I'll get mine done in January when i'm free-er during the weekdays.

SG and PPS dont actually protect your paint from projectiles like pebbles and sand. They do however protect from UV discolouration, accidic poo, Sap and other stuff like that. It also makes the car easier to wash, and keeps the shine (somewhat) without need for polishing. You want protection from projectiles, you need stuff like 3M's lamination film that are a few MILIMETERS (not microns) thick.

quoted from http://www.diamondbriteshop.co.uk/article/about_us
"Unlike other comparative products, Jewelultra actually manufacture the Diamondbrite Paint Protection process and have been doing so for many years. Diamondbrite is a highly researched technologically advanced protective layer. Once applied it protects the paint from the damage that can be caused by sunlight, acid rain, fallout from factories and even gives initial protection against bird lime."

I hpe they didn't polish off more clearcoat to fix the scratch >.< although I guess there arent many other options haha.

The Distance To Empty (DTE) meter is either very inaccurate or it's the ECU is still adjusting, I'm not entirely sure. Anyway, for reference, I drove 580km on RM 92, all the time driving below 110KMH, even though I went to PD and back. In fact, most of the PD drive was spent around 80 and 90 lol. Past few days, My driving is definitely 100% town driving, as my home to my workplace is only about 5-10 minutes, with no nice stretches of roads to kick up 4th or 5th gear.

The funniest thing is this, I fuelled up for the first time after I got my car last Sunday (2 days ago, after 9 days of driving) and after putting in a full tank, my DTE meter showed 410. Naturally I was quite concerned, but untill today, it's still showing 410 HAHA (80km later)! yesterday it even climbed to 420 then 430. All I can say is, the meter is very inaccurate at the moment. No idea if it will learn and improve, but we'll see ( =. Overall the FC for a brand new car is okay IMO (I have not gone for my 1k service), it's doing better than my 1.6 waja, so that makes me happy since the engine is 200cc larger.

Can I give a reminder to people getting their new cars to check their tyre pressures. Mine was over inflated to above 280KPa, that's more than 20% above the recommended pressure. It will give you better FC, but handling and ride comfort will suffer a little bit ( =

That makes some sense, but how come the DTE did not move, and in fact, increase halfway for the past 80 kms? I have not altered my driving pattern in any way, if any, I've been more agressive lately due to driving late at night (empty streets) and being more eager to push the revs. I would expect the DTE to be counting down at least. I think it is inaccurate or still adjusting. perhaps maybe (I've no idea what the dealer pumped) the first tank was RON97 and now I pumped RON95. no idea lol.

EDIT: The DTE must also be based somewhat on the fuel level of your tank, otherwise it would be impossible to count Distance to Empty, as you don't know when the tank is full or empty ( =. They definitely cannot assume every fuel up is a full tank fuel up (although the manual did specify for accuracy, full tank is the way to go)

This post has been edited by RahXeph0n: Dec 22 2010, 03:42 PM

That meter resets everytime you kill you ignition, so generally I think it's correct. The readings are low because time spent coming out and going into parking, traffic lights, stop go traffic really cut into the average kmh. How does the forte multifunction display work frost>?

I havent had time to really go through the manual and see if there's a setting to remember the meter's readings. Currently, it resets all the time.

I don't think would want to steal Inspira rims >.< The tyre is an odd size too isn't it? haha.

That's quite strange, cover's not there. wonder if that's standard.

This post has been edited by RahXeph0n: Dec 29 2010, 12:30 PM

Havent checked. still at work lazy to go to the carpark LOL.


Pancit but not paku, so... maybe some hater let out the air? What you mean by tembak?

Yeah, mine has the two huge holes there as well. So far no problems on my side either, washed the car myself few times already, spraying water with a hose everywhere.

Little niggles I find in my car:


Passenger side


Driver side, note the bend in the lower window sill of the passenger goor. It's not level, but humped/bumped.


Close up of it




A pillar joining the Celing fabric


A little push and a gap forms. Further investigation shows that the A pillar plastic covers is not fastened properly to the A pillar (it is loose, with few mm of free play, and the ceiling fabric is also not fastened properly, also loose witha few mm of free play. When both of them lose, no gap. but when I try and press either of them, a gap will form.

The gaps are not so obvious in this picture, but it's there. Tested another 1.8M, and though the problem was still there, it was much less aparent.

Do you think Proton will fix these? lol.

This post has been edited by RahXeph0n: Dec 29 2010, 09:27 PM

Must claim before 1k? I thought I will go do it when I do my 1k service. Now at 800

Yeah, I should have, but I wasn't around to collect my car. Lol. Was out station and my cousin, who deals with 2ndhand cars did the purchase and collection for me. Anyway, when I have time tomorrow I'll pop by a service center and see what they say.

The water repellent nature is probably going to last only about a year, though they will recoat that for a small fee. Will get mine done soon ( =

Anyway, today was chatting with another guy who also got an inspira. Seems he's got friends up there somewhere in EON, and it seems that there are defects with the early batches of cars, in the absorbers. Aparently the supplier was either changed or something after the first few hundred cars, as they were not up to standard. Not really sure what that means. Anyway, when I find out more, will let you guys now. For now, just something to pay attention to when you get squeeking noises or bouncy/unstable rides. He's getting his chassis number checked to see if it's one of the defective ones. Hopefully I'll get mine checked too haha.

Rest reminder = By default should be turned off, but you can turn it on t remind you to rest every (insert duration of time here) so you won't drive continuously for too long a period, and be accident prone. Kind of like the service reminder. Don't know why yours is on.

Wow. You guys already have problems with the absorbers? Mine still fine, even though I hit a newly installed (it wasn't painted) bump at about 80kmh twice LOL. I hate new bumps. My house area just place 3 new ones in a 50m stretch >.<

(0.o) Wow dude...

I actually don't hear anything lol. Other than a bump sound. No squeak also.

Massive recall, highly unlikely. lol. A recall usually only comes into effect if lives are at stake. Noise won't kill anyone, so no recall. Absorber failure also would probably not kill anyone (but will increase braking distance) and is a regularly replaceable part, so even if it's spoilt, they won't issue a recall.

I hope that they will at least be open about it and tell us clearly what's wrong, so we can get it fixed.

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Added on January 4, 2011, 9:03 pmNot screw tight, as in got some knocking sound? I actually noticed this a little more today. Paying more attention to the sound, but still unsure if it's the absorber, or just regular sound of wheels going over bumps. My car now sounds like my wheels have been inflated back to 280. That's the best I can describe it, hard "duk" sound when I hit the bumps. It made the same sound when I got my car new, but after I released the air to stabilize it back nearer to 220, the sound went away. Now it seems to be back, but not sure if it's my mind playing tricks, since i'm a bit paranoid now about the absorbers haha!

This post has been edited by RahXeph0n: Jan 4 2011, 09:03 PM

(0.o) and their boot so high up also? I assumed it wouldn't be full sized spare.