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Originally Posted by vb-san New title is not that difficult because yours is a unique case - Nano and Jazz in one ownership thread. Two suggestions from me
1) Nano, Jazz, and a returned NRI!
2) Ownership review: Tata Nano & Honda Jazz |
I like the thought process. But the term NRI unfortunately has a negative tone to it with a quite a few of us!
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Originally Posted by ajay_satpute "Not Just Jazz By The Bay, Nano rocks too!" |
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Originally Posted by mayankk Nan(o)rJazzer!! Its just keeps going and going and going..........
Btw, saw one comment when i went through the earlier posts.
"youve got the most, AND the least, expensive hatch in the market."
Nice!! |
Great suggestions guys! You are making things more complicated by spoiling me with choices
I guess it will have to be a combination of all the suggestions
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Originally Posted by adimicra COngrats Senior BHPian, Sir
I was feeling a bit low as well y'day morning but now, after revving the IVTEC a couple of times, I am alright and the smiles are back ..wish TBHP didn't have the smiley rule!
As far as redlining is concerned, I dont think it will impact in the long term. Just make sure that the engine is warmed up before you rev it hard and avoid redlining in the 1st gear. |
I guess I speeded up past the 1000 post 'milestone' with Honda reducing the prices and me going ballistic.
Nevertheless, I just calmed down after booking a few flight tickets. Applying the same logic to the airline, they sell different seats at different prices. I didnt complain then, so why should I complain here! So time to move on
I met with an accident on my way to the PNQ airport yesterday around 5am. I turned left at Gunjan theatre chowk, Yerwada and after about 1 km, there are a few breaks in the dividers. At one of these breaks - I am not entirely sure why - there were a few big stones intruding in the lane encircling something.
I was doing around 60 kmph in the rightmost lane and there was a Xylo trying to overtake me from the left. I tried braking as I could not swerve, but ended up hitting one of those stones with my front right tyre. A few varied things I noticed:
- The Jazz flew up a few feet from the right side (if thats possible!) and the tyre was flat almost immediately after landing.
- the front right rim is bent, about 3 inches in from one side.
- The seatbelt tightened on me and held me in place. If not for that, I would have surely been thrown onto the windshield or banged my head against the roof.
- After pulling over, no one stopped despite seeing hazard lights on a stationary car and indications/ hand signals from a couple of helpful passersby. I was the only passenger and I was not hurt, but this could not have been evident to anyone. There could have been other passengers, but no one was bothered. I can now empathise with Dilip Kumar for his 'arey bhaai, koi gaadi roko' line; one which I always laughed at earlier.
- I left the car parked on the roadside as I was returning in the evening. Some family members got the tyre changed later in the day and I picked up the car on my return. Apparently even the RTO chaps charged something; the road was meant to be empty as some VIP was supposed to cross that area yesterday. I am not sure how or why that impacts parking areas anywhere.
- Rickshaw guys make a killing there. They charged me 100 bucks oneway to the airport for what is essentially a 2 or 3 km ride.
- I cannot rely on/ trust Indian road surfaces even if visibility is good. Early mornings are never good visibility conditions, but though the road was well lit, I could never have seen those stones. I wonder why people place stones on roads.
Another tyre (rear right) had a few punctures that I noticed when I was returning home late yesterday around 11pm. Thankfully there were a couple of puncture tapri guys at Gunjan theatre chowk whom I got it fixed from. Apparently they are there till around midnight/ 1230ish.
All said and done, quite a bad day for the tyres. While there is no noticeable change in the drive, I am totally irritated with all the punctures and intend to switch the set to Michelin XM1+ and alloys later (same size 175/65 R15 unless anyone is able to convince me that another size is better)
N Mehta quoted me 4800 per tyre while Lokmanya Auto has quoted me 4850 per tyre. As I have two similar quotes, I presumed the amounts to be fair. Is there any haggling that I can do for this or have tyre prices gone up by so much in the last couple of years (someone on ajay's ownership thread mentioned buying XM1 for 2700 a piece in 2009).
I appreciate any tips you can provide for this. Any recommendations on where to look for alloys in Pune apart from these two places?