Lightspeed Clutched November 30, 2006 Share November 30, 2006 (edited) Looking at dumping my current ride and going for a small hatch (with crappy boot space as compared to the Octy) Japanese Colt 1.5L @ $65k ($58600 after discount/rebates), $5.6k/yr if driven till 10th yr (based on $65k) 01) Brand new 02) Strictly 4 seater 03) Fabric seats 04) Small hatch (with rear wiper ) 05) Cupholders, cubby holes... lots of em ... 06) Small boot space 07) Lower road tax 08) Better FC (ron95 capable) 09) Fun factor (6spd cvt tiptronic) 10) 154bhp stock 11) 3yrs warranty, servicing @ agent or 1001 workshops (including GarageR, ST Powered, etc.) 12) Rice boy racer image vs Conti 1.8L Octy @ $7k/yr if driven till 10th yr and current paper value of $41k and $0 for body 01) 5.5yrs old, many wear and tear parts to be replaced 02) 5 seater 03) Leather seats 04) Big hatch (without rear wiper ) 05) No cupholders, little cubby holds to put your misc. stuff 06) Big boot space 07) Higher Road Tax 08) Strictly Ron98 and above 09) 4spd auto conventional gearbox (just reconditioned @ $2k) 10) 200+bhp with lots of mods 11) No warranty, servicing and other stuff stuck with Servotronic, Eurohaus, CAG, etc. 12) Conti car owner image Edited December 4, 2006 by Lightspeed ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Try_conti 2nd Gear November 30, 2006 Share November 30, 2006 Ever consider the Swift Sport .... ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamy Neutral Newbie November 30, 2006 Share November 30, 2006 Before can answer poll, I guess all will want to know the reason for considering the switch. Lamy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched November 30, 2006 Author Share November 30, 2006 Tested the car ... hand itchy ... can save abit of $ also I guess... no? Hatch ... nippy... easy to park and zip around ... looking for a change I guess Erm ... need anymore? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Try_conti 2nd Gear November 30, 2006 Share November 30, 2006 think he already mentioned some there: higher road tax RON98 paper value of 41k makes economical sense to do so ..... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched November 30, 2006 Author Share November 30, 2006 Considered the Swift Sports, but the Colt has the extra ooomph over the Swift Sports Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Try_conti 2nd Gear November 30, 2006 Share November 30, 2006 u mean the Colt ? Quite a fair bit of unfavourable comment in MCF regarding the Colt leh ... or was it the Colt plus ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched November 30, 2006 Author Share November 30, 2006 Looking at this [inline mitsubishi_colt_raliart_r_5_7w.jpg] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echelon 3rd Gear December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 I have a friend who drives the Colt Sports Ralliart edition, century sprint in 8 seconds. 1.5L car. Quite a zipper suprisingly roomy for a car this size. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virus 2nd Gear December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 Guess he's targeting at the Colt Version-R. 1.5l turbo 150bhp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beanoyip Turbocharged December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 Yo, i saw your car at holland carpark couple of days ago. You live there uh? Anyway, jap cars i would prefer Mitsu or Honda. Both with potential modding capabilities. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fortress Clutched December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 Beside the crappy Japanese car (with safety, questionable). You might like to look at the financial aspect of changing a car, beside the straight line calculation you have made. If you intending to change to another car using a finance company, then you will loose more than what is highlighted here, it might better off driving your existing ride till the end. Lastly, if you are selling your car with no body value I will help you get some value for it, like what we have spoke about sometime ago. Am interested in the car body..... somehow I have always made myself sounds like a cannabal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched December 1, 2006 Author Share December 1, 2006 Guess he's targeting at the Colt Version-R. 1.5l turbo 150bhp. Right on.... What do you think of the car? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Try_conti 2nd Gear December 1, 2006 Share December 1, 2006 there is thread going on for the Colt VR http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/Asian_Make...sion_R_P1647388 Apparently CnC no manual, only CVT version. PI have manual but more expensive. You going for CVT ??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched December 1, 2006 Author Share December 1, 2006 I have a friend who drives the Colt Sports Ralliart edition, century sprint in 8 seconds. 1.5L car. Quite a zipper suprisingly roomy for a car this size. Is he driving the new Colt-R? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched December 1, 2006 Author Share December 1, 2006 I posted my FR on test drive in that thread lol http://www.mycarforum.com/forum/gforum.cgi...1651770#1651770 (Don't laugh at my FR lol ) Yup ... going for CVT... I'm an auto slut ... Although I really... (yes...read that... REALLY ) prefer manual cars, the hassle of going through the motions in daily driving and crazy MSCPs and the crazy up and downs on the CTE, etc. deters me from getting a manual tx car again (I've owned manual cars before ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched December 1, 2006 Author Share December 1, 2006 Yo, i saw your car at holland carpark couple of days ago. You live there uh? Anyway, jap cars i would prefer Mitsu or Honda. Both with potential modding capabilities. Alamak... you spotted me Modding... hmm ... I think for my next car I'll go easy on the mods ... Don't want to lose all the comfort again like I did with the Octy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightspeed Clutched December 1, 2006 Author Share December 1, 2006 Beside the crappy Japanese car (with safety, questionable). You might like to look at the financial aspect of changing a car, beside the straight line calculation you have made. If you intending to change to another car using a finance company, then you will loose more than what is highlighted here, it might better off driving your existing ride till the end. Lastly, if you are selling your car with no body value I will help you get some value for it, like what we have spoke about sometime ago. Am interested in the car body..... somehow I have always made myself sounds like a cannabal Well... after offsetting the current loan, I still have about more than half of the rebate left for downpayment of the next car. Don't have to fork out any $ unless I want to take a smaller loan, etc. Arrrgh.... headache Also, the hassle of going through the de-modding process of the current car... another headache ... scouting for buyers... leaving the car in the workshop to be torn apart...etc. ↡ Advertisement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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