For my case, I realize FC improve after 1k km, then 2nd improvement at over 5k km... I have just done 10k service, let's see how it goes after this

5w 30 is thinner oil, thus lighter for the engine which means more responsive and better FC too

For lubricants since I'm no enthusiast, I only notice differences between lighter and heavier oil... another factor to determine their quality is how well they cover your mileage, does the oil turns black quickly before hitting required service mileage and how the engine sounds... quiet or noisy.

This is my first attempt on 5w 30 Syntium SE 800... let's see how it goes, I do feel the car feels "lighter"
Could be placebo effect too since I've been driving the new Forester lately


Boss262 Good news pal, so far they solved my wind noise after 80km/h... so far tried till 100km/h still quiet

Remember last time I said the aircond recirculation thing don't work anymore after they solve the aircond odor? The SA told me because last time they put a sponge to block external air intake because foul smell comes from there... so now to me its more like solving my problem by disabling other feature of the car... so I can't draw air from outside anymore unless I request them to do so...

So far, another RM0.00 bill

Watch out, we got a badass driver here

So far I'm satisfied with the original setup as I'm no enthusiast.. 140km/h was ok to me, so far only stretched to 160 and still acceptable to me... never try beyond that yet as many said unstable, compared to myvi, my ok speed was till 120km/h only... beyond that will boost my adrenaline

diversity someone removed the engine cover for you to see

This post has been edited by zero5177: Apr 24 2017, 12:44 AM

The early adopter got 3 years free service with parts, including semi synthetic oil. The 5 years service would probably be the same since proton claim savings of up to rm4k.. Next thing have to find out is what lub they gonna give for this 5 years service

If you mean 3 years Pls refer to 1st post, for 5 years need some input here...

Did the road noise reduced with the new tire significantly?

No la, not all solved yet, still have the last very minor rattling noise suspect from the headunit I didn't tell them, it was ok to me..

Honestly, so far I am quite satisfied with the SC as they attended all my minor problems with solution, I expect them to ignore my issue by giving excuse like "its normal" or "could not spot problem" I can confirm this proton SC is miles better than Perodua if you try go through Axia thread, after complained their SA just say could not spot such noise and just ignoring the problems, I've seen quite a few member already gave up and live with those noise.

This post has been edited by zero5177: Apr 26 2017, 09:26 PM

When you want something to be fixed like srsly, always at COSE

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Nice shiny ride u have there

OMG, This look funny man! Pardon me for laughing...

you should claim some discounts from sh@rty5 for the advertising

By the way u got the same color as mine, initially was thinking what color to put, once I go black, I never looked back...
look premium, and... floor mat is suppose to be floor mat, remain unseen but does it job

This post has been edited by zero5177: Apr 29 2017, 11:04 AM

Just added. Sorry for slow response, was on holiday

Thanks for support

Mr. Najib Razak Added, Terima kasih PM

Can be fixed at SC but need leave car for 3 days atleast and a free car wash

Or you can fixed by installing one of these Dashboard Rubber Seal Instrument Sound Insulation between the gap in dashboard, so far haven't got complaints after installing it by other members, cheap cheap RM20 +

If comparing to Saga BLM, this New Persona will save more fuel compared to BLM, but if u wanna challenge those EEV like Vios, City or Bezza, can't beat them... Still it depends on your right foot as this car will make u vroom vroom more resulting in bad FC

With an unfair comparison, its much better than the new Subaru Forester, this I can confirm, but that's an SUV with about 1.6 tons weight and 2.0L Engine

This post has been edited by zero5177: May 8 2017, 10:41 PM

FC = fuel consumption

if u driving an old 24 years old civic, this Persona VVT's FC will definitely better than your old civic, unless u become more aggressive after switching to this car...

if u have budget not more than 80k, you can consider either City or Persona. Test drive them to have the real comparison. If u want reputation, it has to be imported car then... Vios in my opinion just not worth it... its safety is not up to par compared to Persona and City...

Oh yeah... for whatsapp there is a group but with not much in it thou... a quiet one mostly people came just for basic opinions

Look like you're already part of the group

Seems like I'm the only one who put car in SC to let them solve all those little thing... by the way I've been expecting these or I'll feel uncomfortable for not having a proton went in SC to solve atleast something

jangan machiem ni... so far I only brought there once for fixing those issues... the rest are just plain oil change except the last one which involve solving wind noise.

Yes.. one of the reason why Persona Engine can't perform like CPS is because of emission standard on this VVT is Euro 4 compliance compared to CPS only Euro 2 compliance, the Performance and FC have something to do with these catalytic converter...

I won't recommend doing that as it makes more harm than good for your little own gain