Thank you free4ever. Partially I agree with you. However i do
not concern much about FC itself as I only travel 15,000 to 20,000
km per year.
. Travel distance/yr: 20,000 km per year (oil
price/liter=1.5SGD)
- case 1: FC=8Km/L, gas burned=2,500L, cost=3,750
- case 2: FC=10Km/L, gas burned=2,000L, cost=3,000
- case 3: FC=12Km/L, gas burned=1667L, cost=2,500
. For this example, there could be 1,250 SGD difference per year
between better FC and poorer FC cars, though I don't think there
could be such a differences FC-wise supposed that I do not think of
"oportunity cost" which may generate bigger 'utility'.
here are some image/perception on imported cars(truly my own
opinion, as layman for a car),
- Honda cars: other than streem the design of the cars are
outstanding. interesting thing is that whenever i look at civic, i
remind sabb. i like almost all the design of them but it's somewhat
exagerated.
- Toyota cars: the design of toyata is not as outstanding as honda
but the price is more attractive. i heard kanban system of them is
world-leading, but they used to be notorious car manufacturer like
hyundai a few year back or now.
- Mitsubish: all the new model seems worse than previous design
(esp. front)
- Nitsan: they have some outstanding engin but under-evaluated. but
i don't like the design of them. up to now I've never driven any of
them.
- VW: I had chance to drive GTI and the impression was too strong
and I felt I'm protected
- Subaru: complicated image. AWD and turbo tech seems outstanding
but the design of them is too poor except the latest legacy. I've
never driven any of these models
- Mazda: the first impression of these 3 and 6 was greate, but I
was sick of it too soon
- lexus: this car alway make me confusing, as the evaluation from
US and UK is so much different other than RX300. they wish to be a
BMW but nobody say they are pacing with it. but new gs300 design
seems fabulous, and i found some similarity with new sonata (if we
draw both roughly)
- kia: I like the new sportage design, it's manly looking and i the
design of picanto seems smart. when i saw newspaper commercial on
the price of this car i kept reading it the amount again and
again.
- Hyundai: the design of Matrix seems brillant and new sonata
design (additionally i want to know the opinion of current drive,
as I saw a few on the road).
- mini: i want to have it but the number of family members stop me
from buying it. i wish i could go back to single whenever i look at
this car
- porche(997(only code name though) silver colour): this is my
dream i wish i came true in my 50's.
above is the conception on the car within my reach (other than the
last). sometimes i go down alexandra and drive some but the first
impression/image of these cars prevent me from choosing right one.
so i wish to get some opinion from Wu Gong Gao Jia.
****** accelate it only when you can brake it **********
