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Well said. This comparisons with Innova and Safari resale is applicable when resale value is the paramount criteria during a car purchase. While it make prudent financial sense and is extremely common, there are a vast majority for whom resale though important isn't the "most important" criteria and looks/style also matter, and more importantly view cars not as mere appliances (which they actually are btw). Would one park their Innova and looks back at it while walking away? cheers lazy | |
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Bottom line is that the older Safaris and Stormes are essentially 5 seaters. I'm not really convinced that the front facing 3rd rows of newer SUVs are really usable for long highway drives. Peer into the back side glass of a Fortune and see what I mean. Ditto for any others. And add to that the fact that you are coralled into a tiny space with no doors to open, no glass to put down and breathe some air. It's a miserable place to be in. The sort of training we put our tankies and submariners through. So if you have a family of 5, and the kids are growing up, you eventually have 5 full sized adults. It negates the one big advantage of buying a Safari, that is space and luxury, if you stack your luggage into a third of that space and essentially make it inaccessible to a family member. For stretching out or reclining. Or even taking a nap. Or just freeing up some space in the middle row for two occupants instead of three. The roof rack is a boon in such a scenario, regardless of all the resistances mentioned above, and I'm grateful for the sturdy weight bearing functional roof rails my Storme comes factory fitted with. If the rack were easy to remove and put back on by myself, I might have toyed with removing it and keeping it stored in my garage for the longer drives. But I've seen how the car decor guys fitted it. It's a two man job, with one of those men perched on my roof. It's definitely not something I want to do more than once. So it stays. Cheers, Doc Last edited by ebonho : 3rd February 2021 at 10:49. | |
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| ![]() Any idea when the prices will be revealed for the new Safari? I have been checking with few dealers in Pune about the display vehicle, TD etc. and they don't seem to have a clue when the vehicles will be available. Hope some magic happens on the 4th Feb and they have the vehicles at-least for display. I am actually sitting on the fence w.r.t. Safari. My heart is saying to go for it immediately but head is saying to wait till new XUV500 is launched, compare and then decide! |
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| ![]() I have a question to all SUV owners and prospective owners. There are so many posts here lamenting over the lack of Boot space with three rows occupied. Unless it is for airport runs, how is this a deciding factor? I mean if you have a large family using all the three rows and planning to go on a road trip, what boot size would you need ideally? Will 300 litres suffice? I find it just enough even for my family of 3 when I am on a longish road trip. With a family of 5,6 I would certainly need more Boot space than even the 300 litres that is offered by Innova. So does it really make a difference for those long road trips? Airport runs, yeah it does. |
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I think if you are going on a trip the best bet would be having no more than 5 people per car. Remembering my experience with the 2.2 DICOR the last row was never used as no one could sit in it for longer distances even if we had less luggage. I also think not just for this reason but from reviews mentioning the width of the captain seats, thin armrests and the difficulty in accessing the third row will make going for the bench in the middle row the better proposition. BTB the capacity of the roof rails on non-sunroof versions is 75 Kgs as per the Safari website. It says "*Roof Rails are functional (can carry loads can carry load upto 75kg) in Non Sunroof Variants." Last edited by nainan : 3rd February 2021 at 13:09. | |
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Btw, I transitioned from Safari (2 Safaris across 8 years) to Innova and resale was not the criteria. A much better car was, and looks though a criteria weren't paramount. It been 9 years now with the car- sorry van- and I have no plans to sell it. So, as you see resale was no criteria. Last edited by rrsteer : 3rd February 2021 at 14:40. | |
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| ![]() If I buy the Safari, I would use it as a 7 seater for city use, and as a 5 seater for highway drives. Within city, one doesn't carry much luggage, if at all. That can be adjusted in the boot, on the parcel tray, on lap or near legs. On outstation trips, luggage is must. So put luggage in the boot and sit no more than 5. This also takes care of the last row safety issue. |
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I also owned three Bullet 500s at one time, so maybe there's a clue in there somewhere. Lol Quote:
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| ![]() Ditto with me. I had two safaris that served me well for a little less than 2 L km and I now have my Crysta that makes me happy each time I hit the highways. I probably may not turn back as much as I used to with my earlier safaris, but I do love my Crysta. With both my safaris, I hardly recall instances where anyone wanted to sit in the 3rd row seats. It was purely for luggage hauling and was a huge benefit when the family did trips to Rajasthan and Gujarat. |
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| ![]() None of the 7 seaters are good enuf for long distance trip with 7 passengers and luggage with out mounting the luggage on roof. So i do not think there is any point in highlight this specific to Safari. |
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However I noticed after some time that at one of the 4 touchpoints, 1 of the bracket was touching the roof (very very less clearance which ended up touching when flexed under load) and eventually had started making a mark on the roof. Thankfully it was not deep and hadn't started rusting yet so I cleaned it off. But yeah that was the last time I used the roof carrier. Eventually gave it off with the Storme when I had to sell it off. Cheers, | |
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So what happens then, because we need to leave place for the antenna in front as well as not have an overhang beyond the line of the front windshield, is that the roof rack is mounted such that the 4 clamps are pretty close together, and more towards the front of the roof rack, with a large part of the roof rack "floating" free and unsupported behind. If its a good quality expensive and stiff/strong rack, then it does not flex up to a point. However, you need to plan your loading of luggage in such a way as to have the heavier units directly over supported clamped part, with the lighter bags towards the unsupported rear. Hope this photo clarifies ... ![]() Cheers, Doc Last edited by ebonho : 3rd February 2021 at 17:24. | |
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PS: for some reason could not see the image that you uploaded so still referred to the other image/thread. | |
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