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Originally Posted by NOTORIOUS   i have a elantra crdi with my friend which has clocked 135k+ and still the same performance like new.the car is only in the hands of me and my friend . i strictly believe that it purely depends on how you keep the car. 
OT : during the last visit to a hyundai service center in punjab, the service people showed me a blue coloured elantra crdi which has clocked 267k+ kms ,they say that it has the same pickup as new with +- 5 to 8% diffrence.the car is there for left rear door replacement. |
That is reassuring to know! I have one too, and it is just past 70K. Till now, have always sold cars around 2.5 to 3 years. For the first time, I am seriously considering keeping the car for a lot longer. Not only that there is no performance loss in the engine, I think it only got better. And of course, I really cannot think of anything else in Diesel(addicted to the Torque) which will substantially better the car and its engine(+ Petes), in anything less than 30lakhs...
And as for the "technical truth", I think I *like* diesels better now, after some 2.5 years with the Elantra CRDi. Even if the diesels cost more to maintain, I would still buy them. Of course, they don't cost more to maintain, and nothing beats the fun of being pushed into the seat every time you gently prod the throttle.
What I would like to see bettered in a diesel? More revs to play with. Maybe someday somebody would figure a diesel plant which will rev well to 7K rpm?