Hello guys, just want to share with you my findings with the Proton cars in my office, this post I wrote last week. It's not that I dont support Proton. Its supposed to be a Malaysian pride but if it minus the hanky panky things.
The place where I work happened to buy five Wiras 1.5 injection. They are all having an individualistic character. In other word, they are different to each other. Out of the five identical cars, four of them have a rubber lips protruding from the left rear lamp. The plastic air scoop at the front having an uneven gap on all of them.
Taps on the front signals show that two of the cars have a loose installation on the left side and I reckoned its going to give way in a few hundred km drive on a bumpy road. The metalic plastic panel look so cheepish that you can easily spot an uneven finishing, (Those new Wira owners, not to offend, try to have a look at yours) and you can even spot some burr left if you are lucky.Try to check on a Korean cheapest model and I think, this very simple thing wont happened.
The front boot microswitch looks like its installed at some aftermarket backshop. Two sets of keys are supplied together with a silver remote control. These remote control looked like they are being supplied by Mydin Superstore. And as a gift, they provide you with an umbrella to protect you from the rain or a hot sunny day. Oh yeah, before I forget, there is another gift for you! A hands free mobile phone gadget. And it struck to my head automatically that they look like they are a China product and after reading the instruction piece, it confirmed... I can hardly understand the instruction (pidgin) though its written in English.
And the air-cond compressor, maybe I was unlucky because the other guys who drove the other cars didnt experienced the same thing, it gave a sound like an uneven idling patrol boat engine. I noticed that the brand is UCM which is quite popular with breakdowns at Proton Service Center. (Why they stick to this brand - mmmm....oh yeah, to keep the price down and maybe to feed some ehem-ehem).
All of them also having an individual paint job though they are painted in the same colour as we can see that they have touch-ups, here and there. The door panels for two of the cars were uneven. One of them having a scratch at the bumper and another one with a dent on it with a quick spray to cover. I give a hand to my workplace to drive one of it back to the office. Though, it was not a long drive, but it worth the experience.
Comparatively, I think, Perodua assemblers give a little bit better quality that Proton's. And part quality.... tsk tsk tsk for both of them.
Personally, to me, out of these five cars bought, only one should be rolled out from the manufacturing plant, ready to be delivered, but this one also have a minor complaint : the interior assembler forgot to put the plastic cover at the center console box under the cassette player.
As a summarize, thats one of the reason that I didnt buy a Proton. Its simply because I want to show to certain people in Proton that I dont like the way things are being manipulated. Its up to them whether they want to listen or not and I consider this as a positive comment.
:rolleyes: Thank you.
Hello folks