Yes, you read it right. Come year end, Proton will finally stop making the God-damned Waja. They will instead sell Mitsubishi Lancer rebadged under Proton for less than RM80K! I think the Lancer’s approx RM115K in the market, so to those of you who bought the Mitsubishi Lancer,...

[ad] [ad#ad1] [ad#ad2]  Free. Easy. Nice. The first words that came to mind when I browsed Mudah, a classifieds portal for Malaysians. I know how Malaysians love FREE stuff, me included. I browsed through the free ads, for some real estate and cars. Yes, I’ve been having this urge to...

[ad] GPS & Auto Cruise? For a Proton? Holy Schmoly! I know that these technologies are “dated”, but for a daggy carmaker like Proton to do this, it’s either to gain 0.005% of the Malaysian car market or a desperate bid to play catchup. Proton, admittedly, has improved...

The day before it happened, I was discussing it with my colleagues, and constantly checked on the local news websites for the latest update. First, the government announce that the price will go up in August, and will be determined by global forces i.e. NO SUBSIDY. I was already calculating my...

I’m sure most of us Malaysian have read this drollery of a newspaper story, about the government deliberating to introduce higher octane number or RON for petrol. The Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs Minister, who announced this (MO)RON sentiment, said that it will help the lower...

[ad] On my way to the Proton Service centre today (15 mins walk from my office), I observed this light green (yuck!) Perodua Myvi (double yuck!) billowing down the road, with a fugly sticker on its bumper – “Baby on Board”. It got me thinking, what’s the point? You...