Hi every Persona owners outthere,
I'm a 3 weeks old red Persona SE owner. Just send the car for 1st 1k km service this morning. FC was quite high when first drove the car (around 9.8 liter per 100 km). Now I'm driving slow and the FC drop to 7.8 liter per 100km. Already did high rev driving during last week on my way back from office at night, I drove around 90km per hour in the fast lane along TPM bukit jalil highway. Can't stand a Myvi flashing high lamp to me to give way. Press the pedal deeper to bring the rev around 5000 rpm and the car run up to 140 ++ km per hour within a flash, gosh ! can hear the engine roar and feel the power plus the stabiliy of the PERSONA . Think that the Myvi driver also 'scared' by me and never follow near behind my back.
Previously I'm driving a kelisa manual, so feel that the FC of my new persona is very high which is almost consumed 40% more. But who cares, now the petrol price also drop ...So far very very satisfy with the PERSONA performance...stability (more stable than my sister vios), power, comfort...just the FC a bit high...drive slow nowadays...safety and save fuel...PROUD to be a PERSONA owner .

RM 59,800 after minus insurance ncd around RM58k ++. Thinking of getting a Manual one at first, but only m-line available (no rear disc brake..drum brake unsafe & leceh for maintainance...brake shoe, leak oil.. ). Considered getting a GEN 2 also but the rooftop behind are low.

mmm...i don't dare to say it's worth or not for u or not, but for me i think it's worth.

differences between H-line and SE around 3k - around rm 47 more every month for 7 years loan.

rm 3k you get - leather seat (some said half leather only), leather wrap steering, gear knob, body kit, smoked head light, waja rim, autocruise, finger place for opening the rear boot, 'SE' label at the back, silver door hander.

h-line
Leather seat - can upgrade around 1k or more for better one but the original one wasted and trade in won't get good price.. leather wrapped steering, gear knob (no need it's useless).
Body kit - around 1k can get better looking one but becareful not to get too low one for the front skirting or else you will need to be really slow to prevent scratch when get out from the parking bay.
Rim - the h-line sports rim looks better really. The sales person claims that waja one is the alloy rim harder but heavier = more fc.
Autocruise - only useful if u travel outstation, short distance you will find it dangerous in bumpy roads, bad wheather...and "P" driver beside you who will potentially cut in your driving line suddenly.

Colour selection - I will choose the Silver (darker one) or black if available for SE. The Blue haze looks nice for SE but have to wait about 1 months when I booked my car. (I have to trade in my car before yearend or else price drop another 1k - 2k.
So.... red la..I hate red colour when I'm in young age and prefer blue as first choice and never thought I will owning a red car in the future. But....
I am a MU supporter....red not bad at all, fantastic feeling when driving a red car really ( ferrari also red but will not dream to having one...).
If u choose the white one will be RM 450 cheaper bcoz it's a solid colour. The white colour in metallic actually is a light silver colour..advantage-scratches won't be noticed clearly, pros- dirts are very obvious and needs to wash car always.

Aiya..there's instruction on the driver's door opening ma...210 for front, 190 for rear..follow the instruction to prevent tyres blown or get 'botak' faster..
Oohhh...because that time i suddenly press the pedal to the end when driving around 90 km per hour ma...4th gear will drop to 3th gear to pick up...140km/h in 3th gear ofcoz higher rev la...you drove in 180 km/h(wow that's fast) that time was in 4th gear so around 4200 rpm lo..
Aiya..why change player...the audio system is just nice, if upgrade then change the front speaker to component set lo...split the tweeter beside you. Still not satisfy then add a 4 channel amp to boost the sound loud loud.
Agreed, 16" just nice...but for me i won't change bcoz the stability and handling is quite good already...change bigger maybe more nice looking la but FC will increase wo..plus another 2 - 3k for new rim and new tyre..after trade in old rim + tyre still around +- 2k. No need la bcoz Persona is not for racing always( although race race sometime hehe..). If for racing then I will buy satria neo manual which already comes with 16" rim.

No...No gambar, No... no discount...but can reduce the price if u got insurance NCD transfer from your old car and can get roadtax rebate lo...every other car also hav.
It really depends on your liking, Myvi, Vios are good cars too...Spend some time to visit the showroom and sit in the car yourself before making choices.
When i was first thinking of changing car, i think i wan a Matrix, comfort, big, high vision...but my friend had one and told me he pumped rm90 bucks petrol every week just drive to work only (around 10-30km per day based on rm 1.93/L that time).
So..Vios, my sister already got one...is a very good car, save fuel..power no bad...handling, controlling is good. Then with the similar price tag I think of Honda City too..more spacios...but the price is rm 80k ++ I considered it is expensive.
Myvi...yes...almost perfect to meet to the needs of every car buyers in Malaysia...if i'm buying my 1st car i'll choose a Myvi Manual really. Pricetag just around 5k cheaper than the persona.
Gen2..bad comments from the pass but already improved with the CPS engine. They said the handling for cutting lane, cornering is better than the persona. The price is slightly more expensive than the persona but you will get CPS engine la.. The sales volume still lose to persona because the people lost confidents to GEN 2 at the pass and Persona should be the improved version according to the 'bad' prospect of GEN 2. EG..GEN 2 rear roof top too low...Persona they made it higher, GEN 2 bottom oil container drain cover too low easily wack off by bumpers...Persona they shift the drain cover to the side...etc.

I'm also not really sure, maybe the proton already stop their production on this color. But I've seen before on the road Persona in solid white color (I'm sure it's a M-Line or H-line because the door cover is painted same as the car body color, b-line one is black with no paint). Try to visit several proton dealer (bigger one if can) and don't trust the salesman in the shopping complex road show because they will try sell off the cars that plenty in their stock. Mined that car sales person do CHEAT u a little bit especially how soon u get your car la..this color only available in full spec la...Now this car no more comes with this brand to tyre la...bla bla...

The most useless accesories comes with the persona h-line and se is the GPS...no use for me. Satelite signals always weak at most place outside of klang valley..batteries so fast become low and took so long to charge back full...cannot leave it in the car or else your car mirror will get broke..

And...please mind that there are different between proton dealer (smaller) and proton branches (bigger (better)) . Don't give your phone number to the sales person if you not really want to book the car with him or else he will 'kacau' u.

I don't know any trustworthy salesperson, but I bought my car at the proton sungai besi branch with a sales person called Albert Wong introduced by my sister. Middle age man and quite 'trustworthy' perhaps because he is willing to help like fetching me to buy plate number, take document, free gifts steering lock, tinting voucher(note that your car already tinted if u took h-line or se), willing to ganti my rim cap(stolen in the first day i drove my car)...took my car within 3 weeks from booking date.