I’ve never been this excited or nervous about a car. Seriously wierd. It was much anticipated. In fact, I grew so impatient I was logging on to the ProtonEdar site at 2.00pm. Kiasu! Bookings for the race-bred Satria R3 began at 3.00pm sharp today. When the official R3 booking page came up at 3.00pm, I was number 2.
But much as I expected it, the credit card transaction did not go through. Fuck. This cannot be happening, I whined. After multiple attempts, the online transactions were still timing out. I gave Adian (Head of the R3 project a call), telling him about the problem. He checked with the credit card transaction provider and called me back later. 3.15pm and still no confirmation of the car.
Fuck.
Reloaded the page. 129 units left.
Shit.
Then 127 units.
According to Adian, Proton Edar has been getting numerous calls pertaining the payment gateway as well. I called my credit card company to check. They told me that my transaction actually already gone through, but for some reason, the Proton Edar web did not give me a summary or notice that it did. Called Adian again to tell him that my transaction was recorded.
After some checking, Adian informed me that my transaction did actually go through and all my info was captured. Phew! An R3 representative would be calling me tomorrow. Yippee! I’m so happy!
I know, I know, it’s just a car! And it’s not even a Beemer M3 or Porsche Carrera GT! Sometime I find it really puzzling myself. All this excitement and trouble because of a car! đŸ˜€
Hello to the new, farewell to the old…
By the way, I have a UK-spec Proton Persona 1.8 SEi sedan for sale. Specs as follows:
Engine
1996/99 Proton Persona 1.8 SEi sedan (UK-spec)
4G93P Single-cam MPI engine
1800cc
Mileage: 120,000 miles
Pipercross drop-in filter with cold-air intake
Mivec header with custom heat shield
Custom downpipe + 2″ stainless steel exhaust system
Apexi muffler
Lightweight cam pulley
MMC engine mounts (new)
MMC timing belt, bearings (new)
Bosch Super 4 plugs
Q8Oils SW10-50 FT fully-synthetic engine oil
Brakes + Suspension Kit
Front – EBC Blackstuff + stock disks
Rear – stock disks and pads
APM R-Tech short-stroke absorbers
Eibach Pro-Kit Springs
Rims + Rolling Stock
16″ 6-spoke JRD on Falken Ziex 512
Exterior
Stock 2K purple (newly repainted in Feb ’04)
MIVEC/Mirage bumper, fender + lips
MMC Electronic flippable side-mirrors
Rare Daihatsu bee-sting antennae
Original GSR rear spoiler
Interior
Stock with GTi console
Sports pedals
ICE
Stock Blaupunkt cassette headunit
4 speakers
Car serviced every 5000-6000km, no major accidents.
Interested? Drop me a line. RM37,000 o.n.o
