stebh

Basically i'm going to look at this car in the next couple of days with a mate. It's for his dad who is currently in Canada, but is coming back soon and needs a motor.
Has anyone had any experience with these? Good and bad points but would prefer to know the bad parts.
Are they prone to rust?
Any common engine issues?
Would be due a cambelt change around 60k miles im assuming?

Any help would be hugely appreciated

Here's the link: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=300339411690

Cheers

stebh

bump for the daytime crew, anyone know anything about these

nilrem

They handle like they are on rails as standard, have an ego 3? Floorpan. And many people in rallying like them as a clubman car.

Don't know much else unfortunately... but free bump

Hth

stebh

Cheers pal, i have but a thread up on the Proton OC, but suprisingly that site doesn't seem to be that busy
Thought it might be worth a try asking the knowledgable folk of PF

m4tt274

iTrader: (2)

the rear arches go on them, and alot of them have been crahsed

stebh

Rusty rear arches? What kind of piece of shit car rots on the rear arches, surely modern car manufacturers can make cars that dont rot...... oh wait.

m4tt274

iTrader: (2)

its under that plastic trim. ive never owned one but my m8 had one almost the same as the one ur looking at only standard exhaust and his bubbled up behind the flared arch trim. similar to the XR2s.
engines are good, its a mitsi engine i think out of a lancer. but i can member my m8 complainin about insurance

stebh

Cool, cheers for that man. I'll be sure to check that. According to the guys on the Proton OC () there's a couple of other spots to look for rust and the windows can stick, but that appears to be all there is to watch for.
As for insurance, it's frankly ridiculous it's group 16, meant to be fair shit on fuel and not cheap to tax either. For some reason though my mates 50 odd year old dad really fancies it!

BM08

group 18 for a 1.8? i think there 1.8 anyway? i dont get that.

Should be around 12/14 really

Must admit ive always liked the look of them, but i dont think i could buy a Proton

stebh

Yeah they're a 1.8, about 140bhp i think and according parkers, group 16. I must admit it's growing on me a bit, lotus chassis, mistsubishi reliability. It's just the proton badge on the front and the fact it's nailed together in a jungle clearing by someone who rides to work on an ox that would stop me buying one myself

Dan1281

i had a lancer gti-16v and it was very quick for a std NA 1.8, same engine in the proton i belive