1997 Proton Tiara GL review from Malaysia

Steering wheel shake/tyre balancing problem.

Electric static/shock on drivers door-when making toll payment.

Engine stalls when changing gear after hard acceleration.

Leaky carburettor.

Fuel gauge sensitive to electrical load-when the gauge indicates half tank (50%),then you switched on the air-cond or operate the power window, the gauge will go down to a quarter (25%).

One thing that amazed me about Tiara's is their ability to fly over bumps at high speed. At 80 km/h in 4th gear through speed bumps & the suspension just emits "dut, dut" sound. Useful when ur driving on a unfamiliar road where speed bumps are not so visible. Forget about kancil or iswara, its even better than those 2 litre class Japanese cars. Many people were also surprised when I showed them the

"fly over bumps" experiment. The only other car as I remembered that can perform the same stunt was a

Peugeot 504! I was enjoying it at first, but later it turn me into a devil! Just imagine having to slow down & shift into 1st gear just like the kancil or iswara in front of me going over a speed bump, sometimes overtaking other cars while flying over bumps, he..he..!