no need for forummers to keep repeating that every car brand has problems to justify the weaknesses of exora bold. i find lots of people try to defend proton cars by saying other brands also have problems. this is stale news lah. take other brands out of the equation, what are you left with? If a car has bad quality, just say it as it is, no need to hide behind other brands' so-called problems. unless you are a die-hard proton fan or staff, other fans will think rationally before making such a purchase.

actual car buyers like myself know what a vehicle warranty is for. but my priorities is very different than most of you, I don't like wasting my precious time going in and out of service centres solving problems that shouldn't have happened in the first place. you think I don't have anything better to do with my time? as for parts, I will judge for myself if parts are expensive or not, nobody can tell me otherwise.

did I mention anything about alza? why did you mention it?

at the end of the day, I buy a car to fulfill my needs. no point buying a car with full knowledge you know it's going to be problematic. the only thing going for the exora bold is that it is cheap and big. If I had the money, I'll be buying some other MPV.

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Added on May 21, 2012, 10:43 pm
why, this is great news! any idea what batch number is yours? what about wheel alignment, paint thickness or others?

sorry for my asking. well you know lah, I don't have the luxury of time to go in and out of service centres to tolerate over-tighten lah, under-tighten lah, dealer's fault lah, vendor's fault lah, customer's fault lah, etc.

your EB is still new, care to update again by end of July 2012? that is the time I may make an early decision. maybe proton can re-introduce a black colour exterior EB by then. thanks

fyi i just received my exora last thursday (17/05). arrived from factory the previous day. odo shows 20km (the dealer brought to tint shop)
i'm aware of the common problems related to eb's. so after 4 days and 350+km, from my observation my eb does not have all these common problems:
- jerking of the cvt gb
- intermittent aircond
- engine shut off
- dashboard rattling
- weird engine sound
- oil leaking
- friction on door handle (they're not touching at all)
- strange sound after hitting potholes

what i do have:
- wind noise on driver's window. but really minimal one. almost unnoticeable.
- hu only managed 2 find hitz.fm & nothing else. maybe dealer wrongly installed the antenna

my AFC so far is 9.7. prior to my trip to nilai (fr malacca), the AFC was even lower.

from what i see, proton has manage to sort out most of the problems faced by earlier batches of eb.

then again, it might be too early to judge

p/s damn i love the car. god bless proton!

Bro, I saw Cocoa Grey in the flesh. To my eyes, it is nowhere near to black. I don't like this colour at all.


Would rather go for the maroon one.

cocoa greay is not near to black at all..want to find sport rim colour also susah..