Most of all blame our own self for unable to be patriotic like the Korean & Japanese buying their own national car when foreigners laughed at their car back then.
People blaming corruption don't mind paying "tolong" tips to avoid getting "saman".
Merchant blaming cronyism don't mind when they getting their business out knowing who & who ?
When a company failed it has nothing to do with the staff & every things to do with the management/CEO ?
Quite sured if the Korean cheers their national car failed back then T,H & N, conti & american car will filled their road today, or Japanese cheers the failures of the car back in the 60's they would be driving Ford, GM, Chrysler today.
Oh yes the Brits did cheer the failure of their national car that why all their car brand belong to foreigners including 3rd world nation like us.
In fact we should cheers when the company we work with or own, when it's business went bad or loss to rival co. too ?
My first experience with P1 was way back in the Mid-90s.
Back then I was still proud for buying a M'sian made i.e. patriotic
So I go to the showroom, the sales guy act like don't want to sell, I ask questions, he answer like "nak tak nak" as my daughter would like to put it... like DUH!!! (while rolling the eyes back)
Can't remember the details.... way too long time ago, but the general attitude of the guy was like....take it or leave it... WAAAAA!!!!
So...was the sales guy Patriotic? Hell NO!!!
I still bought the car....urmmm... not much choice, the gaji still on the low side.
Got my car, very nice car...to be honest. Eventhough an old design but it does grow on you. During the walk around prior signing the customer acceptance form, I notice a few QC issues, can't remember what it were, so the sales guy said that the SC will rectify it during my 1K service.
So...was the P1 Production/QC Patriotic? Hell NO!!!
So while driving around a few months later (still within the 1K mileage) the rear reverse sensor kaput. So during my 1K service, I highlighted all the issues from QC all the way to the reverse sensor, the SA said that they cannot do anything apart from servicing only for the first 1K. I have to wait for the 5K mark for any warranty replacement work. It is their policy.
So....was the P1 customer service policy Patriotic? Hell NO!!!!
At the 5K mark, went again to P1 for service and "rectify" the QC issues. After the normal service I saw this tech getting in the boot with one of his friend starts to go reverse and forward, with the tech putting his hand behind the sensor to check the "sound" of it. So they were going at it, at lease a dozen times. That is a sight I'll never forget. WOW!!! P1 is that pathetic? They did not change the sensor, the SA just said that they will look at it again at the next 5K mark. Lost hope already, didn't bother to highlight it since then.
So.... was the overall experince Patriotic? Hell NO!!!!!
BUT the whole experince did give me the motivation to work hard in my career so that I will never ever have the need to buy a P1
Peace...