First notch (which means you cannot move the stick to the left anymore) is Off, then the second notch is Auto. I always set the wiper to Auto, but then there's a 'bug' (), if I start the engine with the wiper set to Auto, then the hazard light will blink

Same case as me, I dumped the Elantra after test-driving Preve

Err... Suprima S interior... I don't dig it, I still prefer Preve's interior, it looks more classy compared to the sporty interior of Suprima.

To be fair, other people might like the look.

Why are you getting so worked up? So people can't voice their opinion on the Suprima based on their own perceptions?

Yes you can, but I'm more interested the way you conveyed your words that implied you resented Preve. It is called marketing. No one is gonna argue if a milk brand claiming their product as "the tastiest milk in the market".

Since the specs aren't officially out, you will have to wait. There's nothing to discuss until then

I would like to get my hands on the rims and HU

I'm planning to ask Proton if we can equip the Suprima's reverse camera module on Preve

FC will be better after services...

As I work in O&G field, I have some accesses to purchase engine oil (any brand, any spec) at staff price Usually I ask what oil will be used if I send for service, and some SC do allow me to bring my own.

Nah my field is in upstream, and not production (downstream) But full or semi, they both have their own pros and cons. No doubt you'll get more mileage with fully, but I feel better sending my car for service every 5,000km

No movie / video file. There's a USB slot in the compartment above the gear.

Well the screen is considered small to play video. I'm sourcing for Suprima HU, got a quote for RM 1.3k though.

A vendor gave me a bottle of Syntium 5000 for free

Anyway, after some research, many people recommend EA Autoworks to install reverse camera, since they said it does not void warranty, so I might give a try this weekend

Silver as usual is the safe colour, black and red to look sporty (I prefer the former), and the brown does indeed look elegant and nice.

Don't worry about the problems, most of them can be fixed. For my case, the infamous metal creaking when making a turn was no longer there after driving it for some times.

Compared to CFE, underpowered on highway.

Then can't really give you my accurate impression, since I've only ridden in it twice and that's mostly on highway

So how much roughly did it cost you? The workmanship was good?

I got lower than that due to my 5 years NCD, 65.5k something

Without NCD it would have been 67k like you mentioned before

My advice for you, forget everything other people say about Preve (or Proton in general) and test drive for yourself, and you'll find out why majority of us here ditched the Japanese brand cars of the similar price tag For my case alone, I gave up Elantra and Civic, the former was for non-satisfactorily driving experience, and the latter was because of Preve offered more values to me, and I saved around 40k

Err... you come to this thread, so I think you'll get more Preve-biased advices

Nevertheless here's what I thought to answer your two points. Long term use and easiness are contributed by mainly the spare parts availability. The way things are now, Preve and Almera are quite abundant on the roads, so both of these cars are easy to maintain. I don't know for Almera, but for Preve roughly you'll need around RM200 for normal service including the engine oil, every 3-4 months. Almera FC is not that great as my colleague told me, in fact he's considering two sell his 4 months old Almera for a Vios. Preve is technically a '2.0' C-Segment car, you need to expect how this kind of car is guzzling the fuel, normal for its class (along with Civic, Forte and Altis).

For long term use, it's hard to gauge considering all these three cars are still new in the market, Almera and Preve being barely over one year old. You'll find city driving is quite drab for Preve, but once you hit above 80km/h, be watchful of how you step your paddle so not to get captured by speed trap camera, this car is hungry for acceleration on highways

In my opinion, the suspension on Focus seems better because of the very low cabin noise, but bump to bump, they are similar.