Re: Discussion proton Jumbuck

"Daryl Walford" <dwalford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> Klompmeester wrote:
>> "Daryl Walford" <dwalford@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Pit wrote:
>>>> There are a few of these things about the area . Had the chance to
>>>> drive one and not as bad as I expected ( I hate proton products)
>>>>
>>>> A Wholesaler mate has offered me a dented roughy late 2006 plated
>>>> model for Under 6 grand ( about 2 panel & paint )
>>>> so all schmicked up would owe less than 7700
>>>>
>>>> But would be ok as a bush runabout as is ( been rear ended slightly
>>>> driven between posts and a tree branch fell across bonnet - looks sad
>>>> but chassis
>>>> Years ago I had a Brumby  drove it into the ground and when sold it
>>>> got more than I paid for it and loved the thing
>>>> I hear via xmas & Birthday cards that it is still going strong -
>>>> amazing!!
>>>>
>>>> In a what if moment  thought hang on ------ it is a sort of brumby
>>>> like thing but no 4wd . :(
>>>>
>>>> Thus any clues as to what gear could turn it into a 4wd ( dont want
>>>> one of those high off the ground  hi lux looking abortion
>>>> conversions)  Just a son of brumby type concept .
>>>> any advice or clues  as the thing has arrived tonight on a carrier
>>>> from Perth  for me to have for a week and if like it it can stay :)
>>>> Or I can get rid of it up here for my mate . Gave it a work out
>>>> tonight and it drives mint !!  A Proton  (cant believe I said
>>>> something nice about a proton) YIKES
>>>>
>>>> I reckon proton would be on a winner if they did a brumby type 4wd on
>>>> these things . Every place I rang siad never done one or knew what
>>>> bits  - all wanted to make the thing look like honey I shrunk the
>>>> monster truck type conversion -------- 'orrible
>>>>
>>>> any clues appreciated
>>> For the sort of money you are talking about I don't think you could go

>>> wrong, if it turns out you don't like it or its not suitable you 
>>> shouldn't have any trouble getting rid of it for a small profit.
>>> Don't expect it to be of much use off road though and I can't think of

>>> any suitable conversions, if you could find a LSD and fit some off
road 
>>> tyres it would be a big improvement on stock.
>>> I know 2 people who own Protons, one has a Jumbuck and the other a
Satri 
>>> GTi and so far they have been trouble free but both could do with a
bit 
>>> more power.
>>>
>>
>> Satri's are underpowered lego cars dogged by electrical problems and 
>> forever suffering from expensive wheel bearing failures. Lego because 
>> everything inside falls apart.
>>
>> The only people who don't seem to have problems with them are the 
>> apologists for the brand aka fanbois.
>>
>
> Agree with underpowered, it supposedly has 100kw but I doubt it.
> The car belongs to a mates wife and she doesn't do lots of klms, most 
> weeks it would do less than 100klms but it occasionally does a trip to 
> Philip Is which is a round trip of over 400klms, if the car did have 
> problems I'd know all about it because I would be asked to try and fix
it 
> and so far I haven't put a spanner on it.
> Maybe the wheel bearing failures happen when they are driven hard which
is 
> unlikely to happen very often with this car, I remember him mentioning 
> something about a piece of trim in the back that wouldn't stay put but 
> thats about the only complaint I've heard.

No word of a lie, but on every Satria we have sold we have had to replace
at 
least one wheel bearing. Electrical switch failures are common as the 
plastics used seem to be very hard and brittle, perhaps because of the 
summer heat causing the plastics to deteriorate in that fa****on.

> When they were looking at buying one we saw some pretty rough cars that 
> looked like they had had a hard life but they one they bought was
treated 
> like a baby with a full dealer service record and was in immaculate 
> condition so maybe they don't take rough treatment well.
> I certainly wouldn't have bought that car and I did try to suggest other

> makes/models but liked what they saw.
>

Yeah, some people really like them. Like anything, if you get a good one
and 
really look after it they can probably be a reasonable motorcar but I
would 
be hesitant to recommend one to anyone.