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nithinnarayanan · 7th September 2008, 18:01

Hi all,

I was going through all the ownreship reviews and was planning to write one for a long time. Then decided to write this on completion of 80,000 Kms of my 2006 Indica DLX turbo.

It all started in Dec 2005 when I decided to go for a Car, my First car

(previous ones owned by dad or the company I was working for.) I started to review all the cars available in the market, (Hatchback only) as I was looking for a car for my daily commute to office and back which was 35 Kms per day, and one or two weekend trips to Manipal (Udupi) approx 400 kms onside and Kannur (Kerala) approx 400 kms onside. So overall average of 2000-2500 Kms per month.

Looking at the average monthly Kms I decided for a Diesel car. My search narrowed down to Zen D,Palio D ELX, Indica DLS, and Indica DLX. Went to Mandovi Motors to test drive the Zen D. Did not like the GC of the vihicle compared to the Palios (Had driven a friend's Palio) and the Indica (Had driven collegue's DLS). Wanted to TD an Palio D but could not as the Dealer informed that the Fiat india is Shutdown

(no more new Fiat's in India

). My last in the list was the Tata's, Called up Presrna Motors Lalbagh Road for enquiring about the Indica DLS and Indica DLX would be available for TD. (as I was working in Whitefield did not want to go all the way and find the TD vehicles not available !.) They put mr on to the Corporate Sales Guy, it was around 11.30am, he asked my office address and informed that the TD vehicles are in Whitefield itslef and they will come and meet me in my office be 3 pm. I was happy as I dont have to leave early from office to have a TD. At around 3.15pm I get a call from the reception security that somebody has come to meet me from Tata Motors. I want to the reception with my collegue. They were 3 people sitting in the reception, including the one whome I spoke to in the morning. They gave me the Brotures and the pricelist of the vehicles I had enquired about. Then I was escorted to our parking for the test drive. I was delighted to see 5 vehicles waiting for me !!! (Indica DLS, Indica DLX, Indigo petrol, Indigo Diesel and Safari). I checked all the vehicles, of which I liked the Indica DLX hten the DLS which I was looking for.

It was Dec 2005 when I took the TD for the Indica DLX. Was happy with the performance of the vehicle, the Pickup compared to the DLS and the turbo, could feel the kick in.. was awsome !. Did reserch on the same for milage and cors of spares and service etc and found it well under my budget. Finally Decided to book the car in Feb 2006 as everybody suggested to book it in Feb as I will get the 2006 make compared to the 2005 make which will be delivered till Feb 2006.

At Last went to Prerana and booked the Cherry Red Indica DLX TC @ 4.73L on road bangalore on 6th March 2006. Was informed that I will be getting the car within 4-5 weeks. But due to the fire in the Tata Paint section all the vehicles ware to be taken to Fiat's paint section for the paint job hence the delay of one more week.

Finally got my car on 24th April 2006.

Continued.

7th September 2008, 18:01	#1 (permalink)
nithinnarayanan BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bangalore Kannur Manipal Posts: 193	2006 Indica Turbo DLX TC 80,000 Kms report. Hi all, I was going through all the ownreship reviews and was planning to write one for a long time. Then decided to write this on completion of 80,000 Kms of my 2006 Indica DLX turbo. It all started in Dec 2005 when I decided to go for a Car, my First car (previous ones owned by dad or the company I was working for.) I started to review all the cars available in the market, (Hatchback only) as I was looking for a car for my daily commute to office and back which was 35 Kms per day, and one or two weekend trips to Manipal (Udupi) approx 400 kms onside and Kannur (Kerala) approx 400 kms onside. So overall average of 2000-2500 Kms per month. Looking at the average monthly Kms I decided for a Diesel car. My search narrowed down to Zen D,Palio D ELX, Indica DLS, and Indica DLX. Went to Mandovi Motors to test drive the Zen D. Did not like the GC of the vihicle compared to the Palios (Had driven a friend's Palio) and the Indica (Had driven collegue's DLS). Wanted to TD an Palio D but could not as the Dealer informed that the Fiat india is Shutdown (no more new Fiat's in India ). My last in the list was the Tata's, Called up Presrna Motors Lalbagh Road for enquiring about the Indica DLS and Indica DLX would be available for TD. (as I was working in Whitefield did not want to go all the way and find the TD vehicles not available !.) They put mr on to the Corporate Sales Guy, it was around 11.30am, he asked my office address and informed that the TD vehicles are in Whitefield itslef and they will come and meet me in my office be 3 pm. I was happy as I dont have to leave early from office to have a TD. At around 3.15pm I get a call from the reception security that somebody has come to meet me from Tata Motors. I want to the reception with my collegue. They were 3 people sitting in the reception, including the one whome I spoke to in the morning. They gave me the Brotures and the pricelist of the vehicles I had enquired about. Then I was escorted to our parking for the test drive. I was delighted to see 5 vehicles waiting for me !!! (Indica DLS, Indica DLX, Indigo petrol, Indigo Diesel and Safari). I checked all the vehicles, of which I liked the Indica DLX hten the DLS which I was looking for. It was Dec 2005 when I took the TD for the Indica DLX. Was happy with the performance of the vehicle, the Pickup compared to the DLS and the turbo, could feel the kick in.. was awsome !. Did reserch on the same for milage and cors of spares and service etc and found it well under my budget. Finally Decided to book the car in Feb 2006 as everybody suggested to book it in Feb as I will get the 2006 make compared to the 2005 make which will be delivered till Feb 2006. At Last went to Prerana and booked the Cherry Red Indica DLX TC @ 4.73L on road bangalore on 6th March 2006. Was informed that I will be getting the car within 4-5 weeks. But due to the fire in the Tata Paint section all the vehicles ware to be taken to Fiat's paint section for the paint job hence the delay of one more week. Finally got my car on 24th April 2006. Continued. __________________ 2006 May, Indica DLX Turbo (1,16,000 Kms) 2003 Oct, Pulsar 150 (61,500 Kms) (Sold) 1985 Mar, Suzuki SS80 DX (43,000 Kms)