Buying My First Car

[udayanga_]

Hi Friends,

I want to buy a new car

Usage: Daily driving 18 km and i drivel 450 km monthly to up country.

Budget: 2.5 to 2.9 Mn (2.8 Mn)

Model: Hatchback or Sedan.

Perfected Models within my budget:

1. Suzuski Swift Japan: 1.3L

2. Honda Fit Aria 1.5 L (good fuel economy but some people say this car has gear box issue, However people are using this car)

3. Honda Fit GE6 1.3L ( Hard to find )

4. Suzuki Wagon R Hybrid (brand new car with 650 C(low capacity) engine. This car worth for price i pay.However, not sure about the pulling power and suitable for my long drive to up country)

I preferred above models coz i can can buy low millage( 50k to 65k km) car with my budget. Apart of that Toyata passo and Vitz are available. Apart of passo, Vitz is overpriced car with high millage plus 1000 CC engine.

Which are should i buy, if you prefer better car apart of above list please let me know.

Thanks!

[sathyajithj99]

Almost all the yarises (or yarii) I know personally are made in Thailand. There maybe some made in other countries like Thaiwan, Malaysia. But not Japan.

Edited November 15, 2015 by sathyajithj99

[Chimpa]

Almost all the yarises (or yarii) I know personally are made in Thailand.

Great. You better check all those yarises again because im confused we are talking about the same toyota yaris sedan are on the sri lankan road.

[sathyajithj99]

Great. You better check all those yarises again because im confused we are talking about the same toyota yaris sedan are on the sri lankan road.

Actually I'Im confused whether you and I are from the same galaxy or in seperate parallel universes

[Chimpa]

This 'a such car' , did you check the book (in other words 'vahanaye potha').

There's a box for manufactured country. Or did the owner tell you it's Japanese?

Yes i checked. Also i asked from the owner and he says its japan.

Apparently this owner is actually my father. I know the car from the day we imported it. That is why i repeatedly said what i knew. Infact the book says country of origin as japan. I can mention a pic as a proof but i will not waste my time on this anymore. I do not know whether there are thailand made brand new imports. That is why i inquired it from you, but i highly doubt that.

[Chimpa]

Actually I'Im confused whether you and I are from the same galaxy or in seperate parallel universes

Hehe. Me too wondering whether we are in the same universe. But infact the technology must be so advanced that we can reply to the same thread residing in different universes.lol

[hrm]

Lol let's just drop it. Btw have seen some CR's mention Japan as manufacturing country for Vios whereas the car never made there.

Edited November 15, 2015 by hrm

[sathyajithj99]

I think we both don't have to waste our valuable time on this. But let me tell you something machan.

There's a difference between country of origin and country of manufacture as I know.

Once I went to A#W to check on new sunny 2013 and got an estimate

It said country of origin -Japan

Country of manufacture - India.

It's like mentioning 'Japanese technology ' on advertisements of Maruti suzuki on papers.

Edited November 15, 2015 by sathyajithj99

[Chimpa]

Yes you maybe right. But in this case the vehicle identification sticker on the car also says its japan. That is actually the manufacturing country as far as i know. But the country of origin cannot be there in the book just because the technology of that country is used.

[sathyajithj99]

Most of the forum members have gone to ' irida pole' today.

otherwise I'm sure some could have shed some light into this .lol

[Chimpa]

and sorry for ruining your much hopeful sunday fun. If you have any leftover popcorns please send me in. Lol

[sathyajithj99]

sure machan, and I can't say I didn't have fun.

[AbeysinghE]

See this article http://www.drive.com.au/motor-feature/states-of-origin-where-cars-come-from-20120404-1wdps.html

[sathyajithj99]

Finally Mr AbeysinghE who was brave enough to ask his wife to go to Pola and do the shopping herself in her aqua is here to help us.

[AbeysinghE]

Fortunately Kurunegala Pola has three days in a week...

[sathyajithj99]

Fortunately Kurunegala Pola has three days in a week...

:-D Good for you.

[udayanga_]

It's true some permit orders ordered Yaris from Japan, Came to know about several owners where their vehicle origin country is Japan.

[matroska]

Fortunately Kurunegala Pola has three days in a week...

mathak karanna epa.... causes traffic even on sunday.

[AbeysinghE]

I was working in a Logistic company in Malaysia providing transportation services to Toyota Malaysia, In fact they imported some parts from Japan, some from Thailand and some from Singapore as well..I know this well as we were involving in clearing those from the port. Seats for Vios, Camry and Avenza were outsourced to a company called TS Lear Automotive in Malaysia. So the origin of the parts of the car from all over, but assembled in Malaysia..Finally it's shipped from Japan.So technically speaking If you don't buy a JDM version of a Toyota, why worrying of the country of origin? coz it can be anywhere..

[udayanga_]

Hmm...
is there much difference betwwen JDM and other one?
Btw good new is therefore ppl love to buy new Japanese vehicles :>>>
But i dnt expect much reduction in price levels.
http://lankaanews.com/%E0%B6%A2%E0%B6%B4%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B7%80%E0%B7%8F%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%B1-%E0%B6%B8%E0%B7%92%E0%B6%BD-%E0%B6%9C%E0%B6%AB%E0%B6%B1%E0%B7%8A-%E0%B6%B4%E0%B7%84%E0%B6%AD-%E0%B6%BA%E0%B6%BA%E0%B7%92/

[sathyajithj99]

Hmm...

is there much difference betwwen JDM and other one?

Btw good new is therefore ppl love to buy new Japanese vehicles :>>>

But i dnt expect much reduction in price levels.

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The difference between JDM (belta) and export version (yaris) has been discussed before. Please do a search.

[udayanga_]

I searched it in several areas but I couldn't found it.

Can you tell me in which section it was discussed?

[sathyajithj99]

Oh man! We have to do the searching for you also

http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/15370-what-are-the-difference-between-yaris-and-belta/?hl=%2Byaris+%2Bbelta+%2Bdifference

http://forum.autolanka.com/topic/16630-toyota-yaris-vs-vios/?view=findpost&p=271688&hl=%2Byaris+%2Bbelta+%2Bdifference

Edited November 17, 2015 by sathyajithj99