COE - Feb 09 1st Bidding exercise

[Defcon]

wow cat A so fierce..

[Damienic]

for me, if the design CMI, how good the FC is, I also won't be interested..most impt criterias when it comes to choosing car for me is still design, performance/capabilities, price. secondary would be things like FC...of cos if its comparing two almost equal vehicles where FC is 9km/L vs 13-14km/L, then the vast difference would make me reconsider things a bit..

Edited February 4, 2009 by Damienic

[Damienic]

If one stays in Tampines and work in Tuas, then yes, the FC would be quite a concern..otherwise, a 11km/L vs 13km/L is really not much of a worry for most..

[Leepee]

For a typical car of 20,000km per year

12km/l means 1667 liters of petrol per year.

13km/l mean 1538 liters of petrol per year.

A difference of 129liters per year, @ $1.6 per liter, means a saving of $206 per year!

 

The savings can pay for the car yearly maintenance!

Though its not much, but still some 'spare' cash to do something!

Maybe buy the $10million TOTO or buy a new set of tyres every two years.

 

I guess its not about worrying...its about being money wise.

 

 

FC is important if you really travel a lot. Many cars in SGP can not even hit 20k km a year, why worry?

 

[Quantum]

wow cat A so fierce..

no matter how fierce, CAT A won't be over $3k, otherwise AD will lose too much

 

[Damienic]

There are of cos savings, but to many, car is just not only as a form of transport..sometimes likings for certain items can nvr be replaced with practical considerations..

 

anyway, for cars tat travel 20,000km per yr, I dun think the yearly maintenance is only $200++...you should be looking in the region of $400 up to several hundreds for a normal range car for yearly maintenance..

Edited February 4, 2009 by Damienic

[Windchoco]

Hi,

 

I agree that you can save $200+ a year.. so if you drive 10 years, you can save 2k plus lor.. right?

 

Now, the problem is that many good FC cars are a lot more expensive than their comparable counterparts..

For example, the legendary Jazz/fit 1.3 vs any other 1.3, the price is at least 8-10k more expensive lor...the money you save per year might not be able to make up for the premium pricing you pay at the the time of buying the car, somemore common practice is change car after 5 yrs.. And I m not even talking about Jap Vs Kor price here... even Jap vs Jap, Fit is also that much more expensive...

 

Just try to highlight a point that perhaps FC is an overated consideration? Esp when u r not doing sales.

[Damienic]

agree...might be more impt for consideration if say one is travelling abt 500km per week or more..

[Quantum]

COE Open Bidding

Bidding will end on 04/02/2009 16:00 hrs

 

Bidding status as at 04/02/2009 14:29:41.52 hrs

Category Current COE Price ($) Quota Bids Received

A Car (1600cc & below) &Taxi 1 1,894 1,132

B Car (Above 1600 cc) 1 1,099 588

C Goods Vehicle & Bus 1 264 122

D Motorcycle 1 417 176

E Open 1 756 295

 

CAT A might go up to $2.5K, CAT B still is dead fish

[Tohto]

Bidding status as at 04/02/2009 14:44:13.80 hrs

Category Current COE Price ($) Quota Bids Received

A Car (1600cc & below) &Taxi 1 1,894 1,245

B Car (Above 1600 cc) 1 1,099 652

C Goods Vehicle & Bus 1 264 184

D Motorcycle 1 417 176

E Open 1 756 316

 

 

Moving quite fast today.

[Waterh2o]

When buying car, must be prepared to list one's criteria in a ranking order..example

1)Price

2)Good Design

3)Quality Bulit

4)Good FC....so on and so on

 

and if one finds a car that fulfills the first 3 criteria but not the last than must be prepared to do some tradeoff.

 

[Damienic]

tat is wat I did...

[Quantum]

farking men! LTA website dead ready,

where can see COE live bidding

[Waterh2o]

But if one can find a car that fits all 4 criteria laggy best right

[Ahyoo2002]

Bidding status as at 04/02/2009 15:06:14.90 hrs

Category Current COE Price ($) Quota Bids Received

A Car (1600cc & below) &Taxi 1 1,894 1,409

B Car (Above 1600 cc) 1 1,099 803

C Goods Vehicle & Bus 1 264 223

D Motorcycle 1 417 182

E Open 1 756 396

 

[Ahyoo2002]

farking men! LTA website dead ready,

where can see COE live bidding

 

Relax:

 

http://www.onemotoring.com.sg/

[Damienic]

usually cannot one...

[Ehtan]

LTA website downliao..so fast.