Faults:

Distributor, head gasket, oil leaks, gearbox whined (but never failed) plus consumables.

General Comments:

Proton Saga, 1992 in beige. Yes, an old pensioners car. This car had a poor image in the UK, but the one I inherited (from grand-parents of course) did me well for a good few years.

Actually OK to drive, comfortable and spacious enough. 1.5 engine was nippy, but not that good on fuel, struggled for 33 mpg.

Dull looks - very 1980's boxy looking inside and out.

But it got me through my student years reliably, and I didn't even take particularly good care of it. It was one of my first cars after my disastrous 1987 Ford Fiesta died almost immediately after passing my test. But I paid £200 for that car, and I got the Proton for nothing. When the head gasket blew I figured it was not worth fixing and scrapped it in 2005, it was a rare car even by then and I cannot recall the last time I saw one on the UK roads!

Faults:

Nothing, but replaced most things like spark plugs and full service, because it has had one previous owner, and had been sitting for most of its life.

General Comments:

Pretty good car. Am actually happy with it. You can tell it is an old Mitsy with the interior etc, and was built to a price, but quite comfy, not a handler, and not bad amount of power. I do miss my upper end power that my old Honda had.

Faults:

Power window, rear back window problem, battery problem, air condition, rust after 10 years of usage.

Fuel gauge 'dead' Fuel consumption rises due to the engine not maintained.

Suspension problem, central locking.

General Comments:

I am wondering why this car is so tough. Despite the air conditioning, power window and battery problems, it never caused me problems.

I never encountered transmission problems or electrical problems since the day I acquired it. I never took care of it and always abandoned him after I got a new car. Parked it outside my house and seldom started it, but it never failed to start.

Used this car to go on a bad off road route to go to my orchard, but it never caused problems. Hardly serviced, no maintenance at all (once a year) but the engine never broke down.

Rough driving, long distance drives, but never failed to reach the destination (200km) every week to visit my friends. (Chaiyok!!)

This car (RM29k) is better than my recent car, a KIA Spectra (RM80k).

I was wondering why the cassette player never broke down compared to my KIA CD player.

I did wreck this car once by hitting another Megavalve. It was a bad accident but it still could move although the radiator already leaked (I don't need the towing car and managed to send the car to the workshop.

This is the best car produced by PROTON, despite hearing so many problems encountered by Proton owners. I was so damn stupid to let go this car. This is my biggest mistake by giving this car to a friend.

Enjoyed driving it since my dad give it to me until I managed to buy my own car. Really miss you QKA5450.