Swift VDi ownership: A Running report - Page 52 - Team-BHP

Rash001 · 2nd May 2008, 16:12

Hi GeekSrik,

Happy to hear that your car is back.

Jaggu · 2nd May 2008, 19:55

@Rash: enjoy your drive and accelerate and decelerate in a sedate manner and you shall be fine. Check the spare tyre psi also, just in case.

@geek: glad to hear that car is back, how much was the tab at the end?

GeekSrik · 3rd May 2008, 09:12

jaggu

my tab was 1500 bucks. and the actual costs were close to 26000 - mostly all this is for painting works. the door costed 6500+
on a different note, i ve become more sober while driving and i drive now only max upto 90kmph. most times i am between 60-70.
its a different pleasure enjoying this kind of driving. i find i am at total peace with myself. its a lifestyle, and thinking change. but
it works. it soothens the nerves a bit

Srik

menonrajesh · 3rd May 2008, 11:21

That has worked out quite cheap!
Congrats and happy driving

netchef · 3rd May 2008, 12:09

Nothing as sobering as a prang and having to shell out the hard-earned.
Take care, Sir. Drive safe.
And congrats on getting your beloved wheels back fully in the pink.

Jaggu · 3rd May 2008, 12:13

You drive at 60 - 70 lol, i drive at 20 to 50 kmph, even the IRR has become pain, yday night at 10 pm i was crawling back home behind right lane hogger's. 5th gear has become a dream most of the times.

Thad E Ginathom · 3rd May 2008, 17:55

Sobering words, GeekSrik, and a good message.

I'm not a fast driver, in fact probably one of the slower members here, but I can still be aggressive, and retaliatory --- and simply its better not to be. (I'm lecturing myself here).

Randhawa Sa'ab · 9th May 2008, 09:54

Hey all.!!

I got a Brand new Swift VDi. Now i have done 1200 kms on it. Yesterday i was coming back home from Ludhiana. I thought of checking my car's top speed.
Switched off the A/C. Started revving it harder. It pushed Smoothly to 140kph, then a few more seconds for 150kph, kept the accelerator pedal pressed to the floor, and i was doing around 160 after few more ticks on the clock.
Company claimed the top speed of the Swift diesel to be 160. But i didn't lift my foot a cm off the pedal, kept it down to the floor. i was amazed that it was still leaping forward, around 165 on the speedo, then it went past the 170 mark. A big Truck blocking my lane on the Phagwara Bye-pass. Had to slow the car down, or would have gone higher than that.

Was very happy to Get this Beauty (Or the Beast) as You say it.!!

sriturl · 9th May 2008, 11:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Randhawa Sa'ab

Hey all.!!

Was very happy to Get this Beauty (Or the Beast) as You say it.!!

Congratulations...
Hope you read the very long post about "running-in" before pushing it to limits...

Enjoy and drive safe.

2nd May 2008, 16:12	#766 (permalink)
Rash001 Newbie Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Chennai Posts: 20	Hi GeekSrik, Happy to hear that your car is back. __________________ Sometimes in the Winds of Change we find our True Direction

2nd May 2008, 19:55	#767 (permalink)
Jaggu Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,208	@Rash: enjoy your drive and accelerate and decelerate in a sedate manner and you shall be fine. Check the spare tyre psi also, just in case. @geek: glad to hear that car is back, how much was the tab at the end? __________________ The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference. -Calvin

3rd May 2008, 09:12	#768 (permalink)
GeekSrik BHPian Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 800 View My Garage	jaggu my tab was 1500 bucks. and the actual costs were close to 26000 - mostly all this is for painting works. the door costed 6500+ on a different note, i ve become more sober while driving and i drive now only max upto 90kmph. most times i am between 60-70. its a different pleasure enjoying this kind of driving. i find i am at total peace with myself. its a lifestyle, and thinking change. but it works. it soothens the nerves a bit Srik __________________ Sriky Last edited by GeekSrik : 3rd May 2008 at 09:13.

3rd May 2008, 12:13	#771 (permalink)
Jaggu Distinguished - BHPian Join Date: May 2004 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,208	You drive at 60 - 70 lol, i drive at 20 to 50 kmph, even the IRR has become pain, yday night at 10 pm i was crawling back home behind right lane hogger's. 5th gear has become a dream most of the times. __________________ The strength to change what I can, the inability to accept what I can't, and the incapacity to tell the difference. -Calvin

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9th May 2008, 09:54	#773 (permalink)
Randhawa Sa'ab Newbie Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Phuglana Posts: 1	Hey all.!! I got a Brand new Swift VDi. Now i have done 1200 kms on it. Yesterday i was coming back home from Ludhiana. I thought of checking my car's top speed. Switched off the A/C. Started revving it harder. It pushed Smoothly to 140kph, then a few more seconds for 150kph, kept the accelerator pedal pressed to the floor, and i was doing around 160 after few more ticks on the clock. Company claimed the top speed of the Swift diesel to be 160. But i didn't lift my foot a cm off the pedal, kept it down to the floor. i was amazed that it was still leaping forward, around 165 on the speedo, then it went past the 170 mark. A big Truck blocking my lane on the Phagwara Bye-pass. Had to slow the car down, or would have gone higher than that. Was very happy to Get this Beauty (Or the Beast) as You say it.!!