It's an old thread.. this car is unrefined. Faster than most of the typical cars on the road especially after a remap. If you did not buy this car knowing that it has a lot of potential problems and for the sake of having power and handling you will not like it for long.

Most problems are minor but proton sometimes makes it unbearable with the time for certain replacement parts like driver seat and seat belt buckle, both of which can produce noise if youre unlucky.

Prepare to spend money to make it more refined. At least you don't need to spend much on improving the handling. All you need are better tyres.

Don't spend your time attacking those who don't agree. You will not change their perception no matter what. Some have a valid reason to be displeased with Proton, others just jump on the hate bandwagon because that's just human nature (such as one particular guy who apparently has an uncle with a preve and a myvi and many other cars).

Personally I agree that it's hard to get a car that is free from rattles unless it's not very well equipped (less wiring and connectors in the car that can cause rattles). The problem with some of the rattling in cars from Proton is that they could be really severe.. till the point of the rattle sound permeating the whole car cabin under normal speeds. Can you accept it? I don't think you can answer this properly as you probably had never faced severe and LOUD rattling before judging from how you're writing.

I had a Persona which had such a severe rattling that could only be solved after I removed the whole dashboard myself and separated all the plastic parts that are contacting each other with some cloth/sponge. I have a Suprima that has a lot of the same design mistakes seen in older Proton cars that are causing rattles. I bought this car knowing that it can have rattles (and very severe ones as well), and indeed it had, had cause I either fixed it myself, or sent it to be fixed.

Instead of wasting your time writing against others, you should write against Proton instead. If you are satisfied, great. Spend some time reading in the Preve Facebook group after someone approves your request to join, and maybe join more of the other groups as well. Hopefully you won't be so defensive about all this bashing after you see what others have gone through.

This post has been edited by TDUEnthusiast: Jan 21 2018, 02:46 PM