Excuses?Corruption?Who is real?

Proton has come out to defend itself against allegations that the Proton Perdana V6 is too expensive to maintain to the point that the Terengganu state government decided to replace their 4-year old Proton Perdana V6 Executive cars with a fleet of 14 brand new Mercedes-Benz E200K cars.

Proton says a regular periodical service plus oil filter for the Perdana V6 typically costs around RM200, excluding any other incidental spare part costs. With proper care, original parts and good driving habits, there should not be any major problems with the Perdana V6’s gearbox, and that the recommended service schedule for the Perdana V6 is every 5,000km or every 3 months of usage, whichever comes first.

The big shocker is this: after digging through records, Proton found that there have never been any warranty claims made by the Terengganu state government since October 2004 for one of the cars that supposedly racked up over RM100,000 in repairs. The car was purchased in May 2004. In a previous story the state government claimed two of their Perdana V6 Executive cars incurred repair costs of RM175,229.97 and RM132,357.76 respectively since 2004.

When contacted, a Proton official mentioned that the Perdana V6 comes with a 2 year warranty. Who was maintaining and repairing these cars? Why didn’t the fleet manager claim warranty on defective parts from Proton? The answer could be one of two things:

a) the incidents which incurred repair costs only happened in the car’s third year of service onwards after the 2 year warranty period so no warranty claim could be made

b) this is another case of bocor.

Proton added that it would be seriously looking into this matter and will be contacting the Terengganu State Government to find out service history records for the affected cars and provide necessary assistance.
original link-->http://paultan.org/archives/2008/07/23/proton-no-warranty-claims-recorded-perdana-v6-executive/

My comments

above was the statement made by Proton after the proclaim of the Terengganu state government over their change of their official cars.well,one side claimed that they spent that much money to repair their Proton Perdana while the other side said that they didn't received any warranty claims made.ahh haa...who is real now?is it just a trick or lies made by the Terengganu government or the Proton company tries to protect themselves by faking the government's claims?

real real fake fake...who knows?!only the person concerned knows the truth.but i believe it is just a lie or corruption from the Terengganu state government.let us analysis,ignore the other things first:

1.they spent more than RM150k in just around 4 years for their car,which is an amazing amount for just a road car.if the fees is just for maintenance and servicing,it is quite hard for me to believe it is true.unless they got it to repair for reasons.or as they stated,the gearboxs are easily break down.i'm super duper doubts about it.my neighbor,my friend,my uncle was or currently driving the same model of car but never heard any complain for their car while pleasing words from them.according to them it is quite a good car for the price.

2.lets assume their claim made is true.if with good care,i don't think a car gearbox will break down in just that short terms?few within 4 years?'fantastic' driving style from their drivers.

3.if it is a ferrari or some other super car i will trust it.

may be it just like what paultan said.it is just another case of bocor.

another thing,as a state government shouldn't make such claim or statement that will spoil,blacken the image of their own country car manufacturer.what's more with a statement that is uncertain of its trustiness.ridiculous government??terrible management and discipline of the government?no comment...