Many apologies. I did not have a smoke for two days and was understandably edgy. Did not intend for personal attack.

I apologise for my words. I shall be smoking more.

Kementerian Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri (MITI), pada 28 Oktober 2009, telah mengumumkan Dasar Automotif Nasional (NAP) termasuk Dasar Tempoh Jangka Hayat Kenderaan yang memperkenalkan pemeriksaan mandatori tahunan sebagai keperluan pembaharuan cukai jalan untuk kenderaan berusia 15 tahun dan ke atas. Ini merupakan langkah permulaan ke arah pelaksanaan Dasar Tempoh Jangka Hayat Kenderaan.

2. Sejak langkah ini diumumkan, Kerajaan telah menerima banyak aduan daripada orang ramai yang rata-rata tidak bersetuju dengan langkah pemeriksaan mandatori tahunan ini.

3. Mengambil kira pandangan ini dan selaras dengan konsep rakyat didahulukan, Jemaah Menteri telah bersetuju supaya pengenalan Dasar Tempoh Jangka Hayat Kenderaan ini ditarik balik.

KEMENTERIAN PERDAGANGAN ANTARABANGSA DAN INDUSTRI

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

6 NOVEMBER 2009

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F*** them !!…. eventhough they take back this policy, the damage had been done…. we do not have confident in these flip flop ministers who only wants to benefit themselfs or their own honchos… , if the goverment are serious that "after taking into account the people’s views and feedback", abolished AP , abolished chop shop policy, no more selective prosecution ..i.e. PKFZ, The toyol mansion etc… thats a lot crap going on for this goverment… down with them on the next election !!!!!

I bet NON of the current minister EVER look into the rural people when making any decisions. Crazy!

I dont understand how can the person in charge of the NAP policy can come out with such a bad policy (not to mention the person who approves it). They only care about the impact of the NAP on proton,perodua, automotive vendors, AP holders while totally did not take into account the NAP impact on the most important group, the RAKYAT!

To the gov't people that drafts the NAP and other policy's…

please remember it is not

X proton didahulukan

X perodua didahulukan

X vendor automotif didahulukan

X AP holders didahulukan

but

RAKYAT DIDAHULUKAN!

I must say thanks to Paul (ovation!!) his write-ups, comments,

and personal views. The govt has shelved its plans to scrap old cars.
http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/mala…
Hopefully we could pressure them to look into the import of

used parts too.

Once again keep up the good work Paul.

Effective/Efficient Enforcement = Make Money for the Govt

Zero Corruption = Make hellava lot of Money for both the Govt & Rakyat

i believe they wont take our cars away so easily la. im in the ae80 forum and there are thousands of other malaysian LE members there…i dont think there are any members whom happy with this policy. combine with other older car clubs..there will be tens of thousands of owners. dare take our cars away? maybe we unseat them from their office first la.

To Ian,

I came up with my previous post coz recently I had to spend some money to keep it up and running. Only last week spend about RM 250 to change oil and repair my central locking mechanism for my passenger side door. The central locking itself already cost RM 75. Last 3-4 months ago have to change my front 2 tires coz getting botak, so another RM 300 with balancing. Also my car have this part kena ketuk balik coz some @#@ lorry reverse into my car in the middle of the night and cabut. I wonder how much will that cost. Not to mention have to buy another rear combination lamp to replace as the current one is cracked thanks to the lorry, and it is the old wira type rear lamp somemore!

I am planning to respray it like what Paul did to his E39 as the paint of my car has worn out terribly. My brother is bugging me, my parents is bugging me. Didn't do it yet coz saving the dough to do it.

So let's say the gov is planning to take away my car next year. Will I bother to restore my car back to pristine condition? Respraying and ketuk balik is not cheap mind you. So imagine if I had known what the gov will do to my car early part of the year?

I will not change my soon to be botak tires (15 years old already, so kena buang)

I will not bother to service

I will not bother to ketuk balik and respray

So tire shop, workshop, kedai ketuk and paintshop all loose my business coz I will need to throw it away.

Increase the cost of ownership of one good (shorten the lifespan of one, increase the ave cost of ownership), there will be a corresponding drop in demand for other goods, all things being equal. When demand drops in one industry, revenue and demand in other industries drops in its wake. One can't even begin to calculate what the cost to the country will be even with a simple change in transporation legislation.

If you subcribe to Friedmans' Permanent income hypothesis in Economics, any increase in income (in this case, the increased cost) will affect the consumers' propensity to spend, Somehow, this increase in cost has not been balanced by an "expected" increase in income (with inflation and economic slowdown, everyone expects reduction in net income), leading to lower overall demand and lower ultimate GDP.

I wont buy that big screen TV, renovate my house, buy that new computer and go out to eat less knowing that in a year or two I will have to buy a new car to have the previlage not have to deal with Puspakom. This is how bad it can be.

Mandatory inspections are a good thing, so is mandatory scrapping. Unfortunately, the TIMING of this and it's INTENTIONS are mis-placed.

Malaysia is not ready for this.

You are correct to say the education system here is suspect. But I wont exactly put them down…yet. Blue wira is exaggerating to push his point across.

15 years may be a long time, but we are still talking about a large percentage of vehicles past this age. Remove these vehicles from the road via scrapping legislature and you will see a corresponding drop in demand in the support industry (repair, service, parts). By making 10-15 year old car unappealing to consumers, most people will run thier cars to the ground anyway. For example I'm not going to bother doing any minor or major repairs to my car if I know I will probably have to scrap it in a few months.

I believe we are not only talking about just the mandatory testing but also the possible eventual scrapping policy. Afterall you know the government as well as all of us, anything can change overnight…usually for the worst.

I can see the point you are trying to make. Likewise, I can say that despite the mandatory scrapping of cars in Japan and Singapore, people still modify and repair thier cars. But then again, cars (and its maintenance) are no where as expensive to them than to malaysians.

Malaysia isn't a major economic power because the powers to be have absolutely no clue how to run the country. Mark the less than stellar education system to thier (dis)credit as well.

15 years is a long time.

people will still repair cars. people will still repair bodywork, people will still clean their cars. i dont think that just because we put in mandatory testing that cars suddenly become worthless. guys, come on, where's the logical element of argument here???

no wonder this country is not a major economic power. with brains like this i can only blame the education system.

1) Nobody will repair their car coz at 15 years need to buang- workshop close shop

2) Nobody will repair the bodywork or paintjob of their car coz no point respray or ketuk balik when you are to throw it away anyway – kedai ketuk and respraying shop close shop

3) Nobody will mod their cars as after 15 years no matter how many parts your car have or still can jalan better than a new car, have to throw away – kedai accessory close shop

4) Nobody will buy foreign cars or premium local cars coz after 15 years no matter the condition have to throw away – all showrooms close shop, cannot achieve profit margin on premium cars, foreign makes cabut to Thailand

5) Nobody want to pump V-power or Euro 4 diesel coz no point buying fuel efficient/ sports car car which you need to buang after 15 years- Petrol station close shop coz cannot sell expensive petrol

6) Nobody will cash or keep clean their cars coz need to buang anyway – car wash outlet close shop, car salon close shop

7) Nobody will buy even the cheapest car coz after 15 years need to buang – P1, P2 dies, showroom close shop.

It will just kill an entire ecosystem and so many ppl will lose their jobs and the whole country will be populated by motorcycles coz really no point buying a car.

Congrates MITI! Even the most anti-vehicle supporter can't think of a better way to destroy the automotive industry! Hidup MITI!!

If the G, would have done the right thing, there wont be any complain…

Thanks Najib, u just make our lives worst! Will never ever vote for BN for the rest of my life!

THERE ISNT A WORD TO DESCRIBE HOW ANGRY AND DISAPPOINTED I AM WITH THIS SHIZZZZZZ POLICY!