Does anyone actually upgrade to r3 upgrade stuff when they bought their neo? The fiery red one really attracted my eye. Is there any place i can test drive the car to how they perform? Does COE actually offer test drive at their test track o.O

How about lower spring and those ecu upgrade? I am considering either neo r3 or swift sports ignoring the price disparity between two.

where i can actually test drive satria neo? Can i visit coe for test drive. No idea on operating days and hours as its not listen on website

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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?

Aha i see, I just not sure if i should go for base neo instead of r3 and throw the r3 parts onto it from the money saved I dont have the time to go test drive the car as I need to go to workplace in the morning and only comeback around 9 or 10 pm


Why proton no put cfe engine onto neo? It will be a hot seller to be honest or is it the politics in proton prevent it from happening

This post has been edited by minizian: May 5 2014, 08:35 AM

THe base neo is back, i just checked the dealer on friday and saturday and now with 1.6 cps engine on display and sans the bodykit, interior and wheels/tire combo of r3

Even the pricelist have being updated too to include the base neo.

This post has been edited by minizian: May 5 2014, 09:31 AM

I not into modding but i am keen to put only r3 performance parts (eksos/ecy combo) onto the engine and lower springs to make it more nicer to drive the engine is slightly underpower for the weight of the car. I am not sure to get the base and take the money saved from not getting the r3 edition to do some performance mod.

The dealer i went to said today will have the neo for testing but i only be free at night Beside its being a while i drove manual car. worry i distroy the clutch on the car.

U mean proreka supercharger kit, woulnt it will kill of the car engine faster than just leaving it na?

Ah still no time to go test drive yet

My god i sat in satria neo doing gymkana at the the carnival and i can say that the car really stick to the ground like glue. As far as i know that car have upgrade brake disc, 15 inch wheel and r3 exhaut/manifold system

THose are not meant for street use right? I think i saw someone using similar hankook before on the road.

Now they have sports promo when u have buy neo

If you buy standard neo u got r3 15 inch wheel and r3 exhaut system and some random stripe

If you buy excutive neo (the one with r3 kit) u get r3 ecu, r3 exhaut and tiger stripe lol

All for around 3k plus.

I know cos i am looking at it again when i visited one of the dealer (I don have neo but very keen on it but the ppl who going to finance it are not keen on proton after their experience with Waja which again handle well but start to fall apart here and there and need to repair)

This post has been edited by minizian: Jan 25 2015, 10:21 PM

But then i did not ask if they have cash discount on this model cos i myself not to sure if i going pull trigger on it. By as well don waste their time.

Wayyy better treatment than the SA at mazda when i was there to have look at mazda two

I think satria neo would be a good choice if you looking into driving performance. Since you said is single so why not give a two door car a try before its too late (when you start a family)

I am sure Satria neo may not be as fast as other Hot hatch but for the price and feature (only car with Multilink suspension at this price range), it really unbeatable. Even the closest rival would be swift sport which selling at 100k

Not to mention parts are proton are generally cheap compare to other brand as long you able to get hold good authorised proton machanics (there are many service center but there not much good one around) but I cant really answer if the whole thing could last for more than ten years considering proton "not that good built quality".

There are lots for stuff to mod if you choose to go this direction, for me i will stick to R3 stuff and just drive around get to know the car first before doing anything crazy. I more prefer to leave mostly everything stock.I am sure stock car can handle track day without much problem other than replacing tires and brake pad.

Last part is this car is still one of the analog car left since most car now have some kind of safety net which may not be able to fully disabled (like in suprima or preve according to proton engineer i asked), depending how you look at it it can be good (can push the car as hard without worry esc will interfere it ) or it can be bad thing (you gotta be careful in rain or if you out of control you are in deep shit )

hope it help... I myself did not have satria neo but I know it is a good car if one close their eye on the badge



This post has been edited by minizian: Jan 26 2015, 11:52 PM

Mazda two is nice especially in hatchback and with the sports body kit and black rim Guess now the queue is quite long.... Ppl who bought it usually i suppose for the handling and the hipster look. Space wise jazz/city win all lol I can squeeze shit load of stuff in my city when the back was flatten, too bad the front seat cant be taken out else it can take in mooore stuff

Too bad for SA, guess my business is not needed Neo R3 in GTI silver will be awesome. Waiting time for it shd be not long especially for manual i suppose as what SA told me that day

This post has been edited by minizian: Jan 27 2015, 11:20 PM