It has been seven months and over 14 thousand kilometres living with this incredible machine. A head turner in every way, considering the fact that most people on the road, even after 4 years of its launch don’t know that a car named Cedia exist. So obviously when they see a pristine white on the road, they tend to wonder which car exactly is this.
During these seven months, I have taken her to Amritsar, Ludhiana, Chandigarh and Shimla. I have hit a maximum of 190kms on panipat toll.
I have driven it hard on good roads such as Delhi-Gurgaon highway (shuu..even though I have cedia, travelling to Sohna Road from west delhi every day is a menace), Shanti path, and areas around chanakya puri. I have also tested the suspension on a few bad patched roads. The suspension set up is amazing, you may fell it to be a bit bumpy on uneven roads but increase the speed and you will start enjoying, the car is very stable unlike other cars which throw you around on uneven surface. But for maintaining the suspension setup, I try to go as slow as possible on bad roads, sometimes with even a rickshaw overtaking me. I know the car’s suspension gives me an advantage to be the fastest among all on bad roads but what’s the point abusing it. All in all, the car has never let me down.
Last week, I got my Cedia serviced at Asian Motors. It was 36.2k kms on the clock, and was time for 40k service. Last service was done at 26.4k kms. The service including anti rust quoting which I opted for, costed me Rs. 10,955/-
Engine Plushing- 506.66
Oil Filter- 126.21
Ail Filter- 304.88
Fuel system clean- 2000
Brake oil- 213.33
Power steering oil- 316.66
Anti Rust Coating- 2,666.99 (after discount of 833.45)
Engine Oil- 623.81
Spark Plug- 984.85
Coolant- 493.3
Labour- 1,500
Parts total- 8,236.7
Service Tax- 154.5
Vat on parts- 823.7
Vat on oil and lubricants- 239.38 Grand total: 10,955
I also got the wind shield changed, which costed around Rs12k. Got insurance claim and had to pay around 1k, I believe file charges.
I also extended the warranty for 1 year (that’s max one can extend) in October 2009, for which I had to pay Rs7.5k.
Some niggling issues such as slight rattle in dash board which comes from beyond the glove box, and screeching noise from driver seat beat have been addressed a few times by the service center but they again come back in couple of weeks. I believe the only way to ignore them is to listen to the music at decent volume.
Rest it is a pleasure driving this car and also sometimes smoking other cars. The car still looks pristine from outside, as I have been able manage well to avoid stratches. Will post pics in the evening.
Last edited by gaurav_chopra04 : 12th December 2009 at 12:13.
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