'99 Maruti Zen - Ownership Review

devrajman · 25th February 2013, 15:55

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Originally Posted by Zenster99

Congratulations - here's to a safe and enjoyable next 100000!

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Originally Posted by saket77

Fantastic Man! 'Historical' Moment for you & your car. Wish you many such feat in future too. Its a pre-2000 era Zen I guess. Why not now put up a long ownership report for your car...will be great.

Best regards,
Saket

Thanks a lot guys! Even after touching 1Lac Kms its so smooth and peppy. Also in last service i got the pressured checked on cylinders and they are very much in good limits! In last 4yrs of my ownership it has hardly given me any expense. Awesome Machine!

khoj · 24th March 2013, 17:17

Congratulations devrajman. Look after the Zen and she will easily show you a clean slate again and yet again.

I had a 1996 Zen that had 168000 kms on the odometer, when she was stolen last year.

This car is built to last and to be driven. Enjoy & drive safe.

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Originally Posted by devrajman

This what happened yesterday!

Feels like start of new relationship...

norhog · 27th May 2013, 03:22

Hi all, I have a 1997 carb zen done 135000 Km. The right side (driver side as in india) drive shaft rubber boot near the wheels cracks open on an average 1.5 years. The other side never does. Do you guys face a similar problem???
I get the boot replaced, after cleaning and applying fresh grease to the CV joint components for that side only. All works well no noise etc.

saket77 · 31st May 2013, 13:53

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Originally Posted by khoj

Congratulations devrajman. Look after the Zen and she will easily show you a clean slate again and yet again.

I had a 1996 Zen that had 168000 kms on the odometer, when she was stolen last year.

This car is built to last and to be driven. Enjoy & drive safe.

Makes me always wonder that why did Maruti had to stop its production? I see a lot of takers of the old Zen even now. Precisely, its a 20 year old design but still looks ageless. IMO, Maruti should seriously contemplate reviving the MH410...but only without making it ugly in order to compete against new tall boys. Remember Maruti's adventure of Zen Classic?

However, on the other hand, with the current stuff that the guys are smoking like their launch of useless limited editions, Feliz (Ertiga), Estilofying, etc. its better to leave the car as it is- A Classic Cult!

vasanthn21 · 31st May 2013, 15:58

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Originally Posted by devrajman

This what happened yesterday!

Feels like start of new relationship...

Thanks for this pic. I am aiming for this now, another 30K kms to go.

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