old car. Now? The moment your car celebrate its 5th or 6th birthday, the cost of maintaining it starts to get relatively high. Things will start to break down slowly but surely.
I think I will still stick to Japanese brand instead of Taiwan/Korea made car. Though they have really good design and interesting gadget like what you can find in Hyundai / Kia. Time to do some survey on the car model available in the market again......
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