Hi Architect,
Great note as usual...
Me going to contradict a few points again as usual...sorry
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| Drives more like a sedan than a flickable hatchback. |
Naaah... Turning radius is more by a 1 Foot (4.7 or so you get in a hatch and Palio is 5.1 = 40 cms (ok that is more than a foot) ). Does this really matter. I dont notice it anymore. Add lack of body roll and a precise steering feedback and boy does this car flick or what!!!!
I have done things in this car that i turn around and wonder would i have done this in any car.
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- Clutch pedal is still heavy but has become a bit lighter after 3000 kms or so.
- While trying to sell the car you might have to convince the buyer that this is not an imported car or modifed by DC but a regular production version. Nobody knows about it in Delhi-NCR atleast.
- Car is wider than the Indica / Indigo and many sedans. Watch it while squeezing into that narrow gap behind the Alto!!
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My clutch pedal has a long travel yes but it bites all the way and no it is not hard at all. May be i am used to it
i disagree and i am from bangalore i follow Indicabs out of "majboori" not been stuck yet. Yes best not try to follow Altos and 800s; Palio looks thinner that an Accent though it could be because the upper body sort of tapers to the top.
Bangalore is virtually crawling with 2008 stiles petrol or otherwise and they are getting more common every day
One point i would love to agree with you but cannot is the milage.
I was getting real low milage figure (10.2 to 11.5 kmpl) it has improved after first service but by exactly how much i cant tell you just yet.
I am also trying to change my driving habits, i always tried to drive above 2K rpm (after first service) to use the turbo so in bangalore i rarely get above 3rd (yes i am stupid) now after reading GTOs article i try for the highest possible gear and try to cruise in netural when i approach speed bumps for as far as possible.
Got a battle scar too on the boot door it is going to cost 3.5K to repair.