Ohhh yeahhhh~ Unleash that baby!

So mayb the unit I test drove also suffer this issue... that explained the sluggish feel at startup

Atiara at PJ

but the session is really short... less than 10 mins

Regarding the drop in power for first few gears, it can be fixed at SC based on one of the member here and he seems pretty happy with it

I"m thinking 4 speakers and fog lamp too

So far what tinted you guys installed?

Wow... that's what they spend half day fixing?

Okay... That is really really bad....

However, the good part is your antenna problem was fixed

Please read through here https://forum.lowyat.net/topic/4011234/+1320

Quite some numbers of MT driver here compared to other car

IMO

The + side:
-The gear shift/engagement is very smooth, passenger may not realize u driving a MT
-Clutch is very soft
-Brake and fuel pedal level is at similar or same height, easy to perform heel to toe braking
-The gear level feels solid, minimal free play compared to Myvi and Saga FLX
-Decent 5th gear ratio, cruising at around 3.1k rpm at 110km/h based on meter, about 103km/h at 3k rpm based on calculation/waze
-slightly Shorter 1-4th gear ratio compared to rivals, good pickup for spirited drive
-quiet drive
-decent fuel consumption (by far I'm achieving 12.8-15.8km/l based on manual calculation) engine still tight at 3k mileage

The - side:
-May not get used to the throttle respond compared to other car, give you impression of weak low-end torque
-Gear level a bit far away as I need to stretch my arm abit compared to other car
-Need paddle more for power as the fuel paddle is less sensitive
-Random rev to 1.5k rpm when switching to neutral while car still rolling
-Feel underpower at startup (Due to car is stable, you don't get the push back feel compared to other car, but actually your speed is increasing) so spirited driver might don't get that G Force feel.
-No foot rest.

This post has been edited by zero5177: Dec 19 2016, 10:53 PM

Just comparing with similar car lah

Like you said, during that time there is not much choice of car...

At the meantime Proton said this was the best setup as quoted by one of the owner, Proton says they will change the ECU setting only if theres quite some number of Persona MT owner raise up this preferences.

So, at the moment you just have to pedal more for power

Well, don't take this too serious, its just my personal opinion based on my previous drive of MT car

Maybe I should rephrase to "Slightly Shorter Ratio in 1-4 speed compared to rivals" for not confusing some enthusiast

I only driven a few common car with pretty short gear ratios(mayb not considered short to some) like Avanza, Kancil 660 and Mazda 1000 from the 70s... but too bad I have no luck with other high performance MT car

Moreover, regardless of short ratio/close ratio or whatsoever gear ratio setup...
MT is never meant to be convenient for city drive to begin with... except only to minority MT freaks like us who just don't care

i wonder what persona ratios are running? inspira:
1st - 3.538
2nd - 1.913
3rd - 1.333
4th - 1.028
5th - 0.820
Rev - 3.583

New Persona came with a tiny 185/55/15 wheel
The ratio are as follows

1st - 3.636
2nd - 2.045
3rd - 1.414
4th - 1.051
5th - 0.756

Rev 3.615

FD 4.250

By the way I'm always curious about what makes the maker to decide to have a Long FD + Short gear ratios combination VS Short FD + Long gear ratios