Tell me about the Proton Satria 1.8 GTi

TaKeN · 19 Oct 2007 at 12:41

I've been offered one of these for £2000 with 50,000 on the clock, from a friend at work. He's selling his to replace it with a supercharged version :eek:

According to parkers its a decent second hand price,

I'm just waiting for the lady to call back from our insurers,

They wouldn't allow me to put a Peugeot 205 1.9 GTi on the farm policy, or a Subaru impreza, But they might with one of these

Handling by lotus the guy says, But are they rubbish build quality etc ?

Thanks in advance

Pulsar_GTI · 19 Oct 2007 at 12:43

My friend has one and he really likes it !! they are quite rapid too !! £2000 is a good price imo! :cool:

TaKeN · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:13

Pulsar_GTI said:
My friend has one and he really likes it !! they are quite rapid too !! £2000 is a good price imo!

Just spoke to my friend now, Its had new tyres all round, new plugs, air filter, oil change and filter, radiator flush and refill with anti-freeze.

He will do it me for £1900

Clarkey · 19 Oct 2007 at 13:55

good cars, same as a CA Mitsubishi Colt but for some minor exterior changes.

TaKeN · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:01

Arghhh..

Have to be over 25 on the Farms " Vehicle Fleet " So its a no no :rolleyes:

Only 5 and a bit more years to wait

IceAx · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:11

Send him my way

I was looking at one of these before i bought my current car.

Andy

Andybtsn · 19 Oct 2007 at 16:35

I had one, nice cars. Really fun round the twisties but in a straight line quite a bore tbh

My Lupo GTI felt a lot quicker although they're both 130 odd bhp. The fuel consumption was awful as well considering the performance I got from the car. Interior was rather tacky but not suprising coming from Malaysia or something?! Lovely Recaro seats and A/C as standard was a nice addition.

Mine only cost £2500 with 50k over a year ago.

Lovely looking exterior wise though.

This was mine:

MrSix · 19 Oct 2007 at 17:30

I'm sure it was one of these that I raced on my private race track when I was on my bike...we were both holding a steady 130 - 140 and it seemed to pull pretty well from 90 too. I was very surprised actually.

BigglesPiP · 19 Oct 2007 at 18:02

If Proton's track record is anything to go by, they mean; "Handling by someone who works for the same company that the guy who sets up the lotuses works for."

Clarkey · 19 Oct 2007 at 21:04

MrSix said:
I'm sure it was one of these that I raced on my private race track when I was on my bike...we were both holding a steady 130 - 140 and it seemed to pull pretty well from 90 too. I was very surprised actually.

It wasn't one of these then, they don't have performance anywhere near that level.