…our leaders want us to support our own national cars but they dont even lead a good example

…me working in s’pore, earning S$2000/mth, living in JB, everyday take bus across that crazed causeway, what car can i truly afford?

…still remembered 3yrs ago how i bought my first car

…walked into a proton shop, looked, touched, & sitted in a new design which they call a Gen2

…not even a test drive was made, i paid RM10000 and loaned 5yrs and waited 6mths for their 1st patch to come out from their oven

…i paid in Mar’03, finally exciting and happily driving her home in Sep’03, one of the kind on JB roads

…within 6mths, added volt stab, air charger, 60′ GT spoiler which is normally used for a Supra (RM1250), 4 tubes of under carriage blue neon lights (RM 1000), damn cute and nice for being one of the 1st on JB roads

…Jun’04, finally after its manual say whatever engine care we should excerise, I decided to take her on a trip to KL

…Jun’04, 0200, on JB-KL highway, right lane, someone up ahead started a race, 1st car=S’pore Mercs CL Class, 2nd car=S’pore Honda old civic, 3rd car=M’sia old Waja, 4th car=Me M’sia Gen2 Auto1.6

…Speeding at the speed of Max.185km/hr, she felt so powerful, loud, but strangely stable unlike my dad’s Wira 1.3

…Then heavy rain came , and the 1st to give up was disappointing the Honda , next to give up was the Mercs, I had overtaken the Waja, but later I also drive more slowly and safely to the left, allowing the Waja to play with his own self

…At Seremban 2, a crashed Waja with its head on the centre divider was seen, till now, I still wonder if that was the same Waja in that night’s little street race :S

…Till now, my fastest lap from JB-KL or KL-JB is still at 1hr45mins-2hrs, toll-toll, with a full tank, without rests in between

…Back on JB roads, when my girlfriend isn’t on my car, my favorite hobby is still to challenge those proud ass S’pore cars, those outsiders with their expensive imported cars like Evo/WRX/Mercs/BMW

…Their costs may be high, power/rims/pipes may be big, but their balls seems to be small

…It never fails to make me high whenever I beat them in a zig zag street race across the medium-heavy traffic during the nights

…My highest high was beating a white Nissan Fairlady from S’pore, maybe life is always more important to those rich young punks

…My worst defeat was losing to a truly well mod Wira That damn skillful guy earned my salute and respect

…Using larger imported cars to beat smaller home grown cars will always be a shame

…But, Sad but true, the ladies seem to be attracted only to those bigger imported cars

…Will they ever change their thinkings?

…No matter how much I mod my beloved Gen2 whom had saved my life, they will still treat her as another proton car…

…So disappointing…

…Should I trade her in for another imported car just like those brand conscious proud ass losers?

…I think I just complete her last 1-2yrs of loans, save some cash, then decide again in 2008-2009

…To those proton critics out there, after 3yrs+, my original paint is still as shiny as new, my windows still have not jammed, and after up and down JB-KL within 2hrs at 110-185km/hr countless times, my engine and automatic gear still have not exploded and never had I have a broke down at the roadside, why?

…I think its how we truly love our rides, that our rides would love us back

…I go for regular service at proton outlets, car wash every week, engine wash every 6mths, K&H air filter, Shell’s Red color petrol, STP’s engine oil addon at every service, STP’s complete petrol cleaning at every 6000km+, seldom parking in the sun, 90% in multi-storey car parks and home’s shaded parking lot

as far as i know, the campro engine has nothing to do with EO1 engine. E01 was made by petronas while campro was develop by proton with lotus. Whereas the E01 have a variable valve mechanism while campro dont – although they planned to come out the that mechanism in campro engine but until now still nothing yet on the road – originally campro refers to – CAM PROfiling that is different type of cam profiling in an engine package thus giving a variable valve timing.

they probably have to do a lot of re-engineering to make sure its up for mass production, durability, emmissions..etc.

2.0 = For Perdana? Cool! (But please no ugly look)

the VE of this engine is rated at 107.8% but at how many revs?

Even if this engine goes into mass production, there’s still a question of reliability pf the engine and the transmission.. lancer cvt? i must be dreaming..

Proton should at least provide this engine as an option..

Saya suka membaca tentang ekonomi. Pernah terkeluar satu teori yang mungkin tidak munasabah, tapi barangkali ada betulnya. Ini adalah teori saya sendiri. Tidak perlu diambil berat pun.

Mengapa deal dengan WV gagal? adakah sengaja digagalkan oleh proton? atau ketidaksetujuan WV? Sebabnya bagi saya ada satu perkara yang agak menarik berlaku baru2 ini. Saya kira paul LUPA MEMBUAT REVIEW, tentang TEAM BARU PETRONAS F1. Sila ke : http://www.bmw-sauber-f1.com/html/en/index.html
Sekarang Sauber share telah diambil alih oleh BMW. Cuma nama sauber sengaja dikekalkan. Petronas tetap penaja besar.

Petronas sudah rapat dengan BMW, iaitu gergasi paling besar dalam teknologi kenderaan. Sebut sahaja apa teknologi yang ada sekarang, kebanyakkannya dirintis oleh BMW! As claimed =Ultimate driving machine.

Pandangan saya pada Petonas + Proton ini adalah perkongsian pintar. Petronas akan belajar dengan BMW, perpindahan teknologi akan terjadi secara langsung atau tidak langsung. Bagi saya nilainya amat besar. Tidak mustahil kita boleh menjadi BMW asia. Perkongsian ini juga menguntungkan BMW, menjadikan malaysia PORTnya.

Soalan yang berlegar difikiran saya : Mengapa perlukan WV sedangkan BMW lagi bagus? Tidak hairan juga deal dengan mitsubshi tidak menjadi. Proton Berlagak? Tidak!, lagipun saya nampak orang lain (VW dan Mitsu ) yang kompang dan kecoh lebih mengeluarkan statement yang selfish atau sengaja seperti mahu menjatuhkan proton?) Atau mungkin mereka nampak sesuaut yang orang lazim orang biasa, rakyat TIDAK NAMPAK?
Politik kelas atasan yang selalu pening itu selalunya membawa penilaian yang pening bagi kita orang biasa, tapi kemungkinan tetap ada.. Kerana apa? atas apa saya percaya?

ATAS SEBAB PETRONAS DAN PROTON ADALAH SYARIKAT KEPUNYAAN MALAYSIA!. Tidak mustahil satu2 keputusan (decission) itu saling berkaitan.

THE WAY YOU GO PROTON! And PETRONAS TOO!!..

// jangan tidak percaya jika saya katakan ada kebarangkalian BMW Sauber Petronas (masih membawa nama malaysia!) boleh menduduk 3 podium teratas F1 pada tahun ini. (kerana BMW dan enjin V8 sudah biasa bla bla hitech etc! )
// saya tetap menyokong sauber petronas dan anti ferrari sejak dulu. Masa akan buktikan tambahan wujudnya BMW dan PETRONAS!

Make it happen. Then we can call it our national pride.
Happy New Year!

about the Campro project being a variant of E01, have no idea…but 200 hp + VVT @ 2 liter capacity is completely usable on d road IMHO…its not that highly strung till you receive unstable idling and such

Gong Hei Fatt Choi to all