WHY I DON'T DRIVE IN MALAYSIA! 

Same here. Don't like the stress of driving. Prefer to take the lrt and mrt with the monthly pass. Just drive when necessary

If you live outside the Klang Valley or Penang, driving is a joy.

Hi Mark, great topic btw. There's one other part you've not touched on and that is toll plazas. Apart from the terrible traffic and high parking rates, the toll prices are also on the high side especially if you bypass one everyday going back and forth to work. I've passed my car's loan to my younger sister and bought a motorcycle just in case i need to go somewhere. Honestly, it's literally paying for itself, considering how little you pay for gas, and the free parking and toll, also you save amples of time. Of course it comes with notoriety and risk, but there's a trade off to everything.

HOW MUCH DO YOU SPEND ON AVERAGE ON A CAR EACH MONTH!!!! LET ME KNOW :D

Sebenarnya..sebahagian dari kami lebih suka 'privacy' ..bergerak sendiri2...sebahagian suka memandu...senang nak gerak ke mana2 yg kita mahu...sebahagian lg banyak duit..suka beli kereta...

As a daily walker and train rider I so get you.Here's to us walkers! 👏🏼😁

You have same opinion as me 🤣 live in KL for about 8 years for work (hometown in ipoh) but i never want to drive in KL as i have the same reason as you.. i do have car but i leave it in my hometown because i felt safe drive there than here.. i'm so glad there is someone out there share same thinking as me 🤫

We do both depends on what situation. Pro and Con both driving own or Public transportation.. eg. Travel long distance, flexible hour/no set in time, freedom anytime without delay or cancel from public transport .

Nice video. Betul la tu.😂semua betul. Hahaha

Thanks mark.. encouraging Malaysian to use public transportation.. but I still enjoy driving..

Me prefer LRT / public transport all the time. Convenience innit? 😂✨ No stress with the traffic jam 🙃🙃

100% agree. Also if you've bought a car on a loan you end up paying more than the sticker price thanks to interest payments alone. It makes the return even less when selling the car

Thnx for this sharing..all fact that you giving are true.. but its depends to every person how to describe. Some good some not..

If you driving in Ipoh its lil bit like Kuala Lumpur , when in the early morning at the town literally cars on the road is very pack with traffics and wanna find for parking it takes like 15-20 minutes until i decide to park our car like 5 meters away 😂, and in late evening like 5pm to 6pm its getting more pack with traffics and that time is people's going home after work . For me as Malaysian ify and we felt that . But for us its normal but lil bit stress . Take a walk and used the E hailing kinda best way ❤ love ur contents Mark ❤️ . Go further and keep it up you deserve being Malaysian and being part of us 🇲🇾✨😁

I am Malaysian. Used to lived in KL before. I did not drive to office since public transportation efficient enough.

With parking space getting scarce and longer traffic jam (especially during raya celebration) I wish we had the privilege of mrt here in east malaysia, but alas there's just too many issues that makes it impossible for now.

Try taking lrt/mrt or e-hailing rides during peak hours. Driving outside klang valley is mostly stress free.

I hate driving! We own a car for nearly 5 years now but just past 10,000 KM! My partner's work is 7 mins walk away and I'm woring from home. If needed, I just grab. Definitely takes the stress away. The car is mostly for weekend if that and we hate the idea of drink driving, even just one pint. So the car is only for visiting family, grocery shopping and taking the dog.

Car type compact 1.2cc Petrol RM150 (100 for weekday, 50 for weekend) TnGo RM100 (50 for weekday, 50 saving for vacation) Parking RM95 (just for work, free park for mall and market) Roadtax insuran saving RM50 Car installment RM0 (my car 8 years old) Vacation saving RM50 Location Klang-Shah Alam Mental cost (infinity 😂)

Even we Malaysians already lived for several years also got sicked & tired as drivers and managed our vehicles insurances & petrols spendings...of course we got stressed as well.But what to do...we have to face it to keep living in this life even we hate it,just be smart to face it anyways 😓

Klang sometime also difficult find parking ,bc nowsaday klang full of human😂and car hahah even traffic jam start from 5pmhahha Mrt only busy while morning 7am-9am ,evening 5pm-7pm, Mrt is base on the place at nearby shopping mall or nearby housing area ,mrt bukit bintang mrt pasar seni always crowded also

I would love to walk too but knowing Malaysia doesn’t even have safe roads for pejalan kaki nah nope I might’ve died walking sbb kena langgar dgn lori or treler/kereta or kena ragut not to mention abt the weather lol

I think Malaysia is a big country just like America ,unless you live in the capital or a city ,it's virtually impossible to get to a destination without owning a car ,I have extended family members living in Malaysia and whenever I visit them, I have to rely on them to drove me around to eat or visit cousins ,because I live in Singapore where owning a car is an option not a must so I don't have a driving license except for my dad ,my mum and my brother .

That's true. One more important things make people sometimes a bit stress owing a car is the car's owner always worry if the car parked anywhere either its body paint no scratching, no any tyre puncture, no parking summons & the worst case especially for a new car either it still there?!! Hahahaha 🤣🤣🤣😂😂

Kesimpulannya mark ni mesti suka mengarah pemandu ikut apa yang dia nak ni 😂😂😂😂 sebab tu dia banyak kerenah dan beri pelbagai alasan yang berkait masa dan duit.... Sebab saya sendiri pun buat macam tu (saya tak berani nak pegang stereng kereta).. Mark tidak bersendirian ni....

I agree with you Mark 🎧🎶 Mark. Is always Totally Mak Kaw Hijau 😜

You are missing out bro haha, you could have the experience dueling with the King Of The Road and tell your grand kids one day the stories haha

im a grab driver.... drive 15hours straight in lembah klang area.... i hate driving cars myself... whenever i pickup british tourists. they all say UK traffic is never like malaysia despite UK is a smaller country than malaysia... makes me question my career 24/7😅

I have car, but I prefer take public transport too, perhaps I park and ride at a station

I spend about RM600 or more, 120km for 4 hours back and forth per day (Mon-Fri) every month since 2011 till 2019. Now I spend about RM250 or more, 16km for 2 hours or less back and forth per day (Mon-Fri). We don't have MRT or anything like that but we have other public transportations like Grab, taxi etc. that just isn't worth it if you can help it. Not worth it. I spent on Grab going to work for that one day my car broke down, the same amount I spend on my car petrol enough for 3-4 days. There are no buses available en route to where I work so there's that. I hate, hate, hate driving and I would love to have my own personal driver lol but I don't see any other option and having a driver isn't an option, at least for now.

Mrt is amazing.....unless it doesn't connect to the places you wanna commute to. 30mins driving > 1hr 30 mins in a metal tube

If only the feeder bus services were regular, public transport in Klang Valley would be great. Most Malaysians can't afford to regularly take Grab

public transport only efficient in klang valley.. especially KL area

Better to use public transport than driving if public transport is available, convenient and reliable

You simply need a car for convenience purposes living in Klang valley .. the weather is just to hot and unpredictable

If I stay in KL or very busy city, i would rather use LRT or mrt going anywhere.or walk.i hate traffic jam so much. however in some area in Malaysia esp small city or isolated area,public transportation is very hard to get.so you still kinda need transportation.because no LRT or mrt.buses also not reliable.luckily,my workplace which is contactor company give transportation allowance or using company's car (choose one) for the workers so we can travel to site construction much easier.so I don't need to buy my own car.but most people,they need their own transportation.cuz the cost of taking grab car everyday gonna be quite expensive.

Because u in klang valley,bear in mind,malaysian driver is not just focusing on kl & selangor only,other states in malaysia is way cheaper if u own a vehicle

Can’t agree more 😊

Mrt near at my house but.... My office in a land far far away..... From mrt or lrt station... But it near a highway

May know what type of Visa permit you hold in Malaysia?

Excuse..excuse..excuse.Mark always fancy a free ride😂😂😂

Thanks for this video . I'm from Penang . I always use my car for work . So you can imagine how the people here will go for work in the morning at Penang Area 🙂 People just don't care about others . Too egocentric . This is how stressfully I start my day .

hei mark nice to see u

i'll drive for outstation, holidays or balik kampung only, the rest i'll take lrt, mrt or public transport

saya setuju, sbb tu saya pakai motor sahaja, kereta hanya bila perlu sahaja dan saya tak perlu beli, sewa atau grab lebih menjimatkan

so on point there.sadding

💯 agree

Thats why i love moped but very risky

So true

ir depend on each individual,if you still single,for me it better to use motorcycle and walk to work,but if u have family and have children,then it will be different

If you Malaysian u can feel it as Malaysian..so no reason..whatever u said..Malaysia is the heaven..

Malaysian on average are lazy walking, so the car dependency is crazy high

if you stay in KL or big city such as PENANG or SELANGOR or JB maybe your opinion is good but when you travel to rural town or even kampung.. this theory does not make sense since public transport is nightmare. and also the driving is smooth in those small city, pahang also got trafic jem but travel to work with trafic jem it only took 20-30 minutes with trafik, and 10-15 minutes without trafik jem

well that's true lol everytime you wanna hangout with car to some else & Park need to pay "it is what it is". traffic jam soo annoying thx goodness im stay at Sungai Petani just has little bit jam on the road but not too over reason why not use MRT because only have at KL, reason 2 is sometimes if I'm get boring yes you can FULL THROTTLE the car in STRAIGHT LINE if no car, just make stressful down a bit😂 reason why not walk? okey dude, Malaysia people like us doesn't like walk because it's hot weather, tired & too far from home or place want to go, i guarantee 98% Malaysia will sure drive the car or motorcycle to go even the shop front of your house

It depends..if you want a privacy better drive yourself.. not all Malaysian drivers (even foreigner drivers also there) are driving like crazy or racers 😁

I live in miri and i go to my kampung in kuching so it takes 8 to 9 hours to go there

at the end of the car loan tenure, you will get a car under your possession, so meh to me its still more profitable buying one.

Just admit u dont have driving license la abg Mark...😂

Driving in Malaysia is same as driving in hell... The road condition, driver attitude and many more cons

It is all fine and fun until you or your family member got sick and you don't have a car to routinely go back and forth to the hospital or health center. It is the life i am going through now, I take care of my 76 years old sick mom, she can't walk by herself and I don't have a car, don't know how to drive anyway. So I have to call for taxi every time just to bring my mom on her routine check ups and if she get warded I have to take bus or taxi just to visit her, it will be a problem when the hospital calling at certain time where there is no service available. Then there will be problem when she got discharged, I have to think the best way to get her home. Ambulance service is so expensive and the government funded one is not always there, they're busy. Now I kept thinking "if I owned a car..." but it is too late because I am jobless, don't have money, I only use my mom pension all these time...

I have a friend, a businessman, in fact a millionaire. But doesn't own a car or drive. Just spend about 1k monthly on grab.

Rm50 a week for a petrol... insurans rm66 per month.... and rm500 per month for ansuran kereta.....

Come la I be your chauffeur.. I drive you into my heart !!

Susah la nk stop pakai kereta if stay outside of Lembah Klang... Crazy ooo... Bas come 1 per hour, sometimes boleh sampi 2 hours n tak muncul2... I love walking, love public transit, but sayang la, Malaysia cities built around cars, not pedestrian n transit friendly 🤷‍♂️

Same cost but at last u own the car.😁

You’ve missed out on, toll fee too. :/

Enjoy drive but hate the traffic 😴😴😴

Bila kamu dapat lesen memandu... Barulah kamu sedar bertapa nikmat menjadi penumpang... #malasdrive

Kabar baik Mark

Yup they are so many crazy malaysian drivers nowadays..just today a lady stop her car Infront of mine all of a sudden and act like a gangster and give me a stare because she claim I came out of junction without checking if the lane is clear or not which I already did and it's damn clear..the problem is she drive too fast coming from a hill going down and taking a left turn and Infront of her in just a few meter there were a junction that I came out of so carefully turning to the left after making the turn I've notice she drive from behind so fast and she even manage to change lane to avoid my car yet she have act like a road bully blocking and stoping my car..she get out the car and call me gila🤦..the irony.

Singapore lifestyle lah

Do you have a driving license ?

Nice beby chuppa la

Biggest problem driving... Traffic jam and parking Biggest problem riding motorcycle... Safety issue Biggest problem take public transport... So far away from train station and terrible busses coverage /long waiting So stressful day by day 🤕

Stay village you not stress..no traffic jem

Is riding a scooter instead of driving a car not ideal in Malaysia? 🤔 I think it's best in the flexibility of being able to go anywhere while avoiding most traffic jams, also at lower petrol costs. Maybe due to safety? I mean we can avoid most accidents by being alert and practicing defensive riding. Or is riding a scooter has some traffic discrimination? I wonder cause I would like to work in Malaysia someday and I want to ride a scooter to visit different places I like.

If i live in KL, i wont drive,i also will be using public transportation and walk

I prefer to take a Grab Car everywhere...😅 Very Calm

Yeah this is crazy how with the small salary and the cost of living in Malaysia is not balance so stress.

Owning 4 cars in KL i can see your point

Ok see that 1 hrs from kl like to klang omg .. England all near only . How it happen 😊

make sense

Motocycle is the real king. Also pocket friendly. Lol

The hassle of finding parking alone is enough for me to skip driving a car in KL.

I not have car, so drive moto only

Hahahaha

You forgot toll payment

You are so handsome Mark O'Dea😍♥️🤭

X sama mark. 900 utk your own car and 700 utk your own mrt?taxi?lrt?i dont think so mrt lrt n so on are belongs to u hahahhaa

i hate jam too thats why i ride motorcylce😂🤣🤣

Lol. Much cheaper than Singapore

Its obvious right? You are not sitting in a left hand drive car, that's why you dont drive. Most cars in Msia is right hand drive. If you sit in a left hand drive car, you will drive in Msia. Its as simple as that. Just need to find the right car.

You’re crazy.., im crazy too. I don’t own a car. The best car is a car without debt

Mark pergi bawak awek dating nanti naik MRT je ok... Pheewiit.... 😅

Mark, its either u create a new word AVAGAGE or u mispelled AVERAGE. 😅🤣😆

Come to Indonesia Mark, you will find that driving in Malaysia is not as bad as you think

Mark boleh cakap lah...kat sini dia tak ada kampung...dia tak ada anak yg nak kena hantar ke asrama😁

You dont drive, its yup for single But In reality, want to be relationship...f#*ck I will slave for woman It sooooooo cost Parking oil and MT money at eom :-)

Buy a car and hire a chauffeur Boss ku....

why dont you own a standard motocyle ( kapcai ) ..... cost will drop around 70-80% trust me....