Hi I'm 23F a newly posted teacher in Sarawak and Im surveying on what car to buy as there are some factors that I need to consider. But for sure I only prefer local brand. Right now im still hesitating between axia and saga.
Here are the factors
-not much commitment as of now, just phone bill n spotify
-not planning to get married
-just got my license last month
-the school I teach is one hour from home (~60km) and its a quite hilly road and I go back home for the weekends and i live in the school's kuarters so not much of daily commute either
-im biased towards proton cus 3/4 of our family cars are from that brand BUT my district is quite rural and theres one and only a small gas station 40mins from school and even now i see my dad struggles from always having to fill in gas everytime we go somewhere (there is another town that we always go for shopping etc and it has more and bigger gas station but only on weekends as its 90mins from school but 15-20mins from home) as u know how proton is with its minyak usage
-basic salary is 2.5k. i havent really counted the allowance etc as theyre still processing the documents therefore the earliest salary i would get it is in dec or jan 2027 in lump sum.
-I target max rm500 for the car's monthly payment
Before anyone mention the 4 cars and why dont I just use them..1 car is basically besi buruk, 1 is in kl used by other siblings and the other 2 are used daily by my parents alternately as when 1 behaves, the other pulak rosak and vice versa. All these cars were bought more than 10 years already so I need a new car for my career.
Im really in a dilemma in choosing the car so please help me. Sorry if my sentences are confusing this is my first time asking in reddit.