Hi,
I am planning to buy a car around 5 lkh , and after my r&d I have following comments about various models
Getz -> Bad resell value
1.1 -> good car bad engine very pricy
1.3 -> very good car but out of budget
Aveo -> Bad looks
-> don’t know the resell value
-> don’t know about the service and availability of spar parts after 3 4 yrs , and in remote areas
Swift -> Bad Boot space
Petrol -> less price , good performance , low milage
Diesel -> pricy , Toque is WOW!!, high waiting period
Now my requirements
Running -> around 1000km per month on 60 % city and 40 % highway
Resell -> not planning to sell the car for atlest 5 years
No of persons in my family -> 3 persons , once in 6 months I travel with my 5 ppl in the car
Though my budget is 5 lkh max , I am thinking about buying swift diesel vdi which goes around 5.75 on road on pune(with deck and other things)
The reasons that thought was
1)I think the Diesel will have more resell value than petrol , and it’s better to put more money in car price than in petrol price
2)I assumed the worst case scenario for mileage so petrol swift -> 10 km/ltr and diesel swift -> 15 lm/ltr . The VDI –VXI = 68k ( neglecting discounts on petrol )
So it will take approx 35 k driving of VDI so that Money for VDI becomes = to VXI. If I sell the car after 5 years I will still be saving on fuel + get more money for VDI than the VXI
3)The torque is WOW than petrol
4)I heard that the diesel suspension is better than petrol(BSM) ( Is this true ? )
5)I also heard that VDI has body color mirrors , door handles , tubeless tires which are not present in VXI
But all my R&D can be wrong as I am not expert in this Area.
Can the expert BHP members can help me here ? Is there anything that I am missing or forgetting .
( One last point , My wife will be also driving this car for say 50 % of the time.)
Can you help me taking a decision
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