I rather do all in one swoop

So i went to this proton dealer near my house. Asked to have a look at R3 neo, the guy said the car is currently serviced elsewhere and only be back on monday. But then there is base manual neo on display so I went to look at it.

My summary from sitting in the car (I may be wrong)

1)The gear lever is so rubbury and sticky to move around, need some effort to change gear). Does the same feeling going to be on r3 neo?

2)The pedal placement is quite good, i most probably could easily heel and toe when on the road, it work fine when i in the base neo. Its being a while i driven a manual car

3)THe clutch travel is super far, is that suppose to be normal? Even kancil or old school city does not need that long travel

3)The seat i am in is a little bit too low for my height, is that normal or just because i did not adjust the seat height properly?

4)The base neo looked like an perfect platform to do crazy stuff onto it. I not intending to do any more if i ever get the r3neo. THe most i do is getting the r3 parts eg exhuat/brake rotor/lower spring and nothing more than that.

5)Always wondered if the r3 came with any kind of stability control or traction control other than the usual abs/ebd thing.

6) I heard that the neo r3 is one theif magnet and it is one of most stolen vehicle. I dont understand the logic behind it, if u say the old GTI i understand as it have mitsu stuff here and there but what up with people wanna steel the current gen neo cps r3?

7) Is the clutch very light to operate or the other way round.

The Sales guy asked me to comeback on monday so i can get to test the neo cps r3. He does not have the R3 parts menu as i really want to have a look how much those will cost to me. But i got the full brochure for the r3 I am considering buying those upgrade parts and install onto the car when i decide to buy the car.

As far as i know the SA said currently there no offer for r3 neo.

I was looking around to complement my current honda city as i go to my work place very early and the road are really empty so thinking about streching my leg whenever is safe to do so

Looked at other comparable class like swift sport but to be honest the multilink suspension really caught my eye as other car in the price bracket were torson bean. I am also assuming the cost of running (service, spares) neo r3 would be cheaper than lets say swift sports?

Does the current neo batch have good construction built or i bound to expect the unexpected?

Hope to hear your guys opinion about my question

This post has been edited by minizian: May 2 2014, 09:20 PM

Abt maintenance, here this example

1) New one oso like this..u will getting used to it..

2) Pedal to metal

3) uikss..to me, its short..lol..

4) u can adjust the seat...

5) Base or r3...u cannot go wrong with them

6) No traction control...only abs, i think..

7) No comment...

8) its light..haha

Btw, if no offer edi, go to other dealer...

this nice offer so far...
http://www.buyprotoncars.com/Proton-Edar/A...3/#.U2On9_mSz5M

The guy said his waiting for the memo from proton in regards to the promo for the month of may. But thanks for the reply

The rubber gear stick/shift anyway to remove it? Or you guys just suck it and live with it?

Hopefully got nice promo this month..

just live with it..lama2 dah biasa..

THe handling wise really really good in its stock form??

Test dulu..U will amazed of this..

What kind of road i should test on it? Knowing dealer won let me drive far to those palce with alot corner

What usual operating hour on proton dealer during weekend. That link u put for service price is one of the sales person right, it does not represent the whole proton?

This post has been edited by minizian: May 3 2014, 12:35 AM

Erm...not sure..

last time i tested CPS outside COSE..

Salesman kasi saya lenjan..hard braking, a lot of acceleration and hard cornering..
Short road but its joyful

Abt weekend, i din know..i went on weekday..

Oh not in the test track? i know COSE have some huge track to drive around to expose the car strong and weakpoint.

Nope...

its really nice track..

Now you tempted me to go to cose to test the car hell my manual skill long time no practice

bro, your engine originally is CPS or normal Campro? no modification on engine or intake? how about management?
and where you get it done?

mine is CPS bro,no mechanical modification on engine side only full R3 exhaust piping with denso iridium spark plugs.Management haltech interceptor,thinking to go standalone but everytime u need to tune it cost u double from piggyback.Done with Xenon motorsport plus got warranty on engine side for 1 year.
Now funding for 1 bar..

Nvm bro..

just take ur time firstly...

Get a good and more importantly, sporting SA here..

So i check again in COSE today and there no neo for test drive I asked the SA and he said that the only diff between the base neo cps and r3 neo is the wheel/tire combo, bodykit, 2 din unit and perhaps some cosmestic diff in the interior? So is that the actual case?

WHat do you look when u trying to get a honest/genuine SA instead of someone only keen on closing the sales?

yeah... successful 'migrate' to p@pag0 x8.5 from g@rmin... with latest map..
neo cps r3 stock blaupunkt DD..



This post has been edited by Max: May 3 2014, 10:03 PM

Really...

R3 neo got R3 seat, r3 rim, cps bodykit+r3 splitter, 2 din unit and r3 spoiler..

base neo got normal seat (Neo Campro seat), 1 din, steel rim and neo campro bodykit..

Same between them = Campro CPS engine...

abt sa, its about luck...lolz...some of them duwan layan, luckily i got sporting sa..

anyways, can try this

Better than previous?

yeah.. i prefer papa than garm1n.. hehe..
papa easier to update map.. garm1n quite complicated..