Lancer Or Axio? Update: Bought A Lancer! (Aka The B.r.a.t.t. Thread)

[Bracket]

Hello Experts,

Excited to join Autolanka forums Waited almost for month for an admin to approve me ... anyway, whoever the admin that approved me,

Last December, I sold my good old Maruti WagonR ( 2008 model, 5yrs old, driven for 30000+ Kms) For 1.6mil. I was searching for a good car to buy ever since. ( that's how I ended up on autolanka) So now that I finally got approved I thought it's time to get expert ideas on buying my new vehicle.

My budget is 3.5mil - 4.0mil. I wanted to buy a japanese car and browsing the internet, Finally I decided that there are two contenders:

1. Toyota axio 161 1.3 X Grade (2013)

2. Mitsubishi Lancer EX 1.6 GLX (2013)

Both the cars ( Brand New ) are being sold for 3.5 mil. for the permit. ( Lancer : 3,460,000 to be exact)

My priorities are:

-RELIABILITY
-Fuel Economy

-Spare Parts Availability

-Safety And comfort

-Handling

-Looks

- Resale value

Axio Dealers are mainly bragging of TOYOTA Reliability and Spare parts availability. They assured me I'm in deep trouble if I choose a mitsubishi because there are no spare parts in local market and I would have to buy spare parts only from agent paying a huge amount of money and I have to wait till eternity for mitsubishi agents to import parts from japan. And they also mentioned that unlike axio, I won't be able to sell the mitsubishi for a decent price. (if I wanted to, of course)

I called mitsu agents and they say they have spare parts for any vehicle they sell and I don't have to worry. However the sales guy said he have no idea on 3rd party parts availability.

So as you all can see i'm in a dilemma here. If you were in my position which car would you buy? And please be kind enough to mention why..

This is my first post on autolanka, so please go easy on me if I have offended any rule.

Thanks in advance.

Edited January 6, 2014 by Bracket

[sathyajithj99]

i think you should buy a 2012 axio 141

[sathyajithj99]

i think you should buy a 2012 axio 141

[hrm]

I think OP had already placed an order for EX. Axio is discussed a lot in this forum and everybody knows what it is.

[asrock]

I 'm sorry to hear that you say axio is not good on fuel as 121. in the case of 141 you are correct. But axio does about 12kmkm/l in city limits and 17 outstation. So please don'dondont put axio into the level of 141

ow did we hurt the little axio fan boy?

[sathyajithj99]

lol you did. but it is good on fuel economy. :-)

[Davy]

The car being compared against the Lancer EX here is not even the Axio 141. It's the Axio 161.

[Harry (aq)]

I 'm sorry to hear that you say axio is not good on fuel as 121. in the case of 141 you are correct. But axio does about 12kmkm/l in city limits and 17 outstation. So please don'dondont put axio into the level of 141

Man we have a huge Axio fan here. Keep it going. Good for you machan. (even better for us)

[Crosswind]

I think we have another source of entertainment here in the forum. Looks like Osaka_dude will not be missed for too long...

[Harry (aq)]

BTW, @Bracket any updates of the Car?

[Bracket]

@Harry: I'm told that It'll reach Hambantota before 14th of May machan.

[asrock]

I think we have another source of entertainment here in the forum. Looks like Osaka_dude will not be missed for too long...

But it seems like he is not active like Osaka_dude. Now where did he run off to? in to his precious axio perhaps?

Edited April 28, 2014 by asrock

[sathyajithj99]

thanks Harry :-)

[sathyajithj99]

Good luck with your new car bracket

[sathyajithj99]

Ex is good evo is better

[Crosswind]

U dont need to open a new reply for every sentence. Just type what u need to type in one reply and bugger off

[sathyajithj99]

This forum is not about typing lessons so just bugger off like a cross wind :-P

[asrock]

This forum is not about typing lessons so just bugger off like a cross wind :-P

dude you dont even know how to quote properly, you need more than just a typing lesson.

[Komisiripala]

now now people live and let live.

try, at least. for a few posts!

there's another thread opened with a complete permit noob in it with his butt-cheeks spread open and a neon sign saying "rape here"

go forth, men! and conquer!

[Supra_Natural]

This forum is not about typing lessons so just bugger off like a cross wind :-P

There is something called forum etiquette y'know, so do try to follow it a bit. There really is no need to add a new reply to every person, just reply to all using the multiquote option.

[sathyajithj99]

sorry about my behaviour. I'Il do my best

[Harry (aq)]

@Harry: I'm told that It'll reach Hambantota before 14th of May machan.

Great to hear that. Please do share pictures when you get your hands on her.

[Bracket]

Guys,

Bank called me on monday and informed that the documents has been arrived. I called Unit#d Mot#rs and they said me I should collect them from bank and provide them to Sri Lanka Customs and should get TIN and VAT certificates. Are these information accurate? I thought I should go to IRD to obtain TIN and VAT. can somebody clarify this?

[CNX]

The process has been streamlined and is done at customs. What unimo told is correct. However you need not go personally. You can fill the form and fax it to Unimo and they should be able to take care of it.

[Komisiripala]

That much closer. It's been a while since Autolanka had a baby!

So can we name it?? When it pops out?

[Bracket]

@CNX: Thanks bud.

@Komi: Any suggestions mate? how about "bracketson" ? ideas are most welcome lol