Team-BHP - View Single Post - Fiat Palio Stile 1.1 SLX 8000 KM 6 month ownership review

ankura12 · 12th October 2007, 16:17

Humans,
I second your report.
I got my PALIO Stile 1.1 SLX just about 15 days back- This inspite of reading all derogatory remarks about this model on this Forum. I was upgrading from a M800 to this car. After driving 500 Kms, I must say, my experience has been 'Fantastic'. The car aptly suits my style of driving. I do lot of anticipation of events on the road and adjust my speed accordingly and I do not use Horn unless it is absolutely and absolutely necessary ( I can reduce the noise pollution at least by that extent!). I believe in courtesy to fellow users of the road, and find a lot of times to my dismay, this courtesy being misused by others. I also find that courtesy never gets reciprocated! But that doesn't bother me too much , even though sometimes it does get under one's skin.
The main reasons why I went for PALIO Stile 1.1 are :
1. Colour - My wife didnt want BLACK and I didn't want FLAME RED
2. I wanted to go for SWIFT, but family didn't like it's looks.
2. Power was not a major concern for me. I rarely crossed 100KM on highway in my M800. For me it is safety first and then the thrill of speed.
3. Majority of my driving is in Bangalore and with the bumper to bumper traffic, Very rarely will I be able to reach 45Km on the roads that I normally drive.So what will I do with all the 100 BHP, sitting in the engine? Agreed, there may be occasions where all this power is useful, but I can live with it.
4. I wanted to keep budget, if possible, (including car and all accessories) within 5.0L as I have a major education expense coming up in next few months
5. Service upcountry was important to me and with TATA service assurance, I 'hope' bad experience of other FIAT users will be a thing of past.
As far as FE is concerned,
I Filled 30 ltrs when the Reserve Yellow light came on and reset the trip meter. I kept monitoring the reserve indicator yellow light after trip meter showed 350 kms. The indicator came back ON when tripmeter was showing 432. So, FE=430/30=14.4 Kms. Out of these 500 KMs, 310 Kms was on Highway ( trip to Lepakshi - thanks to TBHP reports) , with 50% AC ON.
I bought my car from Prerana Motors, Outer Ring Road. Buying experience was very good.
I feel this gives VFM, but is not for those who want to run F1 races on city roads.

12th October 2007, 16:17	#4 (permalink)
ankura12 Newbie Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 31	Humans, I second your report. I got my PALIO Stile 1.1 SLX just about 15 days back- This inspite of reading all derogatory remarks about this model on this Forum. I was upgrading from a M800 to this car. After driving 500 Kms, I must say, my experience has been 'Fantastic'. The car aptly suits my style of driving. I do lot of anticipation of events on the road and adjust my speed accordingly and I do not use Horn unless it is absolutely and absolutely necessary ( I can reduce the noise pollution at least by that extent!). I believe in courtesy to fellow users of the road, and find a lot of times to my dismay, this courtesy being misused by others. I also find that courtesy never gets reciprocated! But that doesn't bother me too much , even though sometimes it does get under one's skin. The main reasons why I went for PALIO Stile 1.1 are : 1. Colour - My wife didnt want BLACK and I didn't want FLAME RED 2. I wanted to go for SWIFT, but family didn't like it's looks. 2. Power was not a major concern for me. I rarely crossed 100KM on highway in my M800. For me it is safety first and then the thrill of speed. 3. Majority of my driving is in Bangalore and with the bumper to bumper traffic, Very rarely will I be able to reach 45Km on the roads that I normally drive.So what will I do with all the 100 BHP, sitting in the engine? Agreed, there may be occasions where all this power is useful, but I can live with it. 4. I wanted to keep budget, if possible, (including car and all accessories) within 5.0L as I have a major education expense coming up in next few months 5. Service upcountry was important to me and with TATA service assurance, I 'hope' bad experience of other FIAT users will be a thing of past. As far as FE is concerned, I Filled 30 ltrs when the Reserve Yellow light came on and reset the trip meter. I kept monitoring the reserve indicator yellow light after trip meter showed 350 kms. The indicator came back ON when tripmeter was showing 432. So, FE=430/30=14.4 Kms. Out of these 500 KMs, 310 Kms was on Highway ( trip to Lepakshi - thanks to TBHP reports) , with 50% AC ON. I bought my car from Prerana Motors, Outer Ring Road. Buying experience was very good. I feel this gives VFM, but is not for those who want to run F1 races on city roads.