Buying JB Cars On A Shoestring Budget

So Many Cars, So Little Time (and Money)

Car buffs will surely have a field day living in JB Malaysia - especially if they baulk at the hefty price tags of vehicles in Singapore.  In Malaysia, cars are necessary chattels rather than luxury ticket items as in Singapore's case. So JB cars are very affordable if you go for the low to mid range brands.  The sports and imported high end sedans are naturally luxury items, and hence you pay a premium - but not like the COE-laden bank-busting exhorbitant Singapore price tags. 

Heart Stopping Beauty Parked at KL The Gardens Mall

I have been restoring cars since I was a teen back home and naturally cars were on my first shopping priority when we first relocated. USED CARS that is.  For new cars, you will find a plethora of choice in new car showrooms of major cities in Malaysia like JB and Penang, but KL by far beats all.  

 

Back to used cars.  I find www.Mudah.my has better prices but www.Carlist.my has better selection of cars at higher price tags.  What we did was we selected 3 cars we like and then drove to the dealers - that is AFTER YOU HAVE HAGGLED ON THE PHONE FOR THEIR BEST PRICES!  This is because by the time you showed up and checked on the car and decided to buy, it would be too late to bargain.  If you find any over-promise on the car condition, the price can then be brought down further.

The Sports In The Shop for Lambo Door Retrofitting

After we selected a MPV (the work horse that would ferry us on JB roads), a British classic (for my garage project) and a continental sports car (for date night with my partner!) - we then rented a car for our car-buying cum holiday road trip that took us to Muar where we bought the MPV,  and then Melaka where we bought the Classic, and finally the best of all - Kuala Lumpur where my Sports ride was also purchased.  There we returned the rental and after some days of R&R in KL, we drove casually back to our JB Kampung.  The other 2 cars were separately towed back by our reliable flatbed towing company - MYR1000 per car, just an extra S$300+ expense which gave me peace of mind over having the dealers drive the cars down to JB for me.

 

What is the savings you ask?  We find each car is about 10 to 20% cheaper if you buy out of JB.  And in some instance, we saved on extra dealer fees as we did the I

inspection and transfer ourselves at the local Puspakom.  And for my 2 door sports, it was even more as I bought direct from the owner.  Shhhhhh....don't spread the news...a dealer was even able to buy all the road tax and insurance "out of East Malaysia" where it is much cheaper!

 

In terms of Puspakom paperwork, you may also choose to buy the car wherever in Malaysia, and then do all the transfer of ownership when you are back at the JB Puspakom/JPJ.  Of course please make sure you have the proper road tax and insurance before you drive off the lot and go Jalan Jalan!

 

Call Shah +6016 7029778. He goes even to KL to tow your car down to JB.  And its on a FLATBED tow truck - so its better for your car!

Other Emergency Tow Services. 

Uncle Tow   +6012 7179441

Steven   +6012 7716738

Bukit Indah Tow   +6016 7557171 

 

At KL Journal Hotel with space saving parking ramp