Its great you got the car. I am looking forward to more posts from you about this Car since in real life we won’t see many on the roads. I for one have not even seen one in a show room, mind you, I hardly look into a Proton showroom these days. Find it one of the lousiest places to be at. No one bothers about you, the sales people all seem engrossed talking to someone on the mobile phone or to their colleagues. As a customer, we have to go and make the first approach which sadly shows over confidence by the sales guys that Proton can continue to make crap and sell to the general public. Man, I can’t wait for the day Malaysia has to abide by AFTA. What a wonderful that that will be.

Lets get back to your R3. Any shots of the double stitch welding on the car so I can confirm that?

Nice that everyone from proton was there to hand your car out although I do question the Carbon Fiber roof spoiler issue. Why would anyone advertise such an item at pre-launch if it was not up to scratch in the first place? That’s not right. Then again, the marketing team at Proton have always been one to be a little over aggressive with the truth. Like the SGTi having 7.8sec for 0-100kph. LOL. I dare anyone from Proton to take a new SGTi from any dealer and go try and get that figure. Show me the numbers!

When you gave the car a check over with Affandy, lets for argument sake you found the paint quality or a small prang on the side of the car courtesy Proton quality, could you at that moment REJECT the car and get your money back in total… sales purchase act??? That’s just a question to all reading this and the lawyers among us. I sure as hell like to know what rights we have as buyers of a new car. Is there any local law for buying of goods where by we can reject if the item found (car in this case) to have defects be it minor or major.

I would rather not take the car and come back to PESC to get it dealt with which would be the normal case I am sure.

You wrote, “The R3 badges are nice, and I’ll be sure to guard them with my life, since they are rare and according to Faisal expensive to make because of its short run…”. Anyone know how much there cost at Proton parts? I would love to know. I recall when the GTi came out they were ‘exclusive’ can costly, thus many low life’s took a large screw driver to the back of our beloved SGTis Giving us a big headache at the end of the day… plus the side mouldings would disappear only to be seen stuck on a standard 6 year old 1.3 satria that was ready for the junk yard. Better not to have on the car then have it on, I say.

Personally since Proton want to make this R3 exclusive with 150 units, they should give these badges replaced for FREE if the owner has proof of ownership. They do that for BMW Mcars. The M badge go missing at times and all I had to do was go to any dealer, quote my Chasis number, show proof I owned the car and hey, I would get a brand new shinny badge. That’s call service with a passion for their ‘special’ cars. Proton, you up to the challenge? Nah, that will be the day. Just charge an arm and a leg for those badges ok.

MOMO steering are great but I would not give up my airbag for anything. Especially, since I drive frequently on the Ayer Hitam- Batu Pahat stretch. That’s one dangerous road I tell you. Please, anyone on using this road, please take care. There are many zero IQ drivers on it. Hey, isn’t there a law that states all new cars sold must have a drivers airbag? Hmm maybe not. I think that’s the law of some other country that emphasizes on safety.

Right, so I was right then. Proton would not bother with the usual complaints that all Satira owners have had. Same old coinbox or sunglasses box complaint. Hehe.. welcome to the twilight zone. You’ve just bought a proton. Do you really think the quality department will push to make any changes on their suppliers? They are in it to make a killing in profits while the going is good. Anyway, there is a good idea by a local guy who fitted a magnet to it. His site for pics also on how to do it. Guess we are the better engineers then the proton guys.

Speaker rattle is normal. Give you about 2 years before they crack and are gone for good. Blast them as much as you want now. Then replace the OEM ones to better ones. Cost saving tip, go buy used OEM units from say Toyota or Honda which have been thrown away by their owners as they were upgrading. Those speakers will last a life time. ?

As for the pedals, try removing your shoes and slowly place your feet at the back of the pedals. At this time, a WARNING!!!. They are fucking sharp. Be careful not to cut yourself doing this. If I am using slippers, I prefer to drive barefoot cause I have better control. I tend to rest my left foot on the side and one day cut myself while pulling my leg back. Man how did that ever pass any safety test? Then again, I can hear some people say, what safety test.

Your clutch pedal is too high? Well, let me know how you get on at SC. I was told its automatic adjustment and nothing can be done about. Maybe I got the usual excuse. Please do a post on that. Thanks.

Brakes squeaking? Pads? What pads are they using on the R3. I know the discs are from DBA. I forget now what pads they bought off the shelf?

Overall, nice pictures of the car. More please when you have time. Show us the grooves of those yoko tyres. And some interior shots too. What about a shot of that ekjos? The engine cover does look good.

I know you will enjoy the car. We guys are lucky that you do cause we will get lots of nice postings from you on it. Hey, my Gtech is available to you when ever you are ready to put the car through its paces and see if it can live up to the times given by Proton.

One last thing. I am not sure what it means to have big feet. I do recall someone telling me once that if a man is short, with small feet, it means he has a big … how shall I put it… BIG DICK!. We should ask the more experienced ladies among us if this is true or falls. Since I am not one to go check out if al this is true, I will leave it to the ladies.

So what does Big Feet mean? I would love to learn new things. Cheers.

Regards
ERIC

Vernon is 6’2″ while Senor BerukBoy is 6’3″ (ok, ok, I’m just 6’2.5″, ya scumbag. Yeesh).

Vernon wears size 11 shoes while Senor BerukBoy wears size 12.

Vernon has a brand new car while Senor BerukBoy takes the LRT everywhere.

Conclusion:

Vernon is way cooler than Senor BerukBoy. But you know what they say about men with big feet… (so Zuli thinks Vernon is very the leng chai eh? We’ll see about that, grr).

What do you check first, Mr. AnderChan? Your blog comments or your email addie?

> One life has a future, Mr. AnderChan. I suggest you choose wisely.