My Second Ride "Proton Waja"

 

This was my second ride which I inherited from my Dad as I started working and paid for it officially. Basically this was the most boring ride I ever had. Sorry to all Waja owners, no heart feelings. She was a 2002 model Proton Waja, 1600cc manual transmission. I did not feel to modify this ride as I just could not blend with her.

I have read many reviews concerning the Waja which of course, mostly negative and I am not gonna pin point which area did Waja fail cause it's gonna be a long list that I try to avoid. Besides, enough negative feedback given! However just to name few, she has serious parts quality issue and assembly problem. Throttle body had issues since day one and she will just choke and stall at low idling. This issue was address several times but THEY fail to fix it. Although many claims the handling is of superior standards, I personally think she has some serious body-roll issues. Not many knew but if you look closely, the chassis width is very much smaller compared to it's external shell. This can be noticed at the dashboard area where the line from wide, curves in dramatically into the firewall section. Engine block cyclinders were pretty much narrowed which was very vulnarable to cracks. 

After mere 9 months, I decided to part with her to trade-in for a C200 W202 for my Dad where I took owneship of a 1996/1999 Honda Civic EK3 Ferio. There goes my liking for this national brand. Hopefully we'll see improvement as the legendry Saga, Wira, Satria and Putra.