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Thanks Paklah for backing proton
Terlebih dahulu...saya nak bagitau yg saya org baru...tetapi dah beberapa
hari melayari laman web ini...cuma pada hari ini saya terpanggil utk
menyatakan perasaan saya berkenaan proton. Harap kehadiran saya diterima.
Assalamualaikum.. (Terlebih dahulu memohon maaf kerana tulisan saya ini
agak panjang dan saya berharap agar sahabat-sahabat dapat membacanya dgn
hati yg terbuka dan saya amat berharap agar ianya dapat dibaca dgn
teliti.)
Saya amat gembira bila membaca berita dalam utusan yg kerajaan akan terus
menjaga proton. Tak tahulah knp, tapi saya begitu sensitive dan emosional
bila bercakap pasal proton. Ini mungkin bagi saya ataupun sememangnya
proton bukanlah sekadar lambang Negaratetapi ianya adalah lambang bangsa
melayu . Ini adalah kerana diantara matlamat asal proton diujudkan oleh
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad adalah untuk meningkatkan penguasaan/penglibatan
BUMIPUTRA dalam industri berat yang berteknologi tinggi. Atas sebab
inilah terdapat beberapa golongan/bangsa yang begitu benci dgn proton dan
mereka sebenarnya mengharapkan projek kereta nasional (proton) ini gagal
dan berkubur. Pada masa yg sama saya juga heran dan ingin mengetahui,
bila masa Tun Mahathir memikirkan mengenai projek ini ? kerana, beliau
menjadi perdana menteri pada tahun 1981, dan projek proton ini bermula
pada tahun 1983 dan menghasilkan produk pertamanya pada tahun 1985. Ini
bermakna projek ini bermula kurang dari 2 tahun usia Tun Mahathir sbg
perdana menteri. Apa lagi semakin kuatlah keyakinan satu golongan ini
bahawa Mahathir ini adalah Ultra Melayu (spt yg disebut oleh Mentor
mereka Lee Kuan Yew)
Sebelum ini , saya begitu aktif di dalam sebuah forum yg berkaitan dgn
kereta. dimana dalam forum ini, topic perbincangan adalah berkenaan
kereta dan ada juga satu bahagian berkenaan `Non Motor Talk` iaini
perbincangan bukan kereta. Ingin saya maklumkan disini bahawa majority
pengunjung di laman web ini adalah bangsa cina. Okay sepanjang saya
involve dalam forum ini, saya selalu (boleh dikatakan berhari-hari) saya
berperang dgn mereka, bermula semenjak saya bekerja sbg Engineer di
syarikat multinasional sehinggalah saya berhijrah ke academician, saya
masih lagi terus berperangCuma sekarang saya tidak lagi melayari laman
web tersebut sbb saya dapati ianya membazir masa ..
Apa yg buat saya berperang ? Ini adalah kerana mereka disana sentiasa
mengutuk proton dan sentiasa mengutuk bangsa melayu dan kerajaan. Apa yg
dikatakan oleh mereka, adalah proton adalah satu projek yg sia-sia dan
hanya utk menunjuk-nunjuk bahawa melayu boleh berjaya dalam teknologi
kejuruteraan tinggi dan mrk sering berkata bahawa proton tak akan
berjaya sbb proton diplopori oleh melayu. Mrk mempersoalkan tentang
protection yg diberikan oleh kerajaan kpd proton, mrk persoalkan kpd
kuota penglibatan bumiputra dalam proton vendor, mrk mempersoalkan R&D
proton, mereka mempersoalkan ketidak adilan proton, mereka mempersoalkan
kesengsaraan rakyat krn terpaksa membeli kereta yg mahal dsb Kesemua
dakwaan ini saya jawab satu persatu kpd mrk.
Mereka mengatakan yg proton di protect selama 20 tahun tetapi masih
ditahap yg sama dan masih berkualiti teruk. Saya menyangkal dakwaan ini
sambil mengambil contoh terdekatkorea ! company spt Hyundai dan Kia di
protect oleh kerajaan korea selama 40 tahun dan walaupun korea telah
membuka pasaran automotif mrk, tetapi protection secara halus masih
berlaku. Protection cara halus ini berlaku dgn cara rakyat mrk yg
membeli kereta bukan keluaran korea akan di audit dgn ketat utk cukai
pendapatan dan akan dipandang sbg tak setia kpd negara oleh sbb itu jgn
terperanjat kalau di korea pasaran kereta import yg jauh lebih baik hanya
tak sampai 10%...selebihnya dimonopoli oleh kereta tempatan ?
Persoalannya, dgn protection itu yg lebih lama R3 i [[dS3 ty had taken few steps backwards these 2 years, although\nthey are now hard at work fixing it back. BMW sports weird design that put\noff many buyers, although their sixers are the smoothest of all. \n\nWhere these two giant Germans failed, Audi sneaked through and blow their\nhead off!\n\nThe DSG gearbox is just phenomenal, not even the SMG can come close. The\nquattro system, well it has already been a legend, enough said. \n\nAt the least, it is nice to know, Merc S-class, is still what a S-class\nshould be. Beemer has lots of work (or at the least bodyworks) to do.\n\nHowever in Bolehland, expect the Beemers and Merc monopolised all the\nexpensive cars category. For one, the badge value is darn too high for Audi\nto take on. \n\nBesides, not many Malaysian knows what a quattro is or DSG is. As long as\nit is a Merc or Beemers, that is all they want to know. Besides for many,\nthe decision to move to these two germans are purely to signify that they\nhad made it, rather to enjoy the driving dynamics of the car. When you hear\nthem argue about which is better, they simply point out the price tag. For\nthe senile, the pricing (and the badge) dictates which is the better car. \n\nOnce again, Malaysia Boleh!!!\n simplY INSERT INTO ibf_posts (pid, edit_time, author_id, author_name, ip_address, post_date, topic_id, post_title, new_topic, edit_name, post_key, post_parent, post, old_UserID) VALUES ('1143407', '', '34581', 'aspire', '218.111.60.235','1120779805', '71900', 'premium compact sedan shootout', '0', 'aspire', 'b7ce857f13e8072c2eaaccedf76f8405', '13748', 'Merc\'s famous quality had taken few steps backwards these 2 years, although\nthey are now hard at work fixing it back. BMW sports weird design that put\noff many buyers, although their sixers are the smoothest of all. \n\nWhere these two giant Germans failed, Audi sneaked through and blow their\nhead off!\n\nThe DSG gearbox is just phenomenal, not even the SMG can come close. The\nquattro system, well it has already been a legend, enough said. \n\nAt the least, it is nice to know, Merc S-class, is still what a S-class\nshould be. Beemer has lots of work (or at the least bodyworks) to do.\n\nHowever in Bolehland, expect the Beemers and Merc monopolised all the\nexpensive cars category. For one, the badge value is darn too high for Audi\nto take on. \n\nBesides, not many Malaysian knows what a quattro is or DSG is. As long as\nit is a Merc or Beemers, that is all they want to know. Besides for many,\nthe decision to move to these two germans are purely to signify that they\nhad made it, rather to enjoy the driving dynamics of the car. When you hear\nthem argue about which is better, they simply point out the price tag. For\nthe senile, the pricing (and the badge) dictates which is the better car. \n\nOnce again, Malaysia Boleh!!!\n','aspire@1'); p^ Y 0g0gdS3 that fancies your taste later when you are successful. _crlA INSERT INTO ibf_posts (pid, edit_time, author_id, author_name, ip_address, post_date, topic_id, post_title, new_topic, edit_name, post_key, post_parent, post, old_UserID) VALUES ('1143317', '', '32749', 'SexyThang', '211.29.210.214','1104943378', '71894', 'Oriental and Continental: Malaysian View', '0', 'SexyThang', '5ebb20942e654d3d80bd9332fc62532b', '12507', 'Doesnt really matter where its from. If you like it, means you like it. \nHate it means you hate it. However you need to take into consideration \nthere are some continentals that arent worth owning, same for jap makes or \nkorean for taht matter. So you\'d have to choose between models from \ndifferent companies and decide which one you like best and you can afford, \nand would give you the best driving experience for the price you pay. \n\nAlso gota look from the companies perspective. Some companies are good at \nbuilding cars but are just not doing the right things to make money. Lotus \nmight fit into this catergory. Some companies are crap at building cars but \nare making tons of money (well at least 5-10 years ago). i.e proton and \nholden. Other companies build good cars and sell alot of these cars. Only \none i can think of that is on the top is Toyota. But it is not to say the \nbest car to buy is a toyota. Personally a ferrari modena is a pretty sexy \ncar to own. Some jap makes are equally beautiful and a joy to ride. but for \nnow better stick to any affordable make you can.....then move on the other \nexpensive cars that fancies your taste later when you are successful. ','SexyThang@1'); !\n\nhW A mmdS3 !!! W a mmdS3 s (pid, edit_time, author_id, author_name, ip_address, post_date, topic_id, post_title, new_topic, edit_name, post_key, post_parent, post, old_UserID) VALUES ('1143316', '', '41048', 'aeewantu26', '218.111.157.33','1103683850', '71894', 'Oriental and Continental: Malaysian View', '0', 'aeewantu26', '9714df9734d14023aa41f579cabdc439', '12506', 'hi cire,\n\n\ni agree with ur statement;\n\n<<The amount of modifying a Jap car to feel and drive like a conti,IMHO \nis \nnot possible. But to build one, yes>>\n\nb\'cos they eyeing on different market sector. the european car maker is \ngoing for the high end market, doesn\'t mean that they do not know how to \nmake jap-like cars, the other way round, doesn\'t mean that the jap \ndoesn\'t know how to make comfortable cars.\n\nthe same thing; the \"kwai low\" make the car so comfi, change their model \nnot so often, how do they make money??? the answer is by producing \"more \nexpensive \" parts, they make their money even after sales. so u need to \npay for high maintanence.\n\non the other hand, the japs wanta \"jaga\" their \"nama\". so they \nproduce \"reliable\" and cheaper cars not so much comfi gadgets. how they \nmake money if the car so reliable??.......they change model and facelift \nmore often lor...to make ur car looks old faster lor.....so u change car \nmore often lor.\n\nanyway....what u pay is what u get, \"kwai low\" or japs also wanta make \nmoney. u thik \"kwai low\" dunno how to make reliable cars? but they did \nsent human to moon. u thik japs dunno how to build a rolls royces? they \ndid take down pearl harbour.\n\nthe only thing is different marketing strategies.\n\nthanks!\n\nhave a nice holidays seasons!!!!','aeewantu26@1'); P ttdS3 , '', '16490', 'nocar', '202.188.127.61','1102397434', '71894', 'Oriental and Continental: Malaysian View', '0', 'nocar', 'c6ba91253d32402c7f03c4786b7cd035', '12431', 'back to original topic guys!\n\nFor me, conti car does not reflect the owner status anymore except those \nwho enjoy high brand consciousness of prestige such as BMW, MB, Ferrari, \nAston Martin, LAmbo etc.... The rest is just simply a car. Why it is \nhigher price than Japs can be due to low volume imported to Malaysia, \nhigh Euro currency etc. Fiat represents prestige to the owners??? Hahaha.\n\nI perceived that the conti owners don\'t mind on the high price of their \ncars and the hassle of maintaining them. I\'ve a cousin who owns a Renault \nand keeps a list of workshops that can fix Renault from KL to his kampung \nin Perak.... the list not even half a page and most of them in KL and \nIpoh. Do you need such list if you own a Jap? Not likely. He still love \nhis Megane and still has the list. Until the after-sales support for \nconti-makes is improved, it is harder for me to think of owning one even \nif i can pay cash for it. Still, Alfa 156 looks sexy to me. yummy!\n\nWe have our own priorities. I\'ve seen a lot of ppl with \'prestigious\' \nconti and \'expensive\' japs cars but still renting a house for the family. \nThere are instances that the car is much more expensive than the house. \nCould you blame them of their choices? It\'s their money and preference, \nbut I pity their family.','nocar@1');
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, Nov 03 2006 03:31 AM, 66 replies to this topic