How to buy a car in Malaysia ??

I know most of you know how to choose a car. You look for the performance, the ride quality, the fuel comsumption, interior and the looks. Now I want to tell you a story about how our Malaysian goverment buy cars.


Firstly, they went to the dealerships and asked for quotation. The dealer will be very happy as they got customers. So they just pass the quotation and explain to the officers about the details. The officers would just leave after listening to the dealer explaining to them. In the end, they have many quotations from many dealers.


After they went back to the office, they had a simple meeting. The head officers, LahJib stood up and said to others, "Well, I don't think there is a needto test the cars". Some committes objected. Lahjib then said "Well, we have more than enough documents to compare which is the best. So the free car test is just another way to waste time." In the Malaysia culture, whatever your boss said, you had to agree with them.

After 2 weeks, they went to a company called Proton. The general manager of Proton was very pleased. So the govt. agreed to order for 12 Proton Saga, which cost them RM90,000. Although the actual price of this car is RM30,000, LahJib still agree to buy from Proton. Eventually, they bought 12 units. Who is paying the money ? Well, not LahJib, not the officers but the taxpayers.


That's the end of the story. Does this story let you think of another incident that happened not so long ago ? I think so.






-JoE.CoM-