Thinking of a Proton?
Don't! Don't even touch one with a barge pole!
Why?
Quality issues, that's what! And on a 1.5 month old car!
So what happened then?
It's that faulty brake light switch again. The one that keeps my brake lights on after I've parked my car and shut off the engine. I mean let's face it - how many of us actually do check the rear of our cars after parking it for whatever reason? None, that's how many. So I wouldn't have known that my brake lights were on, draining the battery and causing the car not to start in the morning.
And the total damage from all this?
RM80! RM80 just to get a mechanic here to check and tell me that was indeed the problem.
Wait, wasn't the car under warranty?
It is, but the a-hole at Proton's hotline had all sorts of jack to say: he couldn't find my car's registration and my IC in the database, bla bla bla. That and this whole nonsense about my car being distributed by EON and not Proton Edar, etc. Like what the hell - my NEW car ain't starting, you fix it! It can't get any simpler that that! I don't want to hear excuses, especially since you're the 'national car manufacturer' who thinks you're a Godsend and doing Malaysians a favor by selling cheap cars when in actual fact your godfather the government is taxing the competition to hell!
Is this what our NAP has been breeding? Complacency? It's pretty obvious isn't it? Tax foreign cars to the tune of 300%, ensure that Potong - I'm sorry, PROTON - has no competition, and force us poor Malaysians to buy these poorly built steel buckets because then, it's the only thing we can afford. And our dear friends at Proton, knowing this reality, are potong-ing us in every way they can! Us poor Malaysians!
So what's next for me then?
Not a Proton that's for sure. I'm glad I'll only be keeping this piece of junk for nine months before I buy a new, FOREIGN car. I kinda dig those Koreans. At least they got it in their minds to improve their products and service.
And the quote of the day:
"Beli itu Jepun punya kereta la" - said by the condo guard whom I was relating my problem to.
Wise words indeed. I hope dear Mahatiu knows what he has condemned an entire generation of Malaysians with. Jahanam punya Proton!
Why?
Quality issues, that's what! And on a 1.5 month old car!
So what happened then?
It's that faulty brake light switch again. The one that keeps my brake lights on after I've parked my car and shut off the engine. I mean let's face it - how many of us actually do check the rear of our cars after parking it for whatever reason? None, that's how many. So I wouldn't have known that my brake lights were on, draining the battery and causing the car not to start in the morning.
And the total damage from all this?
RM80! RM80 just to get a mechanic here to check and tell me that was indeed the problem.
Wait, wasn't the car under warranty?
It is, but the a-hole at Proton's hotline had all sorts of jack to say: he couldn't find my car's registration and my IC in the database, bla bla bla. That and this whole nonsense about my car being distributed by EON and not Proton Edar, etc. Like what the hell - my NEW car ain't starting, you fix it! It can't get any simpler that that! I don't want to hear excuses, especially since you're the 'national car manufacturer' who thinks you're a Godsend and doing Malaysians a favor by selling cheap cars when in actual fact your godfather the government is taxing the competition to hell!
Is this what our NAP has been breeding? Complacency? It's pretty obvious isn't it? Tax foreign cars to the tune of 300%, ensure that Potong - I'm sorry, PROTON - has no competition, and force us poor Malaysians to buy these poorly built steel buckets because then, it's the only thing we can afford. And our dear friends at Proton, knowing this reality, are potong-ing us in every way they can! Us poor Malaysians!
So what's next for me then?
Not a Proton that's for sure. I'm glad I'll only be keeping this piece of junk for nine months before I buy a new, FOREIGN car. I kinda dig those Koreans. At least they got it in their minds to improve their products and service.
And the quote of the day:
"Beli itu Jepun punya kereta la" - said by the condo guard whom I was relating my problem to.
Wise words indeed. I hope dear Mahatiu knows what he has condemned an entire generation of Malaysians with. Jahanam punya Proton!
posted by The Weiyang at 3:43 AM
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