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simonkayar · 11th September 2007, 11:19

Hi,
I have gone through almost all the reviews here and the other "what car" questions too. But I felt that giving the complete picture might help the experts here to give opinions that are more suited to me.

help me out.

I have a maximum budget of 4.25 Lakhs. I live in Bangalore with my wife and 2 yrs old kid.
My mother-in-law and niece are with us. So that makes 4 adults and 1 kid who will be travelling in the car 99% of the time.
This is my first car and I have absolutely no experience of cars earlier (No car in family) and am currently driving the Caliber 115. I am taking my driving classes.
My usuage would be max 1000 kms per month and occasional visit to Pondicherry (330 kms from Bangalore). As everybody else I am totally confused. I has settled for Estilo based on the reviews and after seeing the car. I felt that for that price I am getting a stylish wagonR. For some reason I felt that I should go for Maruti as my first car.
The car will be mostly driven by me (85%) but my wife will also drive it (15%). It will be driven mostly in City in the worst possible traffic scenario (90%) and only 10% on highways.
I want absolute peace of mind and will keep the car for more than 5 years. As every middle class family we are also obsessed with mileage and low cost of ownership but we wanted something bigger than the alto.
I am 5 feet 10 inches tall. I am planning to buy the car in cash and hence will not be able to strectch my budget by more than 20k (Don't want to take loan)

Some doubts I have
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1. What is the point of having power windows which are only roll-down. I don't get it. Does that mean to roll up I need to use the manual method. I read in this forum about this in WagonR. Is it the case with Estilo and Santro too? How about other cars.
2. Why is there so much of bashing of estilo here. It is only because it looks bad (Seems to me like a baby innova - So do you hate innova as well) or is there something really bad about Estilo
3. What about some crankshaft problem that people complain about Santro. Does it still hold good
4. Should I buy now (As you might have guessed since this is my first car I am dying to buy one as soon as possbile) or wait till Hyundai launch PA
5. I don't have DL and I even stall the car sometimes as of now. Is it a good idea to take TD with this kind of driving. Is it ok to buy a new car now. I am confident that I will learn properly withing a month or so

for the long post.

11th September 2007, 11:19	#1 (permalink)
simonkayar BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 81	First car - Santro/WagonR/Alto/Estilo/Indica/Getz Prime/Spark/Palio 1.1/i10 Hi, I have gone through almost all the reviews here and the other "what car" questions too. But I felt that giving the complete picture might help the experts here to give opinions that are more suited to me. help me out. I have a maximum budget of 4.25 Lakhs. I live in Bangalore with my wife and 2 yrs old kid. My mother-in-law and niece are with us. So that makes 4 adults and 1 kid who will be travelling in the car 99% of the time. This is my first car and I have absolutely no experience of cars earlier (No car in family) and am currently driving the Caliber 115. I am taking my driving classes. My usuage would be max 1000 kms per month and occasional visit to Pondicherry (330 kms from Bangalore). As everybody else I am totally confused. I has settled for Estilo based on the reviews and after seeing the car. I felt that for that price I am getting a stylish wagonR. For some reason I felt that I should go for Maruti as my first car. The car will be mostly driven by me (85%) but my wife will also drive it (15%). It will be driven mostly in City in the worst possible traffic scenario (90%) and only 10% on highways. I want absolute peace of mind and will keep the car for more than 5 years. As every middle class family we are also obsessed with mileage and low cost of ownership but we wanted something bigger than the alto. I am 5 feet 10 inches tall. I am planning to buy the car in cash and hence will not be able to strectch my budget by more than 20k (Don't want to take loan) Some doubts I have ------------------------ 1. What is the point of having power windows which are only roll-down. I don't get it. Does that mean to roll up I need to use the manual method. I read in this forum about this in WagonR. Is it the case with Estilo and Santro too? How about other cars. 2. Why is there so much of bashing of estilo here. It is only because it looks bad (Seems to me like a baby innova - So do you hate innova as well) or is there something really bad about Estilo 3. What about some crankshaft problem that people complain about Santro. Does it still hold good 4. Should I buy now (As you might have guessed since this is my first car I am dying to buy one as soon as possbile) or wait till Hyundai launch PA 5. I don't have DL and I even stall the car sometimes as of now. Is it a good idea to take TD with this kind of driving. Is it ok to buy a new car now. I am confident that I will learn properly withing a month or so for the long post.