True test of the reliable car is during lockdown

THIS recent lockdown has had many Malaysian car buyers bowled over by creative advertorials and wonderfully crafted YouTube videos on the ‘great’ new car. 

Some ‘fantastic’ new features were presented. The ‘wonderful’ handling that can be felt and best of all, the ‘world-class engineering’ that has been provided in the ‘car’ in question.

Malaysians, who are already paying high prices for new cars, due to import taxes and middleman costs that are incurred in every new car sold for decades are quick to spend their hard-earned money on these new cars and are fuelled by the need to have the latest technology, needed or not, to be used or not in these new cars.

Like every new smartphone launched, the insatiable appetite for multiple cameras and super high-definition video functions supersedes the phone’s basic functions. Just like with new cars in recent years with too much technology included that are now showing their true ‘colours’.

What do we mean? Simple, during this recent lockdown, global lockdown, new car owners around the globe and also Malaysia have come to realise the many issues that are cropping up in their high technology machines which have been sitting idle in the garage, underground building car park and the condominium parking lot.

This we have seen from the many daily postings on Facebook by car owners asking help from the many Facebook car enthusiasts on what to do as franchises service centers and workshops are unable to take in their troubled cars for a quick diagnosis.

Meanwhile, a pattern can be seen with simple, functional, well-built modern cars that are not having their dashboards lighting up like a Christmas tree or having bleeps and buzzers sounding when the ignition button is depressed. For some, even the ignition button does not want to return the favour of working for its owner.

So, for Malaysians and the global car-buying population, if you are looking to buy a new car after lockdown, or a slightly used car after lockdown, check with the many well run Facebook car owner’s pages, almost all brands seem to have an owners' Facebook page and they are members ready to share the good and the bad of their vehicles with you.

The sugar coating is never good and remembers the call for ‘kurang manis’ in your coffee and tea and your car reviews to get the best value for your hard-earned money in the coming months.

The less time spent at the workshop the more time spent earning money.

You can contact us anytime, online and we will privately advise you what you should and should not buy, new and or used. No sugar added! Private message us for a piece of mind for free. – The Vibes, April 2, 2021

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