JUDGMENT

Hj. Abdul Malik bin Hj. Ishak JC:

This is an appeal by the appellants/defendants against the whole decision of the learned Judge of the Sessions Court, Taiping, Perak ("the trial Court") in respect of unpaid rentals pursuant to a hire-purchase agreement with the respondent/plaintiff. The first appellant ("hirer") took on hire purchase from the respondent ("owner") one second hand BMW car bearing registration number AAQ 8196. The second appellant acted as a guarantor ("guarantor"). The transaction was the subject of a formal hire purchase agreement ("the agreement") dated 10 August 1988. By the agreement the hirer contracted to pay 35 rent instalments of RM486 commencing on 10 September 1988 with a final instalment of RM465. By the agreement the guarantor also guaranteed the payment of the hire purchase rentals and all sums payable under the agreement and to indemnify the respondent against all loss, damage or expense which the respondent may be put to or sustain by reason of the hirer's neglect or breach of the terms or stipulations of the agreement. The hirer paid the initial deposit of RM8,000 but refused to pay a single instalment thereafter. During the currency of the