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Clubroom => General Discussion => Topic started by: jimson on November 11, 2008, 09:55:01 pm
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Okay I know some of you blokes would say don't touch them :o But I'm thinking its the way to go maybe :-\ does anyone out there know about these utes.jimson
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ive seen em i like em would i buy one dunno ??? ???
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Front end is basically a Satria hatchback with a ute rear end, they are like jap cars in the early eighties starting to get a good reputation and definitely not as shit as they used to be but still room for improvement. They remind me of when the first Subaru Brumbies came out.
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The engine for the proton ute is from the early mitsubishi colts 1500 and proton bought Lotus out so they had lotus help design the ute. the ute will take 550kg so it should carry three bikes easy :-\ jimson
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Quite e few round here ,sold out of Bendigo. Farmers I know that have bought one, are happy with the little buggers and well shit they don't usually treat utes with kid gloves.
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the proton company have the design licence for mitsubishi and the satria and so on models reflect the previos years mitsubishi JDM models.
was abit of political hoo haaa surrounding the company as the companies chairman is the son of a now ex president who was embroiled in many a shady dealings and tis rumoured that the proton company was given a lot of illegal adavantages with taxation and such.
One of these advantages was as would be expected monetary gains which assisted them in getting lotus to redesign the lotus chassis .
not too bad a vehicle for a smallish company as its basically a better made last years mitsubishi.
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I think they own MV Agusta or something like that too now??
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Are they long enough to fit more than one bike? An XF Falcon needs the tail-gate down to fit more than one bike in, so I wonder if a Proton is long enough even with the tail-gate down?
Yeah, they're basically the old Mistu Mirage (the shape before the one were got here), with a ute rear on 'em. A 1.8 EFI conversion from a Lancer sedan would be a good move...
If the Hyundais are anything to go by, mechanically they're every bit as good as a jap car, but (after several years) they'll be let down by things like crap interior fabric and fragile door hnadles and stuff.
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(http://www.brisbaneproton.com.au/images/Proton/Pr%20Gallery/Ute_Bike.jpg)
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Ford utes have been letting me down with there door handles for years now Nathan :o jimson
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Ford utes have been letting me down with there door handles for years now Nathan :o jimson
You got the wrong year Ford ute. Go back to the ones with steel doorhandles and vent windows.
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Ford utes have been letting me down with there door handles for years now Nathan :o jimson
As a fellow XF ute owner, I know the pain! At least replacements are only $15 at Supercheap.
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Dont do it :o dont do it :o fer Gods sake dont do it man :o
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1 bike with tail gate down , nah not for me sorry . Take a look at the front guard arch hieght to tyre ratio as apposed to rear ::)
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Bill sounds like you don't want me to do it :( you sound like my wife ;D lol I think you drive a towy for a living so whats the word on them why are they so bad in your eyes. jimson
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Where do you put your riding gear and an esky if you have to bring a flaggy along :-\
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esky in the trailer with the other bike.
One in the ute one in the trailer.
Thats about all it will pull.
Send your gear via post the week before each meeting
Dont forget to join the NRMA you will need them each trip.
Oh and get the extended warranty
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G,day viewer's
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Wells its taken 4 & half years but I finally stuff the gear box in the jumbuck pulling scrap metal. So in all fairness its been okay you just have to drive it like a 2 stroke ;D jimson
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Now it's scrap metal!!
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It's still got some years in it. Fits 3 bikes easy
;D jimson
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Manual box, Gaz?
If my sources are correct, it should be the same as any 1600cc Mitsu/Hyundai/Proton. Let me know if you can't get one cheap.
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are sold up here along with every type of Hyundai, Kia and Chinese vehicle the Laos can get their hands on - lets say Laos people won't buy them.
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zactly the same as an Excel. Pretty good little thing and will be an icon just the same as Datto 1200. Try to find one of them now.
Exhaust upgrades do them well, extractors and a nice free flow system will give it +10%. Better on fuel too.
Just watch which g/box you get. We have had to get 2 or 3 sometimes from the wreckers....all with small variations. Mostly where the clutch fork pivot goes.
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The good old jumbuck sitting at a set of traffic lights & saw these 7 pallets for free & I need to build a wall in the shed so 7 pallets 2 x 2 metres will do the job lined with corrugated iron. The jumbuck has been a great little workhorse over the years. Jimson
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Well mate you have certainly proved the sceptics wrong. ;D
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G'day viewers, We'll I'm sad to say the jumbuck is dead, hit while parked on the side of the road & now it's a ride off. It had a hard life and I know a lot if people don't give them much credit, but for me it worked well & kept going even know it was overloaded & being flogged... Jimson
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Bugger, did they own up or do a runner on you?
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Yeah, it was parked outside my house & a woman in her 60s hit it. She said she lent down to pick something up, but I think she was on her phone... I was in the shed & heard a bang & came outside to see the jumbuck pushed up over the gutter....
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That's a bummer Jimson. I hope she is insured?
I personally think they are a fantastic little thing.
An Ex had a 1.6 sedan for a while,,,I had a ball flogging it,,,like driving a slot car I thought and dirt cheap to run.
I thought they were very underrated.
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Yeah Mick, insurance all sorted, just in time for me to buy a Kawasaki GT750 1982 about to put it on club rego. One door closes & another opens... Jimson
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That,s a bugger. I brought one 18 months ago, 2010, bronze and yes it had only done 15,650 ks from new. Great little ute and still drive like new. The car yard where he was going to trade it offered $3000, so i snapped it up.
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bloke up the road bought his kids one to flog around the paddock...they haven't rolled it yet 8)
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DR500 I put 200,000 k's on mine & it was still going good. As far as the handling side of things it was great. It was like it was on rails lol jimson
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A bit like a grown-up mighty boy (Suzuki)They were a great step up from a dinky toy.
You all have me thinking of getting one for our little farm, sound better than a 4wheeler.
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Brilliant little utes,my brother had one,as already mentioned handled like a slot car and drive it as if a 125 bike .......