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Is new Proton Saga BLM a good car?, Compare to toyota, nissan ...
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Zaypher
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 Nov 20 2010, 12:03 PM
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My close friend is driving a saga BLM and I get to drive it every now and then.
I drove it more than 1000km and spend reasonable hours in it.
My comments are as follows-
Saga BLM is a good car for its price. It is very cheap and it is quite a bargain because you can get a fairly big car plus more than enough headroom. In other words, it's a budget car. Having said that, i never fail to have leg cramp on a long journey due to the position of the pedal. For some reasons, the brake pedal is set too high for me.
I have a sneo at home, surprisingly with my height, i feel more at home in my neo. I reckon the reason is that neo allows me to sit further to the back.
As for the performance, i am driving the 1.3 AT. The car is extremely sluggish and quite a torture to drive. The auto tranny appears to be sleeping all the time and only starts working after .5 - 1sec after you step on the gas pedal.
Handling wise, the car feels light and doesn't give me the confidence in high speed cornering, unlike the sneo.
Mileage quite bad but that is subjective because i had to accelerate quite often to keep up with the road traffic (especially on the faster lanes).
Bottomline is, Saga BLM is a good point A to B car for the price.
But if you start comparing, to me, Saga BLM does not have any advantage over either toyota or honda (again, apart from the price).
If you don't like slow car, try to stay away.
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Zaypher
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Nov 20 2010, 12:45 PM
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QUOTE(imperialrealcs @ Nov 20 2010, 12:24 PM) u r basically comparing ur car with satria neo in term of performance and handling.. try comparing with city or vios whereby they are both same size, same shocks setup (front mcpherson, rear torsion beam) as well as a sedan i didn't really compare both neo and blm. I'm merely sharing my personal comments on BLM. I can't compare city or vios as i don't drive them long enough and/or merely a passenger. |
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Zaypher
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Nov 20 2010, 01:08 PM
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QUOTE(stormlcc @ Nov 20 2010, 12:50 PM) U r definitely correct on this one, it's a torture to drive, at first it seems ok for the underpowered part because of town driving, but when go for long distances or go up a hill, u'll regret driving it. and the build quality is one of the worst, the car got squeaking sounds everywhere, just after 3 months! I've got the 1.3 auto full spec which cost RM37k, it's darn expensive if u ask me. and the response time for the auto gearbox is just pathetic, full throttle for almost 2 second then only got response. and don't let me mention the brakes.......again.........and the stupidly high FC, full tank (to the max) go up cameron highlands 1 and a half trips only the fuel tank kosong, can barely make it to the nearest petrol station in brinchang. RM60 can only go 240km, it's worst than my RB20det which can go a full 2 trips for RM60 if i drive smoothly (in the BLM no one can drive smoothly because it's so underpowered) bottom line is, use it ONLY for town driving and if u don't like to drive fast, or else don't even think about it. Myvi is totally overated, and it's not 'cheap' either for a car that has no boot. but i know this is malaysia, there's not much choices when u r looking at cars around this kind of price tag, except if u buy 2nd hand, which u can get 2 hands full of choices (great choices if i might add) and u r saying MYVI has some jap DNA in it, i'll agree with u for a bit, but i'll need to correct u: MYVI has some VERY OUTDATED jap DNA in it......  thanks, i'm speaking from personal experience. Actually, my friend's BLM is mainly city driving and even that is a toture to me. Sometimes, i feel thankful because i don't need to drive it too often. YOu nail it on the spot, no one can drive smoothly with the BLM. you just have to floor it to keep up, which means, you will be spending a lot of time reving it above 4k rpm to just keep up with the flow of traffic. But then, my friend is happy with it. I think you need to be someone like my friend to find it 'ok' with saga. Speaking of myvi, i just don't understand that car. RM 50k + for a 1.3 with crappy handling. I don't understand la. |
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