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A basic question. Other than remote lock and unlock what is the extra function the flip key offers over the other key?

You get headlamp on button to identify the car is dark parking lots

The 'other' key given by Tata does not have a remote lock/unlock as well. It is a manual key!

More questions: :)
1. Has anybody taken the gold AMC for Tiago? I am planning to go for extended warranty for sure but uncertain about the Gold AMC. Is it worth?

2. Another question is on seat covers. Are the seat covers from Tata dealership good (in price range 7K to 9K) or I should go out and get better ones?

3. For my Santro I had visited Trend in HSR layout, Bangalore wherein they will cut open the seats and use the wire to seal the new covers in order to give you the bucket appearance as original. Please note their covers are permanent and cannot be removed. But I do not wish to have any cuts and simply need to cover the seats with some water resistant good looking covers. Any suggestions here?

1. I have taken both Gold AMC and Extended warranty. Gold AMC covers all the servicing cost for 2 years including car pickup/drop charges to service center. My Tiago completed 1 year last month and I can vouch, I did not pay a penny so far. About extended warranty, it covers from 3rd till 5th year i believe. ( Don't remember exactly though).

2. Seat cover for Tiago wasn't available at the dealership or service center for close to 1 year. Whatever design option I was offered, somehow I did not feel like paying 8K for it. Hence, I ordered it from outside. Cost me close to 6.5K.
Mine is a red car, so I ordered Black with red patterns. It looks far better than the dealership one any day.

Hi guy's, anyone wondered why Tiago does not have a gearshift locker or gated shifter like in other car's such as the Wagon R and Santro ?

It seems like a serious safety hazzard, because I was checking after few of my subscribers were asking me what would happen if someone accidentally hit's the gearbox while the car is in motion which is highly likely to happen if you have any kid sitting in the passenger side.

So after my tests here are the results.

1) Engaging reverse while the car is moving forward. The car keeps moving as normal after an audible chime and you have control of the engine.

2) Engaging Neutral while the car is moving forward. The car shifts to neutral and you loose control of the engine.

The neutral shift is what I am worried about. Don't you guy's think TATA should do something to avoid a potential road mishap because of this ?

For those who want to watch the video test that I did can check out the below link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RxCk0_Lesc

One question on this. How much one needs to pay for first two years without gold AMC vs with gold AMC? If the cost of paying gold AMC amount is more that one needs to pay for some of the minor amounts (oil change etc.) during free services then is it worth?
I am asking this question since I had taken similar AMC for my Ertiga for two years. It was some 8K but I realized that the real expenses that were billed were of the order of 3-4K during first two years. I ended up paying 8K for AMC which was way too much than real expenses of 4K. So one way we are over paying considering if something happens the AMC will cover for us. But what is the probability of "something" to happen? Again the AMC for Maruti was not valid in other service centers outside Bangalore, which was another knock on my face. Ultimately I wasted big money in this AMC business. Does Tata gold AMC hold good across India?
Extended warranty does make sense to have.

Before opting for AMC, I had a discussion with few customers in service center about the service bills for paid servicing.
For 1st year, the 3 free service bills are nominal which includes consumables in the range of few hundreds.
Few said the bill comes close to 3-4K per paid service.
Till second year there are 2 paid service which should arrive at 6-7K approx total.
Also, for 5 pickup services (for 3 free + 2 paid servicing) @ 250/300 per drop comes close to 1250-1500 approx.
Total comes to 8.5K-9K approx, which is close to the AMC I paid.

Don't know about Santro or Wagon R but most AMT's including my Dzire AGS don't have a Gear lock. However, you can't shift from A/D to N or R without pressing the brake pedal. So, the brake pedal acts as the safety mechanism. Only the change between A/D to M is possible without braking.

I have driven the Tiago but didn't try the moves you mentioned. I believe the same mechanism would be there. May be someone who owns a Tiago AMT can clarifyplease:

So the question still remains valid. Is it worth to go for it or just go for extended warranty?
I am of the opinion to go to for extended warranty only based on your post and the experience I had with Ertiga earlier. I think the AMC money can be spent on good seat covers instead :)

Go only for the extended warranty. I don't think AMC pays off if you don't drive too much. I took just Extended warranty since I'll be driving less than 10K yearly.

There is no safety mechanism for Neutral in Tiago for sure that is what surprised me. It's only there for the reverse gear.

Got the Chassis number for booked Tiago NRG today and after decoding found it to be February 2019 car (Booked in April). I am about to have a look at the car tomorrow for PDI before registration. I have made the payment and went for B2B insurance plus extended warranty. I did not go for gold AMC.

My Tiago XZA is due for first service in 2 weeks. Going by the best practice suggested in many posts on TBHP, I am planning to get the engine oil as well as the oil filter replaced.

Let me know if any of the fellow tiago owners have got it done and also how much it costed.

I got the oil and filter changed during the first service which was due after 2 months, car had run for only 1000+ kms and the service advisor didn't agree to changing the oil as expected but on my insistence they did. I am attaching 2 screenshots from the TMSC app listing the first service details



Costed 1451 including taxes


In hindsight i think i could have extended the first oil change till the second service which is after 6 months as i think 1000 kms was too less for a oil change :)

Thanks, in my case, it has done only 700 kms so far. Still, I will get the engine oil and oil filter replaced.