Team-BHP - View Single Post - What to choose safari petrol or Safari diesel 2.2L

abhilashvk · 30th August 2007, 11:33

I want to share my colleague's experiance on TATA Safari Petrol.
He picked up a 2003 model 16V, 4X4 Safari - Petrol with close to 40K on Odo from a known person at INR180,000. The ex-owner is a high profile Real estate broker in Bangalore, has a BMW 5 series and a merc E class. So the Safari was not used much, mostly resting in the garage. In fact before my colleague bought the car, it was left unused for 7 months. The car was a fullyloaded with Stanley leather, 6 CD changer, airbags etc. He spend close to 30 to 40K on service and rectifying other electrical issues just to go back to garage within a week for repairs. After repairs, a week after we were out for a team lunch, on return we heard a light explosion under the hood and something related to AC blew and was back to garage. This routine was repeating every 7 to 10 days and finally he sold it to someone at INR150,000 who was planning to plonk a diesel matador engine in it(dont ask me how !).The car used to return 7 to 8 Kms in bangalore traffic.
This bad experiance might be specific to that car, however my recommedation is to go for a brand new Safari.

30th August 2007, 11:33	#15 (permalink)
abhilashvk BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bangalore/Calicut/Kochi Posts: 365	I want to share my colleague's experiance on TATA Safari Petrol. He picked up a 2003 model 16V, 4X4 Safari - Petrol with close to 40K on Odo from a known person at INR180,000. The ex-owner is a high profile Real estate broker in Bangalore, has a BMW 5 series and a merc E class. So the Safari was not used much, mostly resting in the garage. In fact before my colleague bought the car, it was left unused for 7 months. The car was a fullyloaded with Stanley leather, 6 CD changer, airbags etc. He spend close to 30 to 40K on service and rectifying other electrical issues just to go back to garage within a week for repairs. After repairs, a week after we were out for a team lunch, on return we heard a light explosion under the hood and something related to AC blew and was back to garage. This routine was repeating every 7 to 10 days and finally he sold it to someone at INR150,000 who was planning to plonk a diesel matador engine in it(dont ask me how !).The car used to return 7 to 8 Kms in bangalore traffic. This bad experiance might be specific to that car, however my recommedation is to go for a brand new Safari. __________________ Abhi Any man who can drive safely while kissing a pretty girl is simply not giving the kiss the attention it deserves.