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Old 9th September 2024, 12:58   #6361
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Thanks a lot, This is definitely helpful. Will be visiting TASS as soon as the coolant tank is available, and will run through this checklist too!
Hi, any updates on the issue?
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Hi, any updates on the issue?
Hi Anand, unfortunately not yet. The coolant tank was supposed to arrive today but it hasn't come yet, and TASS has no idea on where it is
I've grounded the car at the moment, waiting for the coolant tank so that once it's replaced, I can also check through the other points as per the list.

Will surely update as soon as done! Thank you!
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Hello All, I need urgent advice.

I got my Tata Hexa AT's water cooler replaced. I had urged the Tata authorized service station people to change the hoses in and out of the cooler. They insisted that they are not available and that they will clean and use the same ones. They had readied up the vehicle and I went for a test drive today. I went on a short trip with the TASS people and came back. The entire car was bleeding transmission oil on the entire leg of the drive!

When we came back the car completely halted and to my horror I could find a long trail of transmission oil like a puddle on the entire road. Now they are saying they will change the hoses, as one of the hoses had a cut due to pressure. I am fearing for my already once-changed transmission. What can I do and how should I take the responsibility of changing and adding entirely new oil and hoses? I can pay for new hoses but for the AT oil, does TASS have any liability? They are saying when they did a short drive nothing happened.

Fortunately the entire saga happened at the service centre and not after I had taken delivery. I am not sure if they had wrongly tied the cooler etc. Even after my specific instructions to change it in my presence they did it apparently in the night shift.

What are my options? Also can you help with all the hose part numbers that I should change leading in and out of transmission and coolant to the AT cooler?
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What a bunch of incompetent TASS. They should take full responsibility for the AT driven due to missing oil. Don’t take delivery of the vehicle until they have rectified everything.

Please mention the name of the TASS so members can be aware.
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Guys does it make sense to buy this Beast now?
We both have been looking for a Hexa Manual for quite some time and we both have been lucky this month. Congratulations to you Kiran as well as for me for finding a good used Hexa XT in Bangalore. I will share all the details this week, hope you too will share soon!

Some pics for now clicked during delivery posing along with friend's Safari which is Tata's new flagship car after the Hexa! Super thankful to Team-Bhp Classifieds!

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We both have been looking for a Hexa Manual for quite some time and we both have been lucky this month. Congratulations to you Kiran as well as for me for finding a good used Hexa XT in Bangalore. I will share all the details this week, hope you too will share soon!
Thanks @arun1100 for the motivation on getting one.

Also thankful to @vijaysrk - for some valid insights into the Hexa
And of course most members on this thread for sharing their valuable feedback which gave me enough confidence to own this Beast, though I had vowed never a TATA again.

Would also like to personally thank @anandtheleo for a great ride experience on his Hexa and also explaining a lot of ride experiences.
This was one car I was planning to get, however priority was for a Manual variant which just happened after our brief catchup.

Will come back with my detailed story here soon.
For now I am immensely happy to have Hexa mentioned down on my signature

Signing off with a Nice Picture.
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Would also like to personally thank @anandtheleo for a great ride experience on his Hexa and also explaining a lot of ride experiences.
This was one car I was planning to get, however priority was for a Manual variant which just happened after our brief catchup.

Will come back with my detailed story here soon.
For now I am immensely happy to have Hexa mentioned down on my signature

Signing off with a Nice Picture.
Most welcome, and happy motoring with your Hexa
Same story like mine, sit in a Hexa and desire it, it's yours
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Hitting Sixer with a Hexa

Caution: Insanely long post. Couldn’t keep it briefer than this as it covers a little bit of background, my explorations and of all a lot of Joy and pride in owning a Dream Car.


Well it all started a few months back, precisely beginning of 2024.
As part of my promotion at work and a level change I was allowed to the Company Car Lease program, though initially the need was not there the devil in me kept whispering to get a new car.

A little background:
The Tiago used by my Dad, was running fine as of now although it had given enough troubles in all the 5 years of ownership. The NGK Iridium plug swap had immensely given the engine some good breathe and car was more fun to drive now, however with reduced mileage probably because I was pushing the pedal to the floor more often.
The Fiesta S on the other hand was a silent performer – no tantrums all these 15 years and due for Fitness check towards end of this year with just about 75K of Kms clocked. The plan is to keep and use the car as long as possible, until fitness would be rejected. Also with Ford leaving India, the support was still great which helps me not to think twice about it.
So decision was almost done – sell the Tiago and keep the Fiesta (although its tough for my 70+ old Dad to use it in city)
But the next question was – What Car?

I did a test drive of multiple 6-7 seaters as these days my Bangalore – Kerala trips would mostly have either of our parents accompanying us along with kids. So a good 6-7 seater with enough boot space was the way to go.

Rumion, XL6, Ertiga, Carens .etc were ruled out as I was not happy with the seating position and also the safety aspect

Scorpio N, XUV700 though interested the mid variants were too Expensive and I could not justify the OTR prices in Bangalore.

The following were shortlisted but did have some or the other Cons:
  1. Bolero Neo 7 seater (Rugged car, but recent NCAP ratings came disappointing with a single star)
  2. Bolero Neo Plus (Was on top of my list as I loved the Black color and dimensions were proportionate and above all the 2.2ltr mhawk engine), however no test drive car available
  3. Was planning to do a blind booking as the car seemed to be a nonsense deal with OTR of about 15.5 in Bangalore. Though the Rear seats were risky, plan was to have them folded to have a 5 seater with a BIG boot.
  4. Citroen C3 Aircross 7 seater was next on my list, though it’s to be still considered as a 5 seater with 2 kids seat. The updated variant launched in 2024 made sense too. However had to wait and see how the ASCs better up for Citroen in India.
  5. Finally almost had eyes on the ROXX with all the hypes around. Again would be back to a 5 seater but with better engine and ride quality compared to Tiago. Plus great looking SUV with a lot of features. But the all white sparkling interiors across all variants were a big let down as my Kids aged 5 & 2 are no Saints. Plus the pricing again was almost at par with Scorpio N & XUV700.
  6. MG Astor was also one in the list as the seating position was great, plus suspension setup was great. The second base variant did not have complicated features either.
With all the above was ready to see who among these would be offering mouth watering discounts during the Festive season which is when everything took a U Turn.

The inspiration:
Was casually driving around a few weeks ago, when a Hexa just passed me and my mind got ignited – Well this was a car I was dreaming about a few years ago but never could think about it then with its OTR back in 2019. Had gazed at this beauty while at the showroom for the Tiago back then.
Mind and Heart shook hands and whispered – sell Tiago, get some loan and then club some savings buy the beast, experience the beast. If not now then When?
A post from @arun1100 on his acquisition of a great Hexa from TeamBHP classifieds was another great trigger.

Well still had some second thoughts:
  1. It’s a BS4 Diesel, not even BS6 – what if some rule is announced tomorrow to phase off BS4?
  2. It’s a discontinued Car and also one which did not make good sales figures while in production, is it worth buying?
  3. Its massive, how do you handle it?
  4. Have a tight parking spot in my basement, would this car even fit?
  5. What about my Vow about not owning a Tata anymore, had enough to deal with the ASC guys with the Tiago why Tata again?

Used to run through all this questions but still every morning I used to browse through TeamBhps classifieds, OLX, FB and Spinny for good deals
This continued for almost more than a month, though I kept a budget of 12-12.5 lakhs I was not able to find good deals and this time I was sure I need to own a KA car as I do not want troubles with the KA Cops or RTO.
Well maintained and well priced cars which I had shortlisted were selling off the next day or the other, which confirmed that the car is still in good demand.
Few others (top ends) the owners were not ready to negotiate much and was falling out of my budget.
Most cars available were Automatics, which I did not prefer and also had horrible thoughts about. But once reading thoroughly through the forum I could confirm that automatics can be taken care by just couple of preventive maintenance.
Couple of nice cars in Spinny were always showing as “booked” and not getting released.
However the key observation was most cars had easily clocked close to 1Lakh kms but still good to go many more and couple of cars I test drove – it was difficult to tell if they had actually run that long.
Finally had shortlisted 2 Hexas - One 2017 XTA belonging to @anandtheleo and another one which was a 2020 registered dual tone XT, but priced much higher. Both had run close to 1L kms.
Was planning to negotiate with both which is when things took a lovely turn.

Sixer:
My usual browsing brings me to a newly listed 2020 Hexa XT on FB page. On checking I understand its listed by a dealer. Although I never entertain dealers, the car looked genuine, well maintained and pricing was OK. Above all it was a Blue again. The Fiesta, Tiago all were blue, so naturally had a feeling for the shade.

Left the guy a message and in parallel tried to gather how much info I can from the registration as it was visible from the pics.
Parivahan checks confirmed its indeed a single owner car, tried decrypting the owners name from the details. Was successful in tracing him on FB and guess what – he had him standing with the Car as his profile picture. However unfortunately my FB message did not go through and he never responded.
My next action item was to check the Service history via Cars24 which was something I learned again from the Forum recently.
Gathered much info later, which made things more interesting.
The dealer is actually a staff from the MG evaluation team and the car came in exchange for one of the premium MG cars.
The Car is currently in their inventory before it gets passed off to sub dealerships.
So once dealer confirmed that car is still available, I quickly Paid around 200 bucks on Cars24 to get details. ETA was about 15hrs from then, so wait was on until next morning.

Next morning service history came with flying colors and the Odo of just 45K kms did seem genuine. So quickly got back with the guy, who did a good negotiation with his boss for a small tip and he also helped me with a video call of the car as it was in Electronic City and I was at Whitefield and no way I could make it there on a weekday.
As everything seemed normal I quickly did an advance payment to block the car for a week and things took a quick turn from then on.

MG guys were kind enough to bring the car to my workspace in Whitefield to self evaluate and car did seem OK to my eyes and inspection. Did have scratches and a chip in windshield which I felt is OK to skip. So no red flags there.

Next step, as I already had a good offer from Bangalore Spinny team for the Tiago (Even though KL registered) I got it marked for sale. They did a quick pickup and credited the amount in a few minutes. Over the next few days I had to initiate some loan process and clubbed with my savings I was ready to get the car on Onam weekend which I thought would be auspicious as well as it was weekend too and I could arrange all funds by then.
MG team did a very well cleaning and polishing on the car and also a good car handover event and my kids were all thrilled. Finished documentation, passed on some sweets, took pics.

Car ownership transfer would be taken care by the team in the price inclusive and I just need to do insurance transfer later. All required papers were shared and we left off from there all happy.
Family was entirely thrilled seeing the beast in person and also looking at the real estate on offer

Driving seems to be a bliss as ORVMS and the seating offers good overall view even in peak traffic and also I see some caution exercised by some otherwise smart lane changers when they spot the car up close. Did enjoy my ~35kms drive all through ORR on a Saturday afternoon from EC to Whitefield (Old Madras Rd).

The only thing running in my mind all this while was if I would be able to park the Beast in my basement as it was too tight between 2 pillars. And if I reverse a bit too behind I would enter parking space of my neighbor. However since he does not own a car as of today, I am safe to occupy 20% of his parking and we are in an Agreement for now!

My Hexa, Me and my Family are all a Happy bunch now.

Enjoyed our Onam a tad more this time followed by a nice customary pooja the very next day at HAL Temple.

Looking forward to some great Motoring and great stories with the Car!

Signing off the acquisition post, with some photos in sequence of the events
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Congratulations Kiran on owning a fantastic Hexa! Car looks immaculately maintained, color looks smashing and considering the less ODO & the manual gearbox, the ownership should be more or less be trouble free.

P.S We spent years at college together during our PG days, but we seem more connected to each other now through this Forum. Lets catch up soon with our Hexas!
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Congratulations Kiran for the new ride. You still be missing your Baleno, though the alloys are with me :-)

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I did a test drive of multiple 6-7 seaters as these days my Bangalore – Kerala trips would mostly have either of our parents accompanying us along with kids. So a good 6-7 seater with enough boot space was the way to go.

Rumion, XL6, Ertiga, Carens .etc were ruled out as I was not happy with the seating position and also the safety aspect
Congratulations on your Hexa. I was wondering why you did not consider Marazzo. It would have suited your use case almost perfectly. (Except for boot space probably)
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Hearty Congratulations on the new ride!

We have a 7 year old Hexa with 1.1 lakh kms on the odo. Nothing under 50L matches the comfort, space, driving pleasure and build quality.
I have a few issues with mine though-
The infotainment system is just too small for this car (or any car, for that matter). The one in your car seems to be upgraded. Is it good?
Does it integrate well with the car?

Also, the headlights are poor. Have they been replaced in yours? If so, how is the night driving experience?

Thanks in advance!
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Congratulations on your Hexa. I was wondering why you did not consider Marazzo. It would have suited your use case almost perfectly. (Except for boot space probably)
Thanks Jedi

I did consider the Marazzo, even though it had a taxi image especially here in Bangalore. Tried to get it new, as part of Company Lease.
Like the Rear AC design in the car actually from reviews.
However when I asked for test drive the Dealership mentioned its only available on booking, based on order they will send from Factory ..etc. Not sure how far it was true. Then a week later announcement came that Mahindra is considering to axe the Marazzo.

The used market I looked at also did not have good examples and mostly were yellow boards.

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Hearty Congratulations on the new ride!

We have a 7 year old Hexa with 1.1 lakh kms on the odo. Nothing under 50L matches the comfort, space, driving pleasure and build quality.
I have a few issues with mine though-
The infotainment system is just too small for this car (or any car, for that matter). The one in your car seems to be upgraded. Is it good?
Does it integrate well with the car?

Also, the headlights are poor. Have they been replaced in yours? If so, how is the night driving experience?

Thanks in advance!
Hello Buckbeak, the car I have is a 2020 model and it has slightly different features (actually lesser features) compared to the 2017 batch. I agree the car came with a bigger touchscreen, this is the same unit I had in my 2019 Tiago. The sound output is definitely good, but in Tiago the touchscreen gave up almost after 2-3 yrs and I had to revert to a smaller size unit.
Hope the same doesnt happen with Hexa and its 4.5 yrs old already.
However there seems to be some issue with phone call. I dont hear any sound once I receive or make a phone call via the headunit (bluetooth / android auto). However the songs play really well via both. So doubt some issue with Phone syncing for call only.

And on Headlights I had upgraded to Osram Nightbreakers on both my Fiesta and Tiago earlier. But didn;t feel the need on the Hexa in my couple of night drives. So might retain it for now, need to see on Highways. Based on that need to take a call. As of now its still stock (guess the previous owner hasnt upgraded too).
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Oh yes, now that I look closely, that is a familiar system. We have a 2020 Tiago too, for city use.

Also, please do consider posting about your headlight upgrade, if at all you decide to go for it. I am finding it quite difficult to upgrade them.
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My Hexa, Me and my Family are all a Happy bunch now.

Enjoyed our Onam a tad more this time followed by a nice customary pooja the very next day at HAL Temple.

Looking forward to some great Motoring and great stories with the Car!

Signing off the acquisition post, with some photos in sequence of the events
Congratulations, on making this excellent purchase. TATAs made a vehicle way ahead of its time when it was Aria and did a fabulous mid life reset just before the onset of the SUV/MPV fad. Innova killed it with it's sheer numbers sold, but all those who have it, love it to the core. I know fellow owners who moved to different vehicles but still can't stop raving.

Your pics speak volumes on the way the vehicle was kept by the previous owner and how the dealership prepared for the key handover to your family. The vehicle looks as if brand new.

We all can sense your joy. Welcome to the Hexa Family. Happy miles.
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