i got my chassis no already..placed booking last thursday..
quite fast..but stumbled on d/p cos my current car cannot get the target price..haizz

silver..
first time i heard silver got no queue 

When coming to red traffic light, the sound is like a toy mechanical/electric car slowing down. Very obvious.

no gear how to adjust?

The sound it makes is due to the pulleys tighten back at a fast rate. Thats why the "whurrrrrr" sound is much more apparent (louder) when you stop from 80kmh to 0 than stopping from 50kmh to 0. 

The engine braking (downhill recognition) in the VT3 is engaged automatically the moment the TCU detects a slope. The only way to cancel the downhill recognition is to put your foot on the throttle but that will consume a lot of fuel in that process therefore it is recommended to just leave the CVT to do its job and users have to get use to its characteristic. While going downhill, although rpm shoots up to 2,500 rpm, the amount of fuel injected into the engine is equivalent to the amount injected during idling [foot of throttle], so it will not contibute to high FC. During this process, the engine is actually running on lean mode (air ratio more than fuel ratio) and therefore it will be a bit hotter than usual.

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Added on June 12, 2012, 3:30 pm

The Xtronic CVT are much more refined CVT than the Punch VT2/VT3/VT4 CVT. Not to mention the Xtronic actually has even lesser moving parts than the VT series CVT. It might have the noise but since it is a much refine unit, it could be even quieter or completely being muffled by Nissan.

For Honda, I'm not very knowledgeable about their CVT. Heard their new CVT is very good but its only available in Japan and US Honda Accord, for now. The older Honda City one is also clutch based like the Punch VT2/VT3 and some said it behaves more or less like the VT2/VT3.

Smoothness
Nissan > Toyota > Punch

Durability
Nissan > Toyota > Punch

Efficiency (power loss)
Punch > Nissan > Toyota

Price
Punch > Nissan > Toyota
All these are subjective and not a final opinion so it is subjected to other opinions, etc.

the Punch CVT actually has a lifespan of 200,000km on paper. And don't worry, every parts inside is replaceable and the CVT itself is serviceable. In fact, Punch has the intention to set up a hub in Malaysia to solve/troubleshoot/fix the CVT sold by Proton. So if your belt snaps, you don't need to change whole CVT. Just replace the belt.

Oh, and just to add, the CVT has been reported to be tested to up to 250,000km by Proton engineers during the Preve development period. 

yes, soundproofing definitely helps.

Preve Premium (CFE) is using the same VT3 with Exora Bold Premium (CFE). The difference in acceleration is due to the throttle response in the Preve which was tuned slightly retarded. The bold throttle level is well balanced between responsive and retard.

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/2262458/+60

you can even check out my review there...

I DIY myself on my car...

brotan, please share some picts after you are done insulating your eb 

i think its still elegan brown..at least 1.5mths..red and silver can get within 2 weeks 

100% agree..

but the prettiest for me is still solid white with dark gray rims..but wont go thru hell maintaining it

hi all

i'm owner of solid white Exora Bold, i want to ask about eb tyre. one of my eb tyre has punctured very bad (langgar bucu divider), had been replaced with spare tyre. Luckily, the spare tyre is same size with other tyres (and rims too).

so, what brand of tyre that suitable to replace my badly punctured tyre (to be used as spare tyre)? i think 16 size tyre price is around RM200 - 300++

tq

:-)

oh before that, my EB is 1 month old with 3000++ km

What do you mean by 2nd tire?

try call i care...confirm the chasis no. i think you SA should know better. my experience...after got chasis no...i call i care and they confirm it reaseve for me...be patience bro...

i think you SA screw you to pay the down payment...should you get the chasis no and confirm with i care 1st then pay them. the SA blame proton...haha that the tactic

now you can only wait your car...now everyday you call SA ask the car...until u get the car...if not it will be more delay

guys, pls dun get me wrong. i juz want to share.

from my observation/reading online/asking people, seems its always better & safer to buy proton cars from proton edar. my findings:
1. pe (proton edar) is a part of proton, so its like u r buying directly from proton, without any middle-man.
2. pe delivery of stocks r based on orders, while dealer usually buy in bulk. so pe cars r 'fresher'.
3. due to this stock-pile practice by dealer, few 'problems' might arises, ie; battery connector is loosen, dealer exchange faulty part from another car to another, dealer give/exchange cars with other dealer resulting in someone have to drive the car, etc.
4. pe cars usually have very minimal milage due to they were sent by trailers directly fr factory. literally, they were never driven on road.
5. pe dun have cash-flow problems.
6. pe sc seems slightly better (i solely based this on the fact that most 'not using 10w30 oil' cases happened at non-pe sc's).
7. pe = proton = 100% genuine parts = no worry.
8. the pe sales i went to have: coffee girl (she will ask u, 'nak minum apa encik?'), a mini office of cimb (for faster loan processing) & direct link to the proton internal system (can check everything there, no need to refer elsewhere).

all these r based on my personal obsevation only. pls correct me if i'm wrong. 

Well, my case is handled by PE Taman Megah. I actually found this showroom from Proton's website

Don't know why you people have to wait. I can get one almost anytime.