Torn between my Proton Persona and my 360
Posted: 27 Oct 2013 12:57 am
I've had my 360 since October 2011, when I first got my provisional license. It has been pretty good car, had a few hiccups, but managed to get through them.
Earlier in the year, around April, I got a new car... a 2012 Proton Persona Elegance, because I was sick of everyone's negativity towards the Volvo. "It's gay! Faggy car! Blah blah blah" I was very self conscious back then... well I suppose I still am, but not as much as I was.
Anyway, the new car is pretty good, haven't had a single thing go wrong with it. It's even sort of sporty to drive.
However, lately I've been driving the 360 around (it's now unregistered, so I drive it around my parents property) and there's just something about it that I really miss. I think it's probably a lot more fun to drive.
I'm torn, because I still owe my parents $8,100 for my Proton , it was $14,000 near-new (demonstrator model, only demonstrated 43 km though haha) but I own the Volvo. I had saved up a bit, so I paid off a lot initially. But it's slowing down now, $80 a week, which is going to take a long time to pay back.
I don't know what to do. Part of me wants to sell the Proton while it's still got value in it, because those Asian cars don't hold their value well at all. But part of my loves the fact that it has things like air conditioning, and that sort of thing.
I don't know! What do you think? I partly wanted a new car for doing longer journies without having to worry to much about mechanical reliability or anything. I was worried my 360 would take a bit of work to get it up to scratch. But yeah I don't know.
Everyone's going to think I'm mad if I sell my proton... I still think I would be mad... but I'm still not sure.
I think there may be some major problem with the 360... (Well, when my mechanic told me about it earlier in the year he sounded serious), said the rear struts were sagging, or something like that? And if I wanted to get it fixed... which I would have to soon, he said... it would cost "a lot" of money. How much is that? Haha
Any advice? Cheers!
Earlier in the year, around April, I got a new car... a 2012 Proton Persona Elegance, because I was sick of everyone's negativity towards the Volvo. "It's gay! Faggy car! Blah blah blah" I was very self conscious back then... well I suppose I still am, but not as much as I was.
Anyway, the new car is pretty good, haven't had a single thing go wrong with it. It's even sort of sporty to drive.
However, lately I've been driving the 360 around (it's now unregistered, so I drive it around my parents property) and there's just something about it that I really miss. I think it's probably a lot more fun to drive.
I'm torn, because I still owe my parents $8,100 for my Proton , it was $14,000 near-new (demonstrator model, only demonstrated 43 km though haha) but I own the Volvo. I had saved up a bit, so I paid off a lot initially. But it's slowing down now, $80 a week, which is going to take a long time to pay back.
I don't know what to do. Part of me wants to sell the Proton while it's still got value in it, because those Asian cars don't hold their value well at all. But part of my loves the fact that it has things like air conditioning, and that sort of thing.
I don't know! What do you think? I partly wanted a new car for doing longer journies without having to worry to much about mechanical reliability or anything. I was worried my 360 would take a bit of work to get it up to scratch. But yeah I don't know.
Everyone's going to think I'm mad if I sell my proton... I still think I would be mad... but I'm still not sure.
I think there may be some major problem with the 360... (Well, when my mechanic told me about it earlier in the year he sounded serious), said the rear struts were sagging, or something like that? And if I wanted to get it fixed... which I would have to soon, he said... it would cost "a lot" of money. How much is that? Haha
Any advice? Cheers!