Sorry if too heavy hehe

need opinion...
which colour better between maroon colour and white colour??
my salesman said only this two colour ready stock at their warehouse...
previously booking gold colour but he said need to wait min 1 month...

plum red actually looks nice.... at the first glance.

white is an "everlasting" color, but there's always the dirt and dust issue. Not to mention the extra effort (and money) to send the car for detailing (wax, polish) to make the car looks forever "youthful".

I prefer white.....

i was waiting for their gold, but needed the car urgently so i took a white.


just now i surveyed proton service centre near my house. told them i was just surveying, so they showed me their service package. first service only oil+oil filter + drain nut. the oil they use is 10-40 . i told them the service book says 10-30, they said no lah, exora usually uses 10-40. i said the listed oil is 10-30, then i asked can bring my own oil or not. they said can, but bring the ones that are available in the market, dont bring the ones that are sold by direct selling and stuff like that. so i said ok lor. but im surprised that they want to push 10-40 when its clearly stated 10-30 in the service book
you guys also kene this ?

Kena..... somemore they straight put 10-40 one then only tell me... I confused with their explaination. later I call my agent . Then assured me if anything goes wrong with the car, they will settle for me. Proton icare lagi teruk.. I email them no reply one.

that 1 from lotus mag.
can copy&paste into personal blog?

proton i care. when i email them, they call me back because my signature had my phone number and office address.

Dont know if he got permission or not.. At least informative for ppl who dont have the mag

i going to do my 1st 1000km service. but my place here easiest to get is Shell Engine Oil which got 4L a bottle.

i wish to use Fully Synt 5w-30 or 10w-30
But for Shell engine oil, i only can find HX7-E which is Semi Synt.
Fully Synt only got 5w-40 Helix Ultra

So can u guys guide me to get which 1 better? thanks in advance.

This post has been edited by vinorgouki: Feb 16 2012, 01:49 PM

there are some website stated the differences between 10W-30 and 10W-40 are when the engine hot the 10W-40 is thicker than 10w-30, but when cold no difference. so for turbo engine which is better?

well, according to the service manual and the owners manual, its 10-30 less u risk voiding your warranty. and since the cfe was codeveloped by lotus engineering, i dont think those guys are dumb. so, regardless i'll stick to the factory pour.

thanks for the info rapidbumi n ultramaman.

thats y im choosing 5w-30 or 10w-30.
jz wonder wheres the different btw semi synt n fully synt.
i jz know that fully synt is more last longer. but Shell engine oil had no fully synt 5w-30 available.

This post has been edited by vinorgouki: Feb 17 2012, 11:06 AM

Thats due to the fact that almost all Proton SC only stocks Petronas lube as their engine oil. The only have

Petronas Mach 5 (15w50)
Petronas Syntium 1000 (10w40)

and only a handful of SC stocks the full syn variant, the Syntium 3000.

In the manual it stated "10w-30 and above", so 10w30, 10w40, 10w50, all can use. Just dont use anything lower than -30 or else your warranty will void.

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Added on February 16, 2012, 6:14 pmIMO, if you didn't rev your car much and not a track person, semi syn is sufficient. At your early stage of ownership, I recommend you to just stick back to semi since you'll be changing oil every 5,000km.

This post has been edited by V12Kompressor: Feb 16 2012, 06:14 PM

more interesting reading

http://funtastickodesign.files.wordpress.c...ssue_43_web.pdf

i know its abit too early to ask, but any problems, major or minor so far with the exora bold?

oil leak (some reports) loud noise at start (just a few sec) engine die due to something to do with aircond (1 report) hehe

Mine ok..... not ok is the SC only...

any torque curve available for IAFM+ ?

ic, so i jz use semi syn 5w-30 should be ok. 5000km is for the 2nd service, 3rd and later would be 10000km. donno 5w-30 can last that long onot. hehe...
anyway thanks for ur advice bro.

This post has been edited by vinorgouki: Feb 17 2012, 11:21 AM