If the condition permits, then the TCU (Transmission Control Unit) will permit you to drop a gear (or two). If the condition doesn't permit to do so, the TCU will never allow you to drop the gear to protect the transmission.

The VT3 has lots of safety mechanism built into it, so no worries.

As for reliability, the VT3 unit is essentially a unit based on VT1, developed by ZF to be used in Mini and MG cars in the early 2000s. Nothing major has been reported by the owners in the net, so it is safe to assume that the reliability is good without counting small cases of manufacturing defect. There's also a few Preve who bring their CVT into the track and no unwanted problems arise after the event.

you took fully syn oil?

is there unnecessary stuff also like Magnatrap and XIR engine treatment thing?

For those who is interested to understand more about their VT3, you can take a look at this document regarding VT1.

http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/pse/resour...1F%20040323.pdf

credits to dares for showing me this document earlier on.

This post has been edited by V12Kompressor: Sep 19 2013, 11:55 PM

Ah, sorry. correct link;

http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/dept/pse/resour...1F%20040323.pdf

boot is still okay...

dunno which smart pants SA go on child lock at the rear doors. When people sit behind and slam the doors to feel the spacious interior, they cant open the doors from the inside when wanna go out...

That people is me.

let me guess, the silver display model, right?

How customer hand too gatal?

On/off child lock requires key woh...

P230A...

New B segment hatchback.

Suprima S has electronic vacuum pump (EVP) and the CVT model is VT3+ with improvement in operating noise & refinement.

oh, so it is from your own...

For CFE, the one with hole is to guide air into the intercooler, and another has no hole at all.

For IAFM+ (not yet launch), both foglight covers has no holes at all.

This post has been edited by V12Kompressor: Nov 7 2013, 10:06 PM

front grill is better to have less opening as possible for less drag and better aerodynamics. helps a bit with FC.

It is not they (the government of thailand) support Toyota, but rather it is Toyota who lobbied for those policies. The government of Thailand is forced to implement those policies in favor of Toyota because they can't afford to lose the billions of dollars of FDI poured in by Toyota alone in their country.

However, fear not. THere are reports saying that next gen proton engine will be a 1.2, 1.5, 1.8, 2.0 and 2.2.

The 1.2 and 1.5 could be turbocharged too, along with the 2.0 and 2.2.

It is not all about losing to Proton, it is all about losing to other manufacturers. That is why when they are on top now, they begin to cement their position by lobbying for policies favouring them. It is all about holding the status quo.

SC wont have the solution for it. They will just reply it is normal.

It was this flickering thing that causes premature headlamp bulb malfunction in Preve, aka "pirate eye issue". I don't know bout Suprima will share the same fate or not.

speculative only. some say VS may solve it. some say grounding alone is sufficient. No concrete evidence.

normally is the bulb blows... and bulb = wear and tear item.

HIDs comes with inverter which stabilizes the input current before output it back to the bulbs.

Again, there is no concrete evidence that HID will solve the issue, so lets just put it as plausible.

one hella expensive spark plugs too... per piece is RM 99.xx previously...

Now I heard it is around RM74.xx but still expensive.

That empty nut is to bolt on the brake fluid reservoir tank in LHD version.

The Suprima is the first Proton to debut with VT3+, essentially an improved version of VT3 found in the Preve. The benefit of VT3+ is improvement in Noise, Vibration and Harshness. It is not "jerky" and much much more quieter than VT3.