anyone ever got problems with noisy front brake calipers for their beloved Persona? Mine is noisy and it goes "klok klok klok klok" when going pass yellow lines in straight roads.

really2 annoying. it goes away when i put my foot on the brake pedal and apply very slight pressure...so confirmed its the calipers.

Yup same problem here. Like driving lorry.

Agree ... agree .. but i still dont quite get how u come to that conclusion based on the posting on kereta.info ? or u have any other source that says caltex/esso/mobil combust better? sorry sorry. i felt i sound like i m challenging ur point of view.. but .. i m just curious....

but i do think we shouldn't mix fuel tat often? ...  the additives of different brands might be reactive to one another? but then again.. maybe the reaction gives more powaahhh??? hahaha

Mate, r u sure about tis?  My M/T only could run under 10 seconds after 1st service. after 2nd service my car bcom weaker. mayb da ECU already recognised my driving style.

i juz fulfilled my tank wif RON95=RM65.00 (usually RON97=RM75.00). wat i can say about da differences r unbelievable! RON95 sounds cheap like 30 liters make u save rm9.00 from RON97 but not really. i seldom use RON95 since da v 1st day i got my car, so i can notice da diffence clearly.

1. throttle response bcom slower
2. i could hear da engine underpowered sound wen i change gear in low RPM (like engine almost off)
3. power unstable wen i cruise at low RPM
4. engine sounds louder at idle as like it breathe harder.
5. wen i get down from car, i could feel da engine temperature is higher
6. all those above gave me a horrible driving experience, vv horrible
7. fuel consumption from 8.8l/100km to 10.1l/100km, for same routine trip

*i used RON95 bcos i couldn't any gas station within 50km tat sells RON97 during long distance driving.

those r my experience wif RON95. i use SHELL bcos here we don have BHP n Caltex n so on.

not sure...but mine is auto.....as for manual i think once you remove it, you can rev it higher and slightly higher topspeed...from what i observe..la...before removing this, 180km is the max...but once i remove that stopper....can climb sommore till 185/190km.....

high 5 to that, i'm gonna take my car abt early jan, the feeling definitely better than saga, and i might need to do travelling often between kl and pg. eek eek eek...
i took some car test around the showroom yesterday, at first i wanna buy saga se, but  when the SA convinced me to try persona, it was....amazing, the cruising speed and the pickup is good, and i also drive like siao kia that time, i made rough cornering until the SA said he might get heart atk if i do that again(i shouldnt play need for speed )

ok here's why i choose b line persona:
1) 1.6
2) bigger compartment(make love easier, oh sorry sorry just joking  )
3) bigger trunk(can keep chainsaw to make kl chainsaw massacre)
4) bigger tyres(i dont like saga wheelbase small like men's tities)
5) 4 power windows(facelift saga also got, why dont take that? imo saga facelifted become incompatible, if you're not a sport car, dont use sporty look)
6) gear clutch and steering better control(shift into the future, nissan slogan wor...)
7) look terre(big car can frighten ppl)
8) no airbag(wtf?! no airbag also wanna buy? ahem, got my own reasons. acutally airbag will make us throw caution into the wind, drive fast, then, even if you wear iron man suit also cant save you, due to g-force. ae86 also no airbag, no abs+ebd, but still become cultural icon? think abt it...)
9) i can afford it

Persona is not cheap to maintain.  Buy other cheaper makes with higher specs.  to suit your budget. B-Line not recommended.

i agreed with what you said, i missed out that part lol.
hmmm, it is very obvious that 25yrs, proton still cant compete with other carmakers internationally. proton starts from rebadging mitsubishi cars, cut ties with them, shake lotus' nut, then come back kiss mitsubishi ass   no offense, we NEVER had our 1st national car in 1985, the year i was born.(this is how pride can blinded our reality).
the reasons stems from the protectionism from the government, that it still maintain the car price advantage.
of course the emergence of perodua put proton head to head with it, putting proton somewhat in carmaker competition race. too bad, protectionism kicks in again, perodua can never make sedan as it only for proton. but so what? myvi a subcompact hatchback car that cant even have sex in the car, but still that car is the best selling car!

regarding overprice, i cant agree more than you. malaysia as a country that produce their own car, shouldnt bear the name like 2nd highest in the world in car price. if honda city removed import duty, it would be almost same price as proton saga(shame on you), if vios doesnt imposed on import duty, cheaper than viva( ). a friend of mine who lived in america for 10 yrs before, he said, if you can afford toyota camry 2.4v in malaysia, you can afford ferrari in america( )

i hope those read this post dont personal atk me like(if you dont like proton car then you keluar dari malaysia!), this proves that you're barbaric than cavemen, i can recommend you to stay the best cave. it's true, i got this racial slur before when i was commenting abt how bad a game, yes a game before, and guess what? personal atk, very immature.

if you're not and discuss this issue like a grown up man/woman, i salute you and buy you a packet of condom
FC for persona, i heard is more conservative than myvi, that's why i dont wanna buy myvi. can anyone rectify this?

then high 5, cos not only government sucks, malaysian sucks too, our mentality are close to retard. i bet 2020 never realised and there will be 2040, 2060, 2080 or whatever catchy numbers they can come up with.
talk abt driving car on the road, you see how stupid they drive? ppl say kl ppl drive like daredevil(not like spiderman meh?), but i think kl ppl drive smart, but still sucks. parking, sudden brake, no signal, pass red traffic lights, etc 
with all suckers and f***ers in this country, and that's what we are, and i still cant sleep well last night(2nd night), sleep at 12, woke up at 4.30am playing lotro. cos i'm too excited abt my new crappy car, some1 must've wanna kill me if i stay close to him 5m, very contradict each other this statement, no choice la, i always drive a bike, this is my 1st car, no need suffer rain anymore(yesterday back from work baru kena, luckily live nearby to office)although proton sucks big time, but i see inspira as a good car(of course la, rebranding ma, malaysia boleh ma, take out that logo and modify to lancer lagi shiok ma)

haha, anyway just wanna start a healthy discussion, if everyone mentality is open, not easily offended, and can take critics well and and transform it into drive force, i'm 120% malaysia will be better than sing-gay-pore

not only KL, it's everywhere in malaysia, cause we're Malaysian

LOL.. Yeah I agree with you.. 25years down the road.. No matter how much we discuss here, we wont be able to make much of a difference.. The real difference is if we are able to turn our voice into action.. Change the government. I nvr say BN is bad, neither do i say PKR is good. We must let our voice and power be heard. Let them know that they wont have a nice A/C room to sit in if they ignore our voice. Everybody u see around complaints bout this and that.. But ask them to go vote, they say its a waste of time lah.. Same results every year lah.. Corruption lah... They will change the vote later lah... Blah blah blah... Its not about the car price whether its cheap or not cheap.. Its the regulation and the way they tax our car.. If we were to enforce stricter regulation on emission standards like Europe, our cars wont just be cheaper, but much more efficient and environmental friendly too.. Any car maker can bring in a cheap car, but u must know our country is here to survive beyond 2020, more like till the end of time (2012 ) We must look at everything as a whole.. How our future generation are going to survive.. how clean and fresh the air is.. Just look at singapore.. They are able to create a clean environment with good quality air and a lot of trees.. Look at Putrajaya, we have more land than Singapork but we have recorded a higher avg temp over there due to poor landscaping and the lack of trees. Thus causing more electric to be used for A/C blah blah blah..

Do we really want a 100storey tower? Do we need one?? Yeah we MAY need it.. Its good for country long term development, but the real important issues to be settled are the problems we are having now, not the problems we are going to have in the future. Traffic jams in KL, low grade petrol and diesel quality, no minimum standards for cars (airbag etc).. They think every ppl are born to drive isit?? See how many ppl in msia sucks at driving, inconsiderate bastards that dont even bother signalling and hogging fast lane.. Gomen always try to reduce our speed limit, saying speed kills etc etc.. But what really kills ppl is the lack of skills in driving.. If speed kills, why a F1 or rally driver doesnt die? Its the skills they have that allows them to remain in control. The unskilled drivers on the road are what causes MOST of the accidents. Other people have to be aware of these people on the roads. And those ah bengs on the road.. Want to potong here and there but causing unnecessary braking and avoidance to other drivers. I dont mind if u speed and swish around the whole highway, as long as u dont interrupt other ppls driving pace and dont create unnecessary trouble for other people.. Then go ahead. I support u. 

leaking news saying that RON97 will be incresed RM0.15 tonight again.

Hahahha.. They want to push everybody to use Ron95.. Civic Type-R and turbocharged car owners are definitely going to get pissed.

today I service my persona mileage 40,000km kena rm270.70 w/o engine oil bcoz i bring my own oil...and that is the 2nd SC i went bcos the 1st 1 don wan to accept bcos i bring my own oil...

2nd 1 oso don want to accept actually...but i said if u don wan change engine oil,nvm just change other parts la..engine oil i go change other place la..then he said warranty will void..then i said void,void la...

last 2 services, i oso bring my own oil bcos SC only sell Petronas oil..
why i don wan use petronas oil?because after 1000++km my engine will "gegar"..few of my frens oso experience the same..

i saw the notice in the SC from HQ, effective 17 july kenot accept if customer bring their own parts..this is unfair!!!

previously, i use shell helix ultra fully for 10,000km..very smooth..
now i use castrol edge fully, smoother than shell...

the main point that i want to higlight here is, we pay for the labour charge what?(rm120) so why want to force customer to use petronas oil???if it is proton oil, i will consider...

add me to the list
switch_133 = brilliant red H/L

sent my car to Juru SC yesterday. complained about the engine felt heavier after 1st service. the foreman tuned the ECU. he said something like changing the offset from 125 to 98. I dunno what exactly he tuned    now engine felt smoother. no more 'roaring' when overtaking other cars at highway. gonna test further to see the fuel consumption.

btw, i got 2300 rpm at 80km/h. when accelerating, the engine revs up to 4k rpm a while before going down to 2.5k rpm. Is that normal?

f***! moments ago a bank car loan officer interviewed me, and i accidentally slipped that i just work for 6 months and they said they maybe wont approve 90%, maybe only 85% loan! and still need guarantor! shit! f***ed!

rhb islamic f***ing bank, the motherrhbf***er so bias and my income so f***ing good and my monthly installment less than a f***ing quarter! f***!

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Added on December 2, 2010, 5:00 pm

i damn so jealous at you! tmd f***ing bias! sorry not scold you, its them! My SA said my age is a factor, i just have 1 year working experience! how? which bank you applied?
my SA said bcos the low interest, the condition would be much stricter. that's the problem lo...

i took eon bank.... my interest was 3.8 or 3.7 ... tat range la...
maybe u should try apply other bank first.... while waiting .. maybe u r lucky .... they jsut say so much thing but in the end. they still approve urs?

kinda agree, who doesnt wanna make money, if they dont approve then they mai no f***ing income. yours were 9yrs? hmmm, if the interest 3.75 my d'p is add rm10++ shit la, go f*** cow la
next monday i wanna buy my favourite plate number d, *****, the loan not approve then i mai keong kan? sorry moderator i'm kinda pissed, need to use foul language

f***, their braintard head still insist for guarantor! cos i dont have loan record and my age factor! ta ma de diao ni lao mu!

If Persona R really looks like that.. And sell for 60k..  I bet the current gen Vios and City would have a tough time selling, and 2nd hand value will be terrible.   
Chillax lah.. hah.a. Bro how old are you?? Me 22years old.. Not working and dont have any employment letter.. I just go to CIMB bank, get 9 years loan @4.00%.
They ask a lot of questions.. I say want to buy HL lah.. Then i told them to check my CIMB account.. I told them i got fixed investment income in Dubai..    Every month i pinjam RM3.5k from my mom.. Then keep in the bank lah... DONT WITHDRAW it out.. Just let the balance slowly grow... Then time to time just do some small transactions like withdraw Rm100.. Rm250.. Rm500.. Rm300 from the bank every 4-5days.. Showing like u got activity and using the money like that lah.. As long as u got a lot of money coming in, little bit going out.. Then can kautim easily ady.. They approve for me RM48500 loan.. Add with the discount SA gave me i just pay RM660 to get the car.. No d/payment also..   

Omg... looks damn cun

um, i dont dare to ask my dad to become guarantor, cos he bought new house, and ask ppl to become guarantor, sometimes like kinda embarrassing that person, and summore a lot of procedures, make ppl frustrated at the bank. any other bank that i can go for?

Do give EON bank.. or affin bank a try... they are more interested in vehicle loan business .... compare to other banks....
i too didnt want my parents or sibling to be my guarantor...do not want .... them to carry the name as guarantor.. that might be reviewed by bank when they in their turn apply for other loans..

hah, i'm 2nd bro in my family, a good bro like you not easily to be found lo... when the f***ing rhb islamic bank need guarantor, i think of my bro, then he ee ee eh eh like dont wanna be, then say refer to dad. sometimes i feel like i'm the elder bro compared to him, cos i cared for others more.

i dont give a damn abt guarantor, and i wont secure any. cos i just borrow rm41800 nia ma kanne, like borrow money to buy c4 from najis like that. note: 1 single javelin missile: $86014.80. le ma, imagine you use bmw to bomb a tank only difference is that you die when you ram your bmw on a tank, leaving it unscathed, but you grow wings to the heaven.

keep on ranting:

le ma, guarantor got anything to do with low interest? every1 when borrow money, there's a risk impending, no1 can tell you you're gonna be fired in xxx, rhb islamic f***ing bank should use their retarded brain to think, why other bank can approve and not yours, why you must use guarantor? i ask my maid to be guarantor can? so that if i cant pay you back, dont tarik my car la, here you can f*** my maid XXX times.

the rhb f***ers seems to soften a bit cos i told that **** i wont secure any guarantor, you want, approve my loan, dont want, kick my ass away and i go get other bank loan.then they ask this ask that again, kanne, fresh grad is more capable to make money ok?

p.s hmmm, LYN seems censored a wide array of foul languages, including *****, p***, lanciao , testing testing 123...

Good .... with 205/55/16 tyre....

kena outrunned by Lancer GT aka Inspira today

Any way to drain back the over fill oil hehe

just unplug the oil drain? but be warned ... it will be very very very messy... unless u are skillful enuff and have big container... oh ya u need to plug it back in fast enuff.. u dont wanna over drain them out right?

so if u r not used to change your own engine oil... best if u bring it to a workshop.. (cos i think sc might ignore u.. unless is clearly way above the max line)..
it is just too much hassle to be done by urself.. not to mention... removing exactly 200ml or 300ml .... is quite challenging...