Hello Team-BHP! Hello Everyone.
I am a IT Engineer (Nerd), who graduated in Computer Science, but has surprisingly been interested in Mechanical Machines as well. I live in a 'Cloud-burst' prone city which is often referred to as the Financial Capital of our mis-treated Country and I work with one of the top and possibly the most people friendly IT organization in the Country. Generically I am also known as an HCL-ite. In archaeological terms, I am on the absolutely right side of 30.
I started off with a Bike (TVS Fiero) & reached a state where I understood its workings, components, fittings etc. After several years of a comfortable ride, I met with a two-wheeler accident that left me with a fracture in my foot. This prompted my first purchase of a four wheeler, and I haven't looked back ever since.
My first four wheeler was a Maruti 800, which I used for about 3 years. It was a very satisfying vehicle, requiring very low maintenance, and these 3 years were very much hassle free. A theft in the car (The 800 could be opened very easily with a wire), led us to upgrade to another car. Around the same time, my parents had a road accident (Outside India) where the key factors for their safety was the Airbags in the vehicle.
We got ourselves a Swift ZXi in exchange. I perused this very same Forum, went through ownership reviews, feature lists, compared purchase costs and running costs of various vehicles, and finally decided that Maruti was the way to go. A very small plus was the fact that the Swift was then (and is still) one of the best self driven Hatchbacks. Another 3.5 years of a comfortable ride passed, and with a growing family, a Hatchback was now low on space. Outstation trips started increasing in frequency and over the last one year we were on the look for a decent yet largish family vehicle.
It was the 1st of April this year, and we landed up at our regular Maruti showroom to book a Swift Desire ZDi (I know it sounds weird, but we had some solid logic behind this) and the Ertiga had just been launched. I was carrying some money to book the car. Fortunately for us, the showroom had a vehicle on display, everyone liked it immediately, and we ended the day booking a Ertiga ZDi (Charcoal Gray). Delivery was slow, to be polite, and I received the vehicle in the end of August. So far I have done approx 3500 kms in the Ertiga, and it has been a pleasant experience.
I plan on adding my thread on this forum, around the small projects I am undertaking (Scotchgard-ing the car at present) to enhance my experience around the Ertiga, and if there is any need, I may create an ownership review as well for the benefit of the numerous readers and guests.
My technical skills around vehicles is not very accurate or by-the-book, but if you would like to ask me any queries around these two cars, do go ahead.
Thank you for reading this post and have a great day! |