totally regret... thinking to cancel the booking and go for Forte.

i understand your agony

proton did it for teh lulz?

so we need those that already got their elegance, see whether they are having problem or not...

If forte came out before i decided to buy persona, i would go for forte instead

This post has been edited by heavencloud: Apr 13 2010, 11:24 PM

i got my elegance last week no problem pun??

Sigh... at 1st want to get Forte, but my dad not agree, he said the 2nd selling value and spart part for Korean car is damn expensive. that y i go for persona eventually...

but then now the elegance h-line seem like having problem and delay that long... no mood already lar...

H-Line got prob?? Mine is only M-Line.. Wasn't ECU supposed to be same?? Difference shld be rear brakes only rite??

Forte is worth the money though. Haha but then, it is still a foreign car and parts are not cheap and not easily pirated

lots of hype here before the official launch on the 32bit ECU. I remember i said that it could be good or bad because there may be reliability issue due to new ECU not properly tested and all.

seems like the negative side of what i said has become true...
although our old persona using 16bit ECU, but at least it's been proven ok for us

Big blow to Proton. Just a month after the release? Let's hope the new Waja is good.

i have asked the shop about the raisin pivot... they say they can get stock which is manufactured by hong kong and japan.. japan 1 is much more expensive ... while the hong kong is cheaper.. they also say the usage is still the same and things are also same.. the price difference can be 2X time .

all same.

maybe is the ECU having problem with Auto gears and ABS braking....

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Added on April 14, 2010, 9:08 amWhy regret? And u think Forte dun have problem ? To me all car have problem. Is see ur luck whether u get a good car or problematic car only.

Forte is still new, i won't not believe that it dun have any problem.



This post has been edited by muslayer: Apr 14 2010, 09:08 AM

my persona elegance m-line manual so far so good, hopefully no problem at all

This post has been edited by chew1188: Apr 14 2010, 09:10 AM

-----> Muslayer
Autodream will charge for Rm130.00 for Pivot mega raisin (purple) + 5 point HKS grounding cable complete with installation... I think its ok....

This post has been edited by mafarizan: Apr 14 2010, 09:46 AM

hmm..my aircond is kinda slow now...bought my car last september? cannot be that the gas need to refill right? mileage not even 15k yet..

the engine power wise is generally okla good for cruising and top speed etc. BUT when it comes to cornering out of roundabout back intro straights, zig zag overtaking & picking up from stand still... its weight and lack of low end torque is really2 felt. its the time when u feel, "come on!!! go go go!!!". This engine's torque & power comes mostly in high rpm... a rev happy engine. so mb... shall we go bolt on turbo (BOT) to improve low end torque? hahaha...


forte..... humm...i like. hehehe... value for money. but 2nd hand value?? hummm..... eg. my friend's Kia Spectra same age as my ex myvi. When sold, my ex myvi loss about 10k its value whereas my friend's spectra lost about 45k. that is a big WOW. hahah..



true true......



At least proton stops the production and not let its cars out onto the road. solving it at the production line clearly shows their responsibility, QC level and etc. its better to detect, stop it and rectify it at the production line rather than letting it out on the market, and later having thousands of them having problems and recalling them. that would cost too much.


i think it should be alright. at least its not a major RECALL! hahahaha... that would be the REAL big blow!


almost every car have their own problems. about a year ago i had the opportunity to be at the service mechanic area office behind Toyota service centre building. on the white board, i see a long list of various toyota models of owners having so and so problems.

i have a few friends who bought cars like Benz and BMW having various problems and need to spend time in the SC many times.... but of course the chances of these are far less compared to cheaper local cars due to more strict QC.

This post has been edited by jasondotcom: Apr 14 2010, 10:01 AM

Try to check the aircond filter that can be found at the front passenger side. More specifically, the bottom of the glovebox. See whether lots of dust already trapping the filter thus made the wind blow slower.

Hahaha.. well, that might be the general idea to improve the low end torque. I'm waiting for the light pressure turbo made by proton to be roll out. Or just buy a cps halfcut and plonk the cps engine

Screw resale value lol. With the same price, its features can't even compare to vios, city, and the new mazda 2

tq mate.. i'll try to clean the filter tonight.. btw.. i found this usefull link on how to clean the filter hehehe > http://persona-spec.blogspot.com/2009/04/c...err-filter.html

just changed my brake pad and coolant last weekend, using GEP brake pad and new GEP coolant red (instead of green)



and one thing i have noticed, after changing new coolant, after drive it once, my air con fan automatically turned on after i shut down my engine, and it lasted about 2-3min to shut down by itself, any reason for that?



previously my stock temp gauge usually slight reach 2 bars, now my temp gauge is on 1.5bar, my engine feels cooler now

how are the brakes? much better? anyway.... i think u only can really review it once its really run in / bed in.

fan on automatically for that long after u shut the engine off??? humm dunno about that. i am using original Toyota long life coolant (RED).

after install the new brakes, at first a bit spongy than before, after drove it for like 4-5km, then the brake starting to get better, but still feels not much difference compare before, probably because i fixed my rear brake drum before which results the brakes performs at lot better? oh well, will review the new brake once its bed in, is it necessary to drive 2k only the new brake starts to bed in?

lol, we are using the same coolant, toyota stuff are mostly OEM by GEP which is under UMW.