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Originally Posted by sudhirlp  State of things in Chennai - my experience. - No dealer really committed to giving an exact delivery date if my date of booking is today/tomorrow. However, want booking money.
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Yes, for booking amounts of 10K to 50K no exact date is being given. However if you are willing to pay the on-road money upfront, you can look at the variants and colors that they are likely to receive and get an assured delivery date {within 5-10 days}.
My dealer even 'checked on-line' and gave me the chassis number. Trust this is not some conjob!
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Originally Posted by sudhirlp Infact, Petrol Dzire ZXI, is claimed to have highest amount of waiting period - anywhere between 4-6 weeks to more than 2 months. |
The top end diesel Zdi AND the petrol Zxi supposedly have a waiting period of more than 2 months.
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Originally Posted by sudhirlp No one is ready to give stock of exact availability or colors coming in their next lot. |
Promise to pay the full amount and you will be pushed up the executive ladder, possibly to the manager, who will show you the list! I chose from that list.
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Originally Posted by sudhirlp Test Drives are still tough to get. |
Guess we were lucky. Just a 5 minute wait for the white Zdi. Still, no petrol to test drive; too bad.
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Originally Posted by sudhirlp Some of them don't even have a TD car yet in their showroom, of course - expected in a day or two. |
The 4 dealerships I saw in Chennai (walked into only 3 - one even showed his car in the second floor terrace on the morning of the launch) had cars to test drive; drove just at one place though! Look at other dealers if the ones you saw did not have a car to TD.
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Originally Posted by sudhirlp Any waiting period beyond 2/3 weeks is a sad state of demand/supply balance. Infact, one may drive away customers with the kind of crap dealers are handing out at times. |
Fully agree. Obviously a demand/supply gap. The dealerships I saw had hordes of people trying to get a TD/ book the car. Maruti looks like having another winner on their hands. The Swift and the SX4 have a longer waiting period; one of my fringe reasons for plumping for this one over the other two.
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Originally Posted by sudhirlp Still, Maruti is king ! |
Looks like it, does'nt it? Three cheers for another FTD & VFM car from Maruti [obviously FTD = Fun To Drive and VFM = Value For Money]!
