[prem.baranwal]

Originally Posted by ssoni.1411

Hello everyone. I got a revised booking docket from my SA yesterday. Apparently they had sent a docket of older Seltos earlier even though the prices were of the new Seltos. The estimated delivery date is shown as 3rd January, 2024. The SA is now unsure of me getting a delivery next month. I had booked the car on 2nd August and was given told that the car will be delivered by 15th Oct, but now the dealership is backing off.
I will wait till the 30th post which I will cancel the booking, if the dealership refuses to give the delivery on time

I got a call today from my SA from Crystal Kia, Baner mentioning that there is a shortage of Bose speakers and 360 deg camera. Due to this, I will be getting the car by Diwali only instead of earlier promised delivery during Ganapati festival. He was even asking me to change the booking to GTX+(S) the new version launched without the above features.
I had booked the car on Aug 16 and till yesterday there was no mention of any delay. Also, they have increased the prices by 50k which will be added to all the delayed deliveries, I guess.
Did anyone else face this problem?
Pretty frustrating.

[ssoni.1411]

Originally Posted by Mr Anderson

In all probability they are lying. They might have sold the car allocated that was to you to someone else who either used approach or was giving them some extra incentive by buying accessories insurance.

While booking the vehicle, the SA already mentioned that if I take accessories, insurance, etc. from them, they will give us a priority delivery on our preferred date. We agreed to get all of this and my convenience package too, taking my final OTR price to 24,44,859/-. I had visited the dealership today and the SA was saying that KIA had slowed down the production of Diesels.

Originally Posted by riteshritesh

There is Shivaay Kia in Ghatkopar and 1 after Vashi toll. Visit both of them and check if they have your variant in stock. Incentivise them with Insurance + some accessories + Ceramic coating or something that would make them give you instead of another person. With the price increments, paying a bit of 'official premium' is more sensible than being stuck endlessly to your principles.

Surprisingly, today I visited the dealership and at first the SA was adamant of not being able to deliver the car next month. After a few minutes of discussion he tried pushing me to get PPF done from the dealership and he will have my car anyhow. Already we were taking Insurance, Accessories and my convenience package from the dealership, but they are pushing to get PPF done for 50k so that they can give me priority delivery anyhow.
Personally, getting a PPF done will take the price to 25L, this is not even considering reports of Seltos getting a 2% price hike on Oct 1. We are getting XUV700 AX7 for a 26L after discounts. For 50k additional, I am getting a bigger car, powerful engine along with 5 star safety and will miss out on just a couple of features like ADAS, 360 cam, ventilated seats, etc.
Agreed they are not from the same segment, but pricing is really close.

[07CR]

Originally Posted by shivkumar19

Update
Went for a 200 km drive to test the car's ADAS and some photoshoots.

Great pics! Is that 12.3 KMPL FE for 200 km highway drive and in Sport mode? If yes, that looks to be a great FE for a 160 HP car!

[axe_deo]

Originally Posted by shivkumar19

.....Very very irritating message with a sound that keeps popping up 'Consider taking a break every 10 minutes, even though I have taken a break...

I got this even during the test drive. It may be because I was taking hands off the steering to test the lane keep assist.

[ankur_fox]

Are dealers offering any discounts on the new model? Just got curious

[bijims]

Originally Posted by ankur_fox

Are dealers offering any discounts on the new model? Just got curious

No discounts on the new model, rather there is a price hike applicable from October 1, but huge discounts on any inventory still lying in stock of the old model

[Sufficient_shop]

Originally Posted by prem.baranwal

I got a call today from my SA from Crystal Kia, Baner mentioning that there is a shortage of Bose speakers and 360 deg camera. Due to this, I will be getting the car by Diwali only instead of earlier promised delivery during Ganapati festival. He was even asking me to change the booking to GTX+(S) the new version launched without the above features.
I had booked the car on Aug 16 and till yesterday there was no mention of any delay. Also, they have increased the prices by 50k which will be added to all the delayed deliveries, I guess.
Did anyone else face this problem?
Pretty frustrating.

I booked GTX+ on the exact same date and my expected delivery date was 26th November. That's beyond Diwali anyway. What was the delivery date mentioned for you in the booking docket? Verbal promises by dealers don't mean much anyway.

[shivkumar19]

Originally Posted by axe_deo

I got this even during the test drive. It may be because I was taking hands off the steering to test the lane keep assist.

Googled it to find out why this happens...

The DAW system is designed to help detect certain inattentive driving practices and, in
certain situations, can give a warning signal to the driver to take a break from driving. The
DAW system is set to ON by default. To turn the DAW System OFF, go to Vehicle Settings
on the audio head unit. Select Vehicle > Driver Assistance > Driver Attention Warning. Set
the DAW System to Normal, High Sensitivity or Off.
Driver Attention Warning (DAW) system modes:
Off: The Driver Attention Warning system is deactivated.
Normal Sensitivity: The Driver Attention Warning system alerts the driver if it detects
inattentive driving practices.
High Sensitivity: The Driver Attention Warning system alerts the driver faster than Normal
mode if it detects inattentive driving practices.
If the DAW system is activated, the DAW information will appear on the LCD Display
when you select the ASSIST mode. When the driver’s attention level is below one bar, the
message “Consider taking a break” appears on the LCD display and a warning sounds to
suggest the driver take a break.

https://owners.kia.com/content/dam/k...0-Kia-K900.pdf

[prem.baranwal]

Originally Posted by Sufficient_shop

I booked GTX+ on the exact same date and my expected delivery date was 26th November. That's beyond Diwali anyway. What was the delivery date mentioned for you in the booking docket? Verbal promises by dealers don't mean much anyway.

Currently the delivery date mentioned is 12th September 2023
Actually, I had booked HTK earlier and changed it to GTX+ on 16-Aug. But even then, the delivery date on the booking docket seemed random. I only hope the current chip crisis ends soon or at least Kia should manage it for its flagship products.

[dipen]

Kia has not introduced any seat covers as accessories citing they could impact the working of the 6 airbags which are standard. The lower variant buyers will be felt wanting as better seat/covers go a long way in improving the comfort, and interior ambience.

However Honda, Maruti who also have seat airbags do have OEM seat covers as accessories, so not sure if Kia is playing safe or they want to push people to higher variants which have super fab looking seats or they are not able to devise the right covers technically.

[nkvyas]

Finally the day has arrived. Took the delivery of my Xline Petrol today from SNR Kia Bhopal. Here are my initial impressions:

It took around month and a half of waiting for the car to be allotted which is impressive given the official waiting told to me was 14-15 weeks.

PDI on last Monday was smooth no niggles and SA was kind enough to move the car around for me to get a better light and view.

The final on road price came out to be 21.7L with BH series registration.

The insurance was initially quoted as 76k but they were kind enough to match with what I was getting online via Acko. Finally it was 52k.

Was given a gift hamper which had chocolate box and two coffee mugs.

Odo reading was just 3km on delivery and they gave 5 litres of fuel.

Switched off some of the ADAS features like emergency braking etc for now as I am still getting used to them.

TPMS read around 50 psi which I have adjusted to 35 once I exchanged the stock JK tyres with Continental UC6. Got em @ 8500 per tyre after exchange of 4500 for JK.

Max mileage for initial 90km drive turned out to be 16 with mix of eco and sport modes. It's too early to judge this I believe.

PPF is due in few days with Ceramic Pro @ 1.3L

The car is just too good in all aspects so far and didn't disappoint me anywhere. The ride became much smoother and silent with new tyres.

Too many beeps and warning sounds which will take it's own sweet time to get used to and enable/disable as per the necessity.

The only thing I hate about Kia & Hyundai are their trumpet horns. It's way too irritating and can easily become the reason for road rage. It's a personal opinion though and I try to not use the horns unless absolutely necessary but I have to be careful with this.

Long drive is upcoming post diwali when I take it to Hyd. Will post an update later for that.

Here are the pictures.

[cos2bh]

Originally Posted by bizi05

I have booked Seltos 1.5T Petrol GTX+ Variant on 27th Aug 2023 with Epitome Kia, Bangalore. During booking my SA told me that the waiting period is 3 months, to which I asked them to deliver it during Navratri or Diwali. Initially, they were reluctant to deliver before 3 months, but then they agreed to deliver it during the festive season. Yesterday I got a call from my SA, stating they have received a 1.5T Petrol GTX+ variant and asking me whether I would like to block this vehicle or not. I was little skeptical about taking the delivery before the festive season as I am out of town but after hearing the price hike (2% on EX Showroom+ Additional Road Tax ), I agreed to take the delivery before Sep 30th. But as a security measure, I am planning to take New Car PDI service from Zekardo. Would like to know if anyone has taken such service from any Service Provider. Also please advise me if I am doing anything wrong or missing any crucial info.

I booked on 25th August same model at ASB Kia, Gurgaon. Have you already paid the final amount for the vehicle?

My SA is advising me to clear the balance amount so that they can force the Company to get me a vehicle sooner. Not sure if this is the practice everywhere.

[niCo_neOz]

Originally Posted by cos2bh

I booked on 25th August same model at ASB Kia, Gurgaon. Have you already paid the final amount for the vehicle?

My SA is advising me to clear the balance amount so that they can force the Company to get me a vehicle sooner. Not sure if this is the practice everywhere.

It’s month end and they have to reach their sales target. So might be that.

[MyLife_MyCar]

Originally Posted by cos2bh

My SA is advising me to clear the balance amount so that they can force the Company to get me a vehicle sooner. Not sure if this is the practice everywhere.

It is a very common practice by mist of the dealers - force customers to pay upfront before we even see the car. I have had a very long discussion with my SA on this when I was buying the Verna.

All their reasons and excuses fell on my deaf ear and I was adamant that I won't pay a single penny over the booking amount until I inspect the car in-person.

Worst case, they will keep you waiting for a few days/weeks, but eventually will have to give you a car. Do not fall for any of their reasons asking you to pay the balance.

[Kiyon]

Finally after booking online on the day of launch and a long wait with follow ups I got the Pewter Olive, 7DCT GTX+ Delivered this Wednesday 27th !!

Haven't done enough driving to post a review yet. But it will happen this weekend.