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Originally Posted by bblost As a Sail'er to another Sail'er. Wishing you a many happy miles on this very underrated but supremely capable car. |
Thanks BBlost... your thread helped me a lot while moving from the Beat-D to Sail-UVA. This really is a very understated/rated car.
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Originally Posted by a4anurag Congratulations for getting yourself a very understated car. My BIL too has the same car with the same colour. |
thanks...
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Regarding the maintenance schedule, it is good to see 15K as the service interval as opposed to 10K for the Swift/Ritz DDiS. Preventive maintenance would be just inspecting things rather than changing parts IIRC?
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I really hope so. There are few rattles thanks to local ICE job, and few underbody scrapes that needs to be checked with the car up on a hoist.
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Originally Posted by gsurya Great detailed write-up, as a proud happy owner of a Chevy glad to see more people buying one.
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Question - how is the NVH level in cabin - I might have missed that in your write-up. |
Thanks. Crossed 600ish Kms and slowly getting used to throwing car without any thought over bad roads and rural pathways - I am more than surprised that even the 'acceptable' "THUMP" of the strut in a swift/similar hatch is missing. No hissing noise found on hyundais when the shockers open and closeup. The NVH really is something! (Disclaimer - squeaks thanks to local ICE job is irritating, needs to be addressed in 1st service)
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Originally Posted by swiftnfurious Looking at the first pic, I thought for a moment that you messed up the name. Then reminded myself that bhp'ians don't do such mistakes! |
lol thanks...
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Originally Posted by rnidumolu Congrats on your new possession. As I also own a SAIL U-VA TCDI, we can share our experiences.
Also I am interested to hear more on your comment "had to resort to OBD2 bluetooth port + Andriod App (more on that later)" |
You do?!
where is your thread? Please share your experiences so far (here, in brief - months, kms, service experience, expenses, etc?)
(See below for OBD2)
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Originally Posted by joe_antony Congrats on the purchase, it looks like a very nicely put together package. Please add more interior pictures and also share details on interior space and comfort. |
It really is well put together. Thanks... I will add interior pics with the so-called "25" storage places provided. Few a useful - many not quite!
I addition to the 1-liter Maaza Bottle - A 1-liter Tupperware Bottle cannot fit into any of the bottle holders. Its strictly for the cola-pepsi half liter and 1-liter mineral water bottles looks like.
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Originally Posted by turbodude Congratulations ....Boot space looks huge and I am sure that its more than swift dzire (new version). ... |
Thanks! I am somehow convinced the boot is smaller than competition. Last week I had to use the car like a goods-carrier and Only if you put down the 60:40 rear seats, the storage goes up like mad!
PS - to accomodate the rear seats down (thanks to the large rear integrated headrests) the front seats go ahead so much so that my knees hurt - what a silly point to overlook. A 5'10" guy and above Driver CANNOT be comfortable if the rear seat is folded down behind the driver side seat.
A removable rear-headrest is a must for this problem!
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Originally Posted by ghodlur ...The car is a spacious hatch and was my first choice till I TD the Punto. My folks were keen to get the car home but I decided otherwise. |
I agree the punto is a far better car than any chevy, but sadly there are no sales points/service points where I live and my #1 buying/deciding point was both should be in same town where I live.
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Can you please share what bargaining tactics did you use to get the price down by almost a lakh rupees. I could also see a GPS unit in a couple of pics sitting behind the steering wheel, any info?
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1) Lol, nothing, these things dont sell! And once you know there is a car sitting in the showroom display for 3-4 months, that too a limited edition one, its easy to bargain it off their hands. As such there was a 15K cash discount for that month, another 15K was arranged thru a exchange bonus (make-do), the last 30K discount was to shove the car out of their showroom display area. (Also remember they already had a customer in me on the beat - I had booked it already, so sort of a loyalty for 2 days helped in upselling).
2) Its not a GPS - its the digital display for the reverse parking sensor, helpful for people who are new to driving, but for me only the beeper is enough. The LCD is silly with too much calculator font information and waves (small to medium to large!).