You all know how there's a saying "If you have to ask the price, you can't afford it".

Well, I should add another line here.. "If you are worried about the maintenance, don't bother buying it".

Save yourself the trouble. Go buy Proton. You don't need to worry about maintenance.. just replacement.. hahahhaa..

That line applies to anything that you purchase. It could a thousand ringgit shoe or a ten thousand ringgit Prada bag. If you can afford it, you won't ask for the price. You just pick it up, bring it to the cashier and pay for it. If the money that you earned is legal, you'd whip out a fancy platinum card and pay for it. If the money is illegal, you'd whip out a money holder with a bundle of cash to pay for it. Hhahahahhahaha....

Even proton gearbox cost over 10K brand new. Hence there's plenty of recon proton gearboxes out there that you can find to replace. Therefore they don't need to worry about getting new gearboxes. Most people don't have problems with gearboxes, esp when they are maintained properly. A lot of auto drivers change the oil but not the AT gearbox filter.

Like I said, if you are going to buy a 200K car and worry about the gearbox breaking down, then don't bother getting the car. Go buy a Proton. Thousands of recon gearboxes waiting for you.

This post has been edited by sleepwalker: Aug 10 2010, 10:34 AM

You mean you are not a RUST head until you owned an Alfa? Hhahahahaha.. old rust joke on Alfa.. no sure how many here can remember any of the old Alfa rust jokes...

It's factory warranty and does not cover consumables and items that wear out from use. Things like the clutch and the belts are not covered under this warranty.

The 160HP rating by VW are HP on engine. That is because they can dyno the engine directly. Once the engine is fitted into the car and the wheels put on, you cannot dyno the engine anymore unless you have somebody take it out and dyno directly at the crank.

All the dyno centers will give you HP on wheels and then after that convert back to HP on engine based on a set of calculations.

So if they say that they power is going from 160hp to 200hp, that's on engine since 160hp is not the HP on wheels.

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Added on December 1, 2010, 6:30 pmWait a minute.. I know this nick.. jwrx. Another one gone from scooby to kermit the frog.. well.. in your case.. toothless.

This post has been edited by sleepwalker: Dec 1 2010, 06:30 PM

1 RON is not going to make too much of a difference. Usually the difference is around 1% per RON level but all that depends on how the ECU is tuned. However if you pump in RON 95, you might feel the difference as the stock ECU might detune more just to ensure the safety of the engine.