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The front seats would have been fine for the previous Boleros but not for this one. With the increased horses this baby jumps around like a rodeo horse and I get thrown around a lot (I'm of short & light build!) within the limits of the seat belt during high speed maneuvers. Hence bucket seats or better support near the thighs are needed. Though the front sear covers come with their respective pockets at the back, due to the lack of a bottle holder and also since I need to carry various baby accessories for my daughter, I've fitted a backseat organiser.
The back seat's a real jumpy ride and I call it the 'vomit pit'. My wife and daughter consequently prefer the front seat. And as opined by a lot of members on other posts regarding the Bolero VLX, MM certainly needed to have made the back seat foldable.
Boot space is awesome and it really swallows up stuff, especially since I rarely make use of the twin seats in the boot. But the foldable back seats would definitely have made the bootspace bigger for folks like me who often need to carry things like diesel generators and pumpsets & their assorted accessories to estates.
The footpads do their stuff - both, to help occupants climb into the vehicle and to keep scooterists and autos & other fellow animals from getting too close for comfort. How else can you explain the fact that even after 10000 kms I don't have a major scratch on it though in the Estilo I had even banged into a buffaloe by this mileage?!
The horn is thusfar the only add-on I have done to the vehicle and that too is retro-fitted from my Estilo. Otherwise too, the OE horn wouldn't scare a fly.
The Bridgestone Duellers at both ends do their job well I feel. I use them with differing ratings - 30 psi (front) & 27 psi (rear), to cut down on the jumpy ride. People I've talked to feel that alloys would be an overkill for the use I put this vehicle to, so I've not followed up on that idea.
I thought the headlights were good enough, until my recent B'lore-Ernakulam-B'lore trip which was done during the 11.45 p.m. to 8.45 a.m. time slots. Now I feel a couple of add-on Hellas would be a good idea, but the most basic addition will be front fog lamps into the space already provided.
Sigh! gone are the days of reckless parking with the Estillo. It takes a lot of grunting to get this lorry into the parking space in the basement.
Equipment Malfunctions so far:
1. Left ORVM : the original one lost it's thread so I had to have another one fitted.
2. Clutch pedal spring.
3. Left door-side indicator : I just noticed it today, it's popping out of it's socket and I doubt whether it will last another trip.
Maintainence Costs so far:
1. Mirror replacing: Rs.412
2. 1st Service: Rs.3627
3. 2nd Service: Rs.386
Total = Rs. 4425