Hi Team,
Review about my Innova G3 Blue Petrol!
Please visit
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/375926-post56.html
to read why I picked up Innova.
Why Petrol: I roam a lot but average yearly travel distance is around 14,000Km maximum so Petrol makes lot of sense not bothered about resale value. I felt brand new Innova is overpirced so searched for used Innova for months and decided to buy this blue one in November 2006 although this color is closed dark colors look great with Innova!
I purchased Innova in last week of november 2006, and car had clocked 8400km, within a week done with 1st service. I had noticed while buying this car jack is missing. so I have baught that during 1st service.
1st Service bill -> RS 5300/- (Jack (aprox rs. 2900), mud flaps (rs. 400), Oil change and 5 tyre rotation/balancing/alignment(aprox. rs. 2000 ) )
Accessories : After 1st service made a list of accessories I need and did some enquiry and here is the list and price:
Rear bumper -> 2200/-
Antena -> 375/-
Fog Lamps -> 4800/-
Rear Spoiler -> 4200/-
Foot Steps -> 5600/-
Biege color cotton Seat Covers -> 3200/- soon might buy pink/orange too
Cooling Paper -> 3200/-
JVC MP3 Player Remote -> 600/-
Big Sticker -> 1900/-
Extra Foot Mats -> 600/-
Deoderant -> 250/-
Glass Cleaner (Vista): 60 rs.
Total cost for the car, Accessories, 1st service has come nearly 7 lacs.
I have baught quality accessories since I know few good accessories shops in bangalore. Now this car looks awesome, my driver cleans and washes it very well regularly. Once in a month he clean interiors with amway shampoo/brush/vacuum cleaner. All members in my family liked this car very well. Its easy to drive even in congested traffic as well. It has great pick up no need to down shift too much. We travelled on highways between Bangalore - kokre bellur, bangalore - chitradurga - sirsi - ankola, also driven this in western ghats/hilly areas. I can see toyota seems to be understanding roads world wide. Even with full load car has great pick up and comfort.
Tyre pressure: 35psi rear, 34psi front when driven just 1km.
Fuel Economy: 7.5 to 8kmpl in bangalore city use based on if AC is off/on, 10.5 to 11kmpl on highway with AC off/on. So far always filled full tank, from here ownards decided to fill only till auto cutoff.
+ve points: Great refinement, quality every where, door close/open so sweet, very nice suspension, sedan type driving pleasure even in congested traffic, great highway cruiser, aerodynamic, very much spacious, good boot too, can fit many accessories so customize it to look nice and many more +ve points just can't type everything.
-ve points: One can't find any thing wrong with toyota Cars. few issues I noticed After driving in bad roads window glasses vibration sound, if driven in bad roads forsometime suspension needs checking and bringing
into show room conditions for every 3000KM I feel. Its common in every car but I feel Safari scores better in ride comfort/suspension among all indian cars for bad roads. few guys reported battery issues with Innova.
Few reported tyre issues I don't have any such issues so far. Performance not like Safari nor Scorpio in hill areas I feel Innova ask for 1st gear sometimes. I feel toyota has not done enough testing for indian roads
mainly for sharp curves and steep hill roads. But all these aspects nothing major. Maruti is very very talented in giving much needed few feayures like OVRM/electirc mirrors.. but Innova comes with mannually adjustable
mirrors except for top end model. No foot rest next to clutch. there are such minor missing things but nothing major.
So far in 3 months I traveled around 3000KM out of which 50% city use.
No modfications done so far wrt filter etc.. I may try K and N air filter in 1 year down the line.
In begining Fuel Bunk guys never agree when I ask for Petrol, they double check to make sure its Petrol. Now anyway they are used to it after I visited more than once!
So far I have filled fuel only n 4 places -> Shell Mysore road(4 times), HP near davangere (only once... 25ltr petrol), BP Nagarbhavi (5 times) and BP Near Gokarna cross (3 times) on NH17.
Please visit my photo gallery to see the pictures of the car!
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/indiancarpicture-602.html
I will add more pictures soon.
Over all I am satisfied with this car. Innova is one car which gives everything what owner expects!
Best Regards,
Ravi.
PS Any suggestions welcome I can answer/add more details to it. Sorry for the TYPO guys I am in a hurry to write this review.