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Originally Posted by manish_symc Drive the best car if you have budget. Man!!, life is too short.
I love Safari but right now I do not have budget for it so most probably, I will go for Palio 1.3MJD because of Palio's ride quality. Enjoy the life. |
Wish I could say "Yes" to what you have written, But I have a few points to think about
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1) I should be able to technicaally/financially convince my wife why I am going for the car that I finalize on.
2) I have to pay some EMI's so, dont want to burn another huge hole in my pocket, right now the idea is to learn 4 wheeler driving in city and to familiarize myself with the nitty-gritties of 4 wheeler driving. (I will definitley put a post of this once I have a good enough list of pointers)
Thanks for the suggestion anyway. P.S: I would love to drive a Safari too, especially the older one, not Dicor! Looks cool man!
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Originally Posted by sathya_j2084 go for any car belonging to maruthi or hyundai stable,chevy is also good but dnt knw much abt their after sales compared to hyundai/maruthi.All cars are good and have their own plus and minus(remember there is nothing ideal on this universe!!).Go ahead and enjoy your new car!!! |
I completely agree with you! The more I researched on cars, the clearer the fact was to me that every car has some pros and cons. The idea would be to decide what pros one is looking for and what cons one can live with!
And yes, my hunch is I will end up with a Maruti car
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Originally Posted by bkm I don't understand with a price difference of 30k or so how Alto is finding favor . Spark any day is much better car technologically with much better comfort and more spacious also. i10 is costlier by about 80K over spark if you want to have power steering. go and ask people who are owning spark , TD yourself and then decide. |
I think the reason Alto is finding favor is not just the cost, but:
1) MARUTI: Makes a big difference, BRAND NAME for reliability and easy maintenance.
2) Highest mileage in class. Low running cost.
3) Good resale value (in fact a little more than it should be)
4) Even if I read one article about one spark having some issues, it can put a black mark against sparky in mind, not the case with Maruti.
Personally, I was smitten for Sparky for quite some time
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Originally Posted by blue_pulsar Actually I was not entirely new to driving. I used to drive my dad's Zen "ONLY" on 4-lane NH4. I was of course very shaky and not used to Bangalore driving at all. Then I decided that I should learn city driving. I bought a 4-year old M-800, used it for 11 months. Fortunately, with very careful and alert driving, I got only 1 scratch on it. But when I test drove the Swift, I immediately felt lot more comfortable. Yes, it took couple of days to get adjusted to the bigger size. Till that point of time, I had honed my city driving skills. But had I got that one single scratch on my Swift, it would hurt me badly |
Hope I have a similar experience, drive a used car for a couple of years, and then buy a new one and manage not to have any scratches on it!
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Originally Posted by carCrazy25 I would any day pick the santro/i10 for it's ease to drive in city traffic, and cheap maintenance.
I havent driven the i10, but santro is a really good car for city driving.
Hyundai after sales service is top notch, from wat my frnds have told. |
Thanks mate... may be i will buy it as my second car once I am comfortable driving a 4 wheeler. ( I would hate to see a scratch on a new i10)
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Originally Posted by druva I hope you have seen the Advice section. Particularly this excellent thread on New vs Used car http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/buying...-used-car.html
If you think your financial situation changes significantly within 3 years then go for used car.. (like income doubling/ trebling)... otherwise we get pretty used to the cars we hold and continue on it...
I have been wanting to upgrade my car for past 1 year.. have not done so. In USA - i bought used cars and in India i bought new car. Reasons:
a) Finance constraints in US - IT comps pay only so much
b) Used market is mature in US
c) Smell/ Pride of new car is irresistible!
d) its been a dream to own a new car! |
I am hoping my financial situation changes drastically
[FONT=Arial]Here’s an experience I want to share with all BHPians, especially the newBies and the one’s looking for a used car. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]I searched for used cars in CarWale.com (no doubt a good site to give information on “used car value”, “new car on-road price”, “research in new cars”, “comparison between cars” etc). I found an Indica V2 DLS 2002 model driven for 56K Kms for 2 Lakhs. The value as per CarWale was 1.9 Lakhs. I called up the seller and asked why it is priced higher than the carWale recommended price. He informed that since he had all 4 new tubeless tyres, new battery, new seat covers and an Sony X-plod music system. I was convinced. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Since I am a novice to the world of 4-wheelers, forget about inspecting a car for value, I would not be able to start and test drive on all gears! So, I took along with me a good trusted friend who has very good experience in driving and cars and now owns a fleet of cars (a travel company). He was a blessing in disguise I learnt in just 5 mins after reaching the sellers place. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]I assumed that the seller would be a fair person as the seller was staying in Purva Fairmont in HSR (A pretty prestigious place to stay in), my guess was that someone who could afford to stay there might not lie for petty money. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]We went to Purva Fairmont, called up the seller and the seller took us to the basement where the car was parked. Initially he did not even trust my friend could drive and offered to take the vehicle out of parking himself. Once we were out in the sun, the first thing my friend noticed was one side on the front had a better shine, meaning it was probably dented and repaired. I could not make this out (one needs a fair bit of experience to find this out) however, after my friend mentioned I could at least make out that one of the light cover (or whatever it is called) was new, the other was old. So, definitely there was some repair work (may be a minor accident or a major one) which the seller was trying to hide. FIRST NEGATIVE POINT[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Then my friend opened the boot (dikki) and observed the edges of the boot cover and he could make out that it had also undergone some kind of tinkering/repair work.!! To a novice like me it looked perfectly fine. SECOND NEGATIVE POINT.[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]My friend then went to the front and opened the bonnet, opened a few knobs and checked something and also removed a stick which shows the oil level. He touched the oil on that and found that it was black and had not been changed for quite some time.(From the previous posts in many sites, I have understood that the engine oil in Diesel cars should be changed every 5K Kms to have a good life). When my friend mentioned that it was not changed, the seller said that since he uses it rarely he has not changed the oil. My fiend replied immediately that “No, It has run more than the recommended Kms for oil change, it has become dirty!!). Then the seller agreed THIRD NEGATIVE POINT. How on earth would I know I have to check all this, unless I had taken someone who is thorough in all these things!!![/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Then we sat in the car and drove. Remember that I have done only 8 Hrs of driving in the driving school and have never crossed the 3rd gear (which was very occasional when the driving instructor was in good mood!). So, most of the things my friend did after things were out of my comprehension, but let me try to describe! He started the vehicle, left it in idling (on neutral) for some time and tried to feel something, then slightly pushed on the accelerator (on neutral) and again tried to feel something. Then went on from 1st to 5th gears one after the other. “Since HSR has broad straight roads it was easy to drive and test all 5 gears” I commented to my friend, trying to sound intelligent, he replied, but we need bad roads to test the suspension
. We did manage to find a rough patch of road after some guidance from the seller. He felt the suspension. After the test drive, he got down of the vehicle and told that the clutch was not in good condition! By now the seller had realized that my friend was quite an expert and tried not to hide many things. He informed that there was some problem with the clutch and had replaced a lot of the parts from the clutch assembly some time back at Prerana. My friend looked at the bill and was even more upset, saying “the clutch assembly was almost replaced just 5K kms back and it is spoilt already!! FOURTH NEGATIVE POINT[/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]The most shocking of all was the revelation was that this was a inter-state vehicle with original registration in Gujarat and then re-registered in Bangalore, but the seller conveniently neglected to tell this when I had called. By now, I had lost all faith in the seller. The Engine was however in good condition. My friend said we could pay at most 1.7 Lakhs for this, but avoid it, we can get better cars. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]Phew! What an experience for the first car I went to see!!! [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]I wonder what I would have done if I did not take an expert friend along with me!!! I would have bought this car and would have thought I got a bargain until I would have started facing the problem. [/FONT]
[FONT=Arial]A MESSAGE TO ALL THOSE WHO ARE LOOKING TO BUY A USED CAR. GET IT THOROUGHLY INSPECTED BY A RELAIBLE (PREFREABLE KNOWN EXPERT)!!! I would have committed a big mistake but for this. [/FONT]