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yes I believe you are correct. On braking, the auto-hold was engaged and shown in green on the MID. On disengaging the auto-hold, the vehicle would be held in place and on brakes for a few seconds until the creep is enough. What I realised was that it was super easy to stop on the slope, with auto-hold engaged, and then move again when required.

Try without the auto-hold, it’ll be just the same.

Auto-hold is primarily useful in stop-go traffic (on flat surface), wherein it saves you the pain of pressing the brakes and holding on.

Auto-hold gets engaged automatically when I apply brakes and car comes to a complete stop. I don't think it makes sense to set it to off just because I am on a slope. Moreover, "the pain of pressing brakes and holding on" is worse on a slope. You may be right that it may work the same without auto-hold, just that it additionally doesn't require me to keep pressing brakes, even on a slope.

Humble request to all 2023 Seltos 1.5T Petrol DCT owners. If anyone can share the real-life fuel economy (in both city as well as Highway conditions).

What is the recommended air pressure for GTX+ T-GDI? Will it help if I use Nitrogen instead of normal Air?

Got my car delivered on 10th Sept, HTX Petrol MT Pewter Olive. Had booked on 14th July with K Code.

The dealer pressurized me to complete payment by 31 Aug for their month end closure. I was fine as long as I was getting my car on time. No negotiations were done, tired hard to get some discounts on accessories but didn't get any. Max they offered was 10%, which I forfeited.

Following accessory I had from the dealer.
1. DashCam - Its a KIA Genuine accessory, basically white labeled chinese camera. Paid 18K for it assuming it won't use 12v point and would have motion sensing. But was disappointed to see both things not present there. Quality though is 4k and comes with 64 gigs of card. I recommend to fit this from outside and not from Kia. Only thing to take care is warranty thing.




I bought following from outside at much reasonable rate than what Kia Dealer offered.
1. 7D Mat - AutoTech Company. Rs. 5500
2. Boot Mat - Rs 1800.00


Havent loaded my car with too many accessories.

It is 35 psi recommended for all four tyres. Nitrogen is useful for two things - a highway trips as it does not heat up like normal air, and secondly tyre life increases slightly.

Normal air has 80% Nitrogen in it, not sure if there is 20% increase will help much.

What is this in the picture under dashboard ? Looks like some wireless symbol or something

That's the QI (pronounced as chi) logo. They are the standard for wireless charging.

It light up when your phone is connected to wireless charging.

Can anyone provide a fairly detailed overview of the Seltos 1.5 NA MT variant? A friend's family wants a no-nonsense SUV under 15L on the road and Seltos HTK seems to be their primary choice. I have driven the diesel, which is very competent, but they don't want to deal with DPF and DCT issues.

I understand there is Kia Maps, Map my India MAPPLS, Google Maps.
Google Maps - connected using Apple Carplay (wired in GTX+, X Line) :Frustrati
MAPPLS - available as default or as an option?
Kia Maps - entirely different from both above and is an update-able software from (https://update.kia.com/IN/E1/Main)?

Obvious reasons : Google Maps will do better, except it can take you to a no-man's land with a great ETA leading you to start all over again. lol:

But what about others? How is it used and available in the current facelift?

The default maps provided is pretty much useless in searching destinations. Tried few popular places and it could not find anything. So CarPlay google maps is what we have to depend.

Thanks guys on info on wireless charging, was wondering how to see my phone is charging or not, as i was not able to pep through and identify.

Took my first long drive of around 400kms. 65% National Highway, 35% relatively narrower curvy roads. Had to disable auto lane keep assist within 20km of my drive due to its aggressive assistance. A Slavia almost rear ended me when I tried to go over a speed bump and somehow the collision warning and the subsequent auto emergency braking got activated. The Slavia driver swivelled, glared at me as though I don't know to drive and drove away :mad: Other than this a pleasurable drive. I hit the top speed of around 150kmph in normal mode. Felt the car requires considerable more effort to go past this. And, I am comparing this with VW twins. Would love to hear if anyone had a different experience. Drove at saner speeds (~80kmph) most of the journey.

I am surprised at this mileage. In city (Bangalore), I got 5-7kmpl. On highway, I got around 11kmpl, with 12kmpl when I drove around 80-100kmph with minimal gear shifts to dropping to 9kmpl when I drove around 115-150kmph. Not sure what am I missing. I am yet to get the first servicing done.

Anyone else got better mileage?

When you say default maps? is it Kia Maps or Map My India MAPPLS?