First!!

My days of frantically updating the owner's list are behind me

FenomX, just quote my first post in the previous thread and remove the quote tags la.

Unless you wanna do fancy fancy shet

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Added on April 7, 2012, 4:16 pmYou gimme money ah? I just got my FLX 3 months ago la

I diam diam sit here and watch you guys with envy dah

This post has been edited by dares: Apr 7 2012, 04:16 PM

Adui

UGPM

Going out now, spam again later

Wah go out a few hours already 7 pages, summore all talking money. Feel so left out

Whats wrong with overtaking at 4k RPM? You mean it is too high or too low?

If for a conventional AT or MT or DCT drivetrain, yes flooring the pedal may work because the speed climbs with your RPM, and the faster your RPM climbs, tha faster your speed increases.

For a CVT, the RPM is almost independent of the speed (I say almost, because there are still fixed RPMs for cruising speeds), therefore let's say you mash the throttle and the RPM climb like mad, you will still see that your speed is just slowly catching up. In a CVT drivetrain, you want to keep your RPM at the peak of the torque curve, only then your speed will climb the fastest.

This is the advantage of a CVT system, you don't need to climb the entire RPM range (in other words, the entire torque curve) to gain speed, you just need to keep it at the RPM where the torque is maximum, in the Campro IAFM+, that's 4k RPM.

No need to wait for Preve, if you just wanna test the 1.6 IAFM+ CVT variant (since we are talking about max torque @ 4k RPM), the Saga FLX SE shares the same powertrain and characteristics, minus the weight.

The CFE CVT variant reaches max torque at 2k RPM.

And what do I get in return? you stamp of approval? no thanks.

I am happy driving 90km/h @ 2k RPM and I have no incentive to risk life and limb to prove you wrong. If you like, just visit your nearest Proton showroom and ask for a test drive.

Furthermore, a 0-120kmh sprint is not the definitive indication of how well a car accelerate from a rolling start eg. overtaking, something I learned the hard way.

Ooops


Forget steering lock, ask for locktech

And not just Proton, might I add.

I dunno the story leh, do educate us

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Added on April 8, 2012, 12:08 amNot long after it was launched, I saw a Gen 2 stalled in the middle of the road, upon closer inspection, I see the entire left front wheel has come off, complete with hub and disc. The lady owner was standing beside the road crying

This post has been edited by dares: Apr 8 2012, 12:08 AM

Once they have determined that it is not an isolated defect (means MANY customers have complained the same thing), they will find a way to rectify the flaw and pass down the information to their SCs. At the same time they will apply the fix to their production line, if the car is still in production. If the problem is serious, they will actively issue a recall.

Which is why first batch users are considered as white mice, YOU are the one who has to tell them what is wrong and wait for them to find out a solution, AFTER many customers have come to their SCs with the same problem.

This post has been edited by dares: Apr 8 2012, 12:24 AM

Abang, 1.7 tonnes is the gross weight.

The car's kerb weight is 1.34 tonnes

He dint say PREVE + Abang = 1,700 kg

the Preve car alone with standard equipment weighs 1.3 tonnes, not 1.7 tonnes

Hack ECU to rev cut at 4.1k

It is a larger car than the Waja, in fact, it is one of the largest in it's segment. And all those features (ABS, ESC, Turbo, Etc. etc.)? they all add weight to the car.

Plus Waja is about 100kg lighter only and runs on a 1.6. The Preve's turbo, once engaged, is claimed to be equivalent to a 2.0 engine.

That's why people keep saying, get the CFE, forget about the IAFM variant.

This post has been edited by dares: Apr 8 2012, 12:32 PM

Under 2k RPM (Before the turbo boost), it still runs as a normal 1.6 engine. 2k RPM with the CVT, according to mat79, can go up to 93 km/h. So for city driving, most of the time you won't be boosting, except for overtaking, slope climbing and the occasional spirited driving.

In my experience with my Saga CVT, I can drive the car under 2k and reach 85-90 km/h, even during mild acceleration I can still keep it under 2k, so it is perfectly driveable in urban settings.

Of course once you reach highway speed, you will be boosting all the way, but running on turbo doesn't mean it is not fuel efficient.

This post has been edited by dares: Apr 8 2012, 01:03 PM