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Buying my first car budget around 3.4mil

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Guys,
 
I'm looking to buy my first car. I've been searching for few months.
 
Following features are prefered
1. Sedan/Saloon body type
2. Not a hybrid
3. Good fuel consumption (atleast 10kmpl in city, 14kmpl outstation)
4. Easy to maintain
5. Manual transmission ( even auto is ok)
 
So far Civic fd4 2007 model caught my eyes.
 
Could guys help me out little bit with some suggestions. And some pointers to look for when buying?
 
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Honda FD4 is a good choice. Check the Mitsubishi Lancer EX out as well - I saw a black manual transmission one advertised for 3.6mil on the "quick" website. You could be able to negotiate if it's still available.

Toyota 141 2008 is within your budget too

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matroska Mentor

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10 hours ago, yuran said:

Could guys help me out little bit with some suggestions.

Recommend the same suggested by the above posters - FD4 is a great car and Lancer EX will be a similar experience. But 10 KMPL in city is impossible specially with the FD4. :D 

10 hours ago, yuran said:

And some pointers to look for when buying

there was a separate thread on 'Buying a used Car' check that. Happy Hunting.  

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5 hours ago, Hyaenidae said:

Honda FD4 is a good choice. Check the Mitsubishi Lancer EX out as well - I saw a black manual transmission one advertised for 3.6mil on the "quick" website. You could be able to negotiate if it's still available.

Toyota 141 2008 is within your budget too

Is it worthwhile to dump 3.6 mil on a manual car? My suggestion is to look for a auto car in these price range. 

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12 minutes ago, BuBi said:

Is it worthwhile to dump 3.6 mil on a manual car? My suggestion is to look for a auto car in these price range. 

Well to each his own, some people enjoy driving a manual than an auto

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3 hours ago, Hyaenidae said:

Well to each his own, some people enjoy driving a manual than an auto

The prize does not justify the cause. 

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17 minutes ago, BuBi said:

The prize does not justify the cause. 

Well if that's the case OP could get an automatic 141or a Tiida (2010+) for the same price

 

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Honda FD4 is a good choice. Check the Mitsubishi Lancer EX out as well - I saw a black manual transmission one advertised for 3.6mil on the "quick" website. You could be able to negotiate if it's still available.
Toyota 141 2008 is within your budget too
thanks for your help.

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yuran Newbie

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None of the above will do 10kmpl in the city. Closest would be Lancer EX, may be Axio

yeah.. i was kind a wondering on that too. bt some say it would do 10kmpl some say 8kmph. thanks for your help

 

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Well to each his own, some people enjoy driving a manual than an auto

yep. i guess i'm one those people. guess sl moving towards auto.

 

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Well if that's the case OP could get an automatic 141or a Tiida (2010+) for the same price
 
don't like tiida. i was searching around 141. bt few said that there are lot of issues with that car??

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Honda FD4 is a good choice. Check the Mitsubishi Lancer EX out as well - I saw a black manual transmission one advertised for 3.6mil on the "quick" website. You could be able to negotiate if it's still available.

Toyota 141 2008 is within your budget too

 

what is the website you mentioned?

 

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14 minutes ago, yuran said:

don't like tiida. i was searching around 141. bt few said that there are lot of issues with that car??

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Apart from the melting dashboard issue and an AC compressor issue (Which is common among many Toyotas) There are no common issues afaik. The Lancer would do better on fuel though

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Apart from the melting dashboard issue and an AC compressor issue (Which is common among many Toyotas) There are no common issues afaik. The Lancer would do better on fuel though
thanks mchn. 141 looks gr8.

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ok.. finally i narrowed down my choices to following

 

Civic FD4 2007/2008

Toyota 141 2008

Axio 2007

 

Any know issues with these cars??

Fuel consumption which is better?

 

Any thoughts on civic fd3 2008/2009 (fact that its an old hybrid scares me)

 

P.S.

Lancer looks gr8 bt most of them are modified ones. Not a fan of that

 

 

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On 5/3/2018 at 5:21 PM, yuran said:

Any thoughts on civic fd3 2008/2009 (fact that its an old hybrid scares me)

I'm using one since 2013. If you are getting a 2008/2009 YOM one, make sure the hybrid battery usable capacity is above at least 40%. You can get this checked at Stafford.

These cars are great if you drive a lot of miles per month but don't get a FD3 if you mostly do city driving. In that case FD4/FD1 would be the better choice. FD3 would do around 17-20kmpl long distance, 20-24kmpl highway but only around 9-12kmpl in Colombo heavy traffic. 

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On ‎5‎/‎3‎/‎2018 at 5:21 PM, yuran said:

ok.. finally i narrowed down my choices to following

 

Civic FD4 2007/2008

Toyota 141 2008

Axio 2007

 

Any know issues with these cars??

Fuel consumption which is better?

 

Any thoughts on civic fd3 2008/2009 (fact that its an old hybrid scares me)

 

P.S.

Lancer looks gr8 bt most of them are modified ones. Not a fan of that

 

 

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Have you find your one?

What you think about corolla manual 121? 

PS: I'm using it in Colombo.

 

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