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Rusty Nail	Jun 7 2006, 01:15 PM Return to original view \| Post #1
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	The savvy is slow to build speed? in what sence? I've floored the savvy and reaching over 100km/h in less than 25-ish seconds everytime without fail. ofcourse, i was drag racing with that car on the highway, so gearshift is at above 4k rpm. As for city driving wise, it's quite manageable since it's small and very responsive. however, the stiff clutch and gear stick may be a turn off for smaller, weaker-at-the-upper-body people and sometimes can be a nightmare during jams. The only complaint is i cannot force this car to slide on dry road. >.< This post has been edited by Rusty Nail: Jun 7 2006, 01:16 PM
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Rusty Nail	Jun 7 2006, 02:26 PM Return to original view \| Post #2
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	QUOTE(khizer982 @ Jun 7 2006, 01:59 PM) You just demonstrated my point. It has power, but you really need to hit the pedal. Sebsequently when you hit the pedal like that the noise level would be high, which is not the ideal thing for city driving with all the noise pollution. Again, however, it depends on the persons preference. Some people enjoy having to hit the pedal hard and the roar of the engine. Feels more macho. Some people whats a quite ride. True! The gear is a nightmare during jams. Maybe you can solve this by buying the AMT version.Cost more money though i finally got your point there. at first i was thinking of something else QUOTE(Pro-MX) huh? slide as in drift on dry road? explain more plz slide, it's drift-ish but less much less control. sliding the savvy is possible on wet roads, though most of the time resulting to under steering. on dry road however, the car is so stable and has lots of traction till it's very difficult to slide the car even with the help of handbrake.
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Rusty Nail	Jun 21 2006, 11:43 PM Return to original view \| Post #3
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	not to bash, but to share something. it appears that the gear knob is infact plastic coated in metalic paint which comes off after some time of use.
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Rusty Nail	Jun 22 2006, 09:51 PM Return to original view \| Post #4
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	QUOTE(mockv1per @ Jun 22 2006, 11:09 AM) that is one dirty gear knob.. guess the owner didnt take a good care of that car huh? not dirty, it's the paint coming off, thus exposing the cheap plastic part. QUOTE(dstl1128 @ Jun 22 2006, 11:28 AM) This is one of the reason I fear of buying Proton, cheap plastic everywhere eventhough Gen2 Hi-line/Neo seems like a sweet deal. perodua cars also suffers the same fate QUOTE(eone @ Jun 22 2006, 04:22 PM) i drove my bro's savvy MT what i can comment is.. pickup a bit laggy, clutch a bit stiff, breaking too sensitive (got EBS???), looks cool with R3 kit, rock steady when speeding, engine sound not nice, good handling, roomy.. well, i just so happen to like sensitive brakes.
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Rusty Nail	Jun 23 2006, 05:14 PM Return to original view \| Post #5
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	^Oh... that dirt... yeah, it's been sometime since the car was properly cleaned, besides, it's much harder to remove dirt dtapped in the carved number gear knob. Sweet mod
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Rusty Nail	Jun 24 2006, 11:09 AM Return to original view \| Post #6
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	QUOTE(hypermount @ Jun 24 2006, 10:02 AM) Still people complaining about hard plasics... I recently had the chance to drive in estima and Honda crv year 2003....same plastics eveyw..the plastic panels in the crv creak and rattle like there's no tomorrow although it barely reaches 100k km.. Look at new Civic..full of hard plastics also...even the most exp cars use the same materials beneath the nice misleading touch ups and finishings.. Car manufacturers ese days need to use this kind of recycyclable plastics to mantain complience with environmental laws.. if you miss the smell of vynil finishing just head to used car dealers. yes i do agree that recycled materials aren't as nice as virgin ones, but that shows the limits of their chemical engineering capability. if they could add some vinyl based bonding agent into their plastic, i'm sure the chemical and physical properties will be as good or even better than virgin vinyl plastic. (but such bonding agents don't come cheap) besides, vinyl plastic can be recycled too.
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Rusty Nail	Jul 26 2006, 01:11 PM Return to original view \| Post #7
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	QUOTE(soggie) Well, say as much as you want, the sales figure of Savvy still isn't doing it's "potential" any justice. So what's the real problem? Public perception/assumption? I'm guessing it's called Proton Reputation. With the new management hopefully things will get better. ^you don't need to guess, it's already a fact. Remember the senseless bashing of the savvy even before it was launched, heck I was even part of the mob. Its reputation only got worse when they decide to use beige and a mix of other random color for the interior of the car. Many car buyers buy cars for looks, company reputation and second hand value (especially typical "Chinese"). They'll give squat about car handling and performance as long as the car looks fugly to them. This post has been edited by Rusty Nail: Jul 26 2006, 01:11 PM
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Rusty Nail	Jul 31 2006, 05:49 PM Return to original view \| Post #8
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	17" on a savvy? that's just plain insane even with super low profile rubbers.
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Rusty Nail	Aug 14 2006, 10:56 PM Return to original view \| Post #9
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	QUOTE(arsenal @ Aug 14 2006, 10:38 PM) renault engine confirm got problem later on....put AMT...going to be bad to worst in five years time.........the reanult enjine drinks more fuel than any other proton.....this is from myvi,perdana,accord and renault same owner...>>> arsenal..i think so far.....myvi is the better than renualt 1.8 (injection) many many times... compairing 1.8 with 1.3 that's so 'smart' of you
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Rusty Nail	Aug 15 2006, 06:56 PM Return to original view \| Post #10
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	QUOTE(goldfries @ Aug 15 2006, 05:52 PM) 4. sufficient space (i hope) if compared with cars like kelisa, yeah i'd say sufficient space. don't get me wrong, my sister do have a savvy and i'm not bashing it. it's just relativity when it comes to space. some view it as sufficient while other sees it as little.
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Rusty Nail	Aug 28 2006, 09:51 AM Return to original view \| Post #11
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	he shouldn't have smoked the rear lights. other than that, it looks acceptable.
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Rusty Nail	Sep 20 2006, 10:53 AM Return to original view \| Post #12
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	now, that's what the savvy interior should be like I really hated that original beige interior. This post has been edited by Rusty Nail: Sep 20 2006, 10:53 AM
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Rusty Nail	Sep 21 2006, 10:04 AM Return to original view \| Post #13
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	it still can't beat the Neo same corner, same speed the savvy has more body roll compared to the neo. plus not to mention the tendency to loose traction of the rear tires if the corner is too sharp and entery speed too fast. it's not an apple to apple comparison though
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Rusty Nail	Sep 21 2006, 11:28 PM Return to original view \| Post #14
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	not only is the body of the savvy tough, the paint finishing is equally tough as well. my sister had her savvy's bumper scratched by me in both occations (just woke up, and was quite blur) with my old kembara and neo and the paint on the savvy is still intact and paint transfer is from the other two cars. scratch mark is there, but atleast the paint still stays.
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Rusty Nail	Oct 28 2006, 11:59 AM Return to original view \| Post #15
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	not bad, but the spoiler extension kinda spoil it. i don't see the need of double spoiler.
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Rusty Nail	Nov 1 2006, 03:10 PM Return to original view \| Post #16
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	hehe.. maybe he terperasan?
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Rusty Nail	Nov 22 2006, 12:43 PM Return to original view \| Post #17
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	QUOTE(BridgestoneRE711 @ Nov 22 2006, 12:40 PM) cheers ! spot on brother . really , we should bash proton but not the cars . on what grounds?
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Rusty Nail	Dec 1 2006, 03:07 PM Return to original view \| Post #18
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	hmmm.... i wonder what other small cars do those ausies import. personally, i feel that the reverse visibility of the savvy can be improved.
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Rusty Nail	Dec 5 2006, 05:58 PM Return to original view \| Post #19
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	i doubt it's hypermount. he post different. with facts.
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Rusty Nail	Dec 5 2006, 09:51 PM Return to original view \| Post #20
Why am I still here? Senior Member 4,883 posts Joined: Jan 2003 From: Petaling Jaya	QUOTE(Ah Beng @ Dec 5 2006, 09:27 PM) Does sales figures show the car is good??? really good point. luxury cars don't sell that much compared to mass produced cars. not that savvy is a luxury car anyway... just curious, what's the sales figure? This post has been edited by Rusty Nail: Dec 5 2006, 09:52 PM
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