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Originally Posted by sandev Local NoMad Mats ![Wink](https://www.team-bhp.com/forum/images/smilies/wink.png) - Rs 1800 (For all Rows. 3M NoMad Mats was costing me around Rs 5k for First and Second row.) Coming weekend I may need to give proper cut to the matting so it fits perfect on corners. |
Vow, good mats. They look like original 3M Nomad mats. On the day I brought the car home, I fitted the 3M Nomad mats from the local 3M outlet and it costed me 6.5K (@ Rs250/- psqft) and the total area was about 25 sqft.
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Originally Posted by raj_5004 Overall, I may never buy the TUV (I still cannot digest the way it looks from front) but I will not mind recommending this car to someone who needs a 5+2 seater on a strict budget. This one is leagues better than the Bolero, Enjoy and Sumo Grande. |
Liked your short review raj. Looks are subjective, it is either hate it or love it as Tushar has mentioned in his review. The cars that you have mentioned above Bolero, Enjoy and Sumo Grande were never in my contention, not sure about other TUV owners here. They are too utilitarian. I however did consider other UVs, viz Ertiga, Mobilio, Lodgy, Scorpio and XUV. Innova was out of contention due to the very high premium it commands and the completely new Innova round the corner.
I striked off Ertiga, Mobilio, Lodgy because all these are front wheel drive cars. I came very close to finalizing the Ertiga, but the uncertainty over the SHVS launch put me off. Mobilio and Lodgy were priced really very high compared to what they have to offer. Scorpio top end for 14.5 lacs on road and XUV W6 about 16 lacs were also way above my budget. Moreover the Scorpio and XUV were a very very tight fit in my apartment parking. The TUV offered me all that I wanted and within a very reasonable budget. It offered me:
- A RWD (rear wheel drive) car
- Comfortable seating for my family of 4 (adults)+2(kids) . Additional one or two folks can also be accommodated without much issue
- A very rugged ladder/frame construction, which can take abuse and bad roads with ease
- Commanding seating position giving good view of road and I can see over the top of other cars. High beams of oncoming vehicles don't blind me on highways
- Good ground clearance, gone are the days worrying about speedbreakers and pot holes
All the above attributes with necessary safety features (twin airbags, ABS/ EBD) offered in the top end variant under a budget of 10 under lacs on road was too attractive a proposition for me to resist. Hence despite some of its shortcomings like 3 cylinder engine, unproven track record, initial teething niggles I took the jump.
My initial ownership review will be out over this week end. You can then get a better perspective from an owner.
Edit: Mods please merge this post with the above one. Since it was out of the 30 mins window, I could not append it to the above post.
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Originally Posted by silverknight Received a call from customer care manager at 10pm that tyey found the problem and fixed it. Fuel delivery module was faulty due to which engine lost power. I asked why did AMT did not downshift or at least explain if failure of fuel delivery module could have caused AMT from not downshifting. I didn't get a direct answer for it and he said they ran various diagnostic and AMT is absolutely fine. Tomorrow I will discussc this further with him. |
Sometime back I talked to silverknight and got this update from him (silverknight, hope you don't mind it me sharing here on your behalf
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). The customer care exec called him and informed him that his car was ready and he can come to pick it. When silvernight told him that he needs the detailed report about why this has happened and what was done to rectify it and prevent it happening in future, he did not get an appropriate response. So silverknight has decided to visit the workshop tomorrow morning and talk to the service manager there. The customer care exec seems to be averse of the ground realities. Maybe once silverknight visits the workshop tomorrow we can get further updates from him.