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Originally Posted by swiftnfurious Well, I would love to know how would it perform under cornering & also comfort on undulated road sections? |
Jalsa777 has touched upon this above. For more info, do check the main / petrol review. Everything about ride and handling is pretty much identical.
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Originally Posted by swiftnfurious From the bonnet pics, I don't see any carpeting at all! Is the motor supremely refined?! Guess a tyre upgrade would take care of the road noise? |
Surprising right? Not sure how much damping there is on the firewall etc, but i was surprised too.
Tyre upgrade might help a little, but like jalsa777 said, i think its the lack of damping in th wheel wells etc thats letting this noise come through. Though its really not a deal-breaker.
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Originally Posted by SDP I believe, Nissan created the confusion themselves by staging the petrol variants in competition with the Manza/Dezire/Etios (C1) and then positioning the diesels in direct competition to Rapide/Vento/Verna etc (C2). |
Well, they came in with killer pricing on the petrol, and average pricing on the diesel. Can't blame them!
Another interesting point was raised in the earlier thread (where a lot of people felt the diesel was overpriced) >
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Originally Posted by prakash_ajp Looking at other cars in the market, I see the average difference between a petrol and diesel cars to be around 80K to 1.2 lakh - I am talking about a comparison between similar make/model and variant. I think Nissan would have definitely considered before pricing the car. Considering that an unstated standard, and If the petrol car is priced well, how can one say that diesel is overpriced? |
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Originally Posted by drmohitg Last but not the Least: Having driven it properly, what would you advice me? You know my dilemma I guess. Should I go for the Vento HL or the Sunny XL? |
Haven't read your whole thread, but i think you've decided Vento right? Stick with that if you will be doing the driving.
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Originally Posted by sumeshmani 1. The suspension must have changed to handle the heavier diesel engine. How has that changed the handling over bad roads and under cornering?
2. How is the steering feedback? |
The suspension has probably been tweaked a bit for the heavier motor, but theres virtually no change in the handling and ride that we reported on in the petrol test drive. Same for the steering.
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Originally Posted by AbhiJ 1) Which one would you rather drive everyday in the city : Sunny or Vento ? |
For self-drive, i'd pick the Vento.
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Originally Posted by AbhiJ 2) Which one has the better ride: Sunny or Vento ? |
Sorry, haven't spent enough time in the back of a Vento.
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Originally Posted by nottobesaid My concern is which one is hassel free as I don't want to go to service stations for niggling issues. Also I heard that Vento D needs engine oil top-up??
My problem is that the car will be driven by driver, most of the time. |
... Pretty much everything your saying points to the Sunny no?
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Originally Posted by kkg It seems that Nissan hasn't improved/worked upon on these for Sunny. |
True. I thought
atleast the gearbox or brakes would be improved, but sadly not.
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Originally Posted by SedatedDrive Could you please add an inside shot of the rear seat? |
The full interior review with tons of pictures is here :
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Originally Posted by hyd_traveller Now I know why the dealer at Secunderabad refused a TD to me. |
The road noise is hardly such a deal breaker that he wouldn't give you a highway test drive! He probably had other concerns.
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Originally Posted by deetjohn Won't this help a lot while traversing all those unscientific speed-breakers? No need to shift down to 1st or lug the engine in 2nd to cross them. It will run like an AT with all that torque and the short cog. |
Yep. This is what makes 2nd gear worthy at even such slow speeds. What we were pointing out was the disparity between 2nd and 3rd.
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Originally Posted by F150 And what were we trying by testing these speeds during our review, was it done to test the top speed ? |
It was done to give a real-world indication of the difference between the gear ratios.
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Originally Posted by theMAG 1. To have bumped power up by 20bhp for essentially the same engine, do we know what has been tweaked? |
I could guess, but there was no mention as to exactly what was done.
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Originally Posted by theMAG 2. Roughly at what RPM does the turbo kick in? |
1800 - 2100 RPM it spins up.
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Originally Posted by theMAG 3. Does 5th gear feel short- since the TD observations suggest this car has been optimized for city driving ? |
5th gear, nope. In fact the gearing doesn't seem short. Its just that in comparison to 2nd gear, 3rd seems quite tall.
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