[Flasshhhh]

Originally Posted by SeniorC

Why rule out ADAS for your father? Rear cross traffic alerts and blind spot alerts, with braking, are sufficient enough reasons for using ADAS. Just consider the additional safety it brings. This is in addition to the 360° camera which eases the driving and parking tremendously.

Saying all this, as you are also considering HTX plus DCT which has a minimal price difference with GTX plus DCT. The latter also comes with auto hold. Coupled with Idle Stop & Go, auto hold does not put strain on DCT box in crawling traffic.

iMT is a manual transmission without the use of a clutch. My suggestion would to go in for auto transmission if one is spending that much money on a car.

I also was in favor of ADAS. But when I conveyed him and got him a test drive of my friend's car with ADAS, he was just not comfortable enough, maybe because whole his life was spent on a simple manual car and now at this age, its just too much for him.
So, I have reserved all these features for my future personal car.

[rajat_dehli]

Originally Posted by 07CR

Thanks. That answers a lot of questions. However, on the Adaptive cruise control, do you ever feel that you were better off with a normal cruise control, or do you prefer the Adaptive cruise over normal cruise control?

I have driven normal CC for over 7 years now and it always kept me on the edge. Speed remains constant so you frequently need to use brakes. Once used, it disengages and then you need to resume CC. With ACC, you are more relaxed (in comparison to CC). Speed varies as per the speed of the vehicle in the front and so you use lesser braking.

[Jordygt500]

Hello bhpians, my friend has booked Kia seltos htx 1.5 cvt 5 months back. The dealer is not allowing to take the insurance from outside. Checked the insurance quotes from policy bazaar starting from 29k and the dealer quote for same insurance policy is 70k a huge difference of approx 40k. Also the extended warranty is now packaged with annual maintenance pack known as MSP costing 49k. Now my friend wants only extended warranty as his running will be very low. Dealer in question is Shivaay Kia Vidyavihar Mumbai. Any advice or suggestions regarding insurance policy and extended warranty is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

[northofeast]

I am about to make an invoice payment for my Seltos GTX+ (S) here in Mumbai. I see the price of the variant as 1937900 on kia.com while the dealership told me that the generated invoice from Kia shows 1939900. Has anyone got the new price yet?

P.S.: The Seltos I might get is Oct 23 Manufactured which has one-touch windows in all 4 doors.

[07CR]

Originally Posted by northofeast

P.S.: The Seltos I might get is Oct 23 Manufactured which has one-touch windows in all 4 doors.

Go with one touch functionality. Whatever the price. It's a great to have feature.

[ssoni.1411]

Originally Posted by Jordygt500

Hello bhpians, my friend has booked Kia seltos htx 1.5 cvt 5 months back. The dealer is not allowing to take the insurance from outside. Checked the insurance quotes from policy bazaar starting from 29k and the dealer quote for same insurance policy is 70k a huge difference of approx 40k. Also the extended warranty is now packaged with annual maintenance pack known as MSP costing 49k. Now my friend wants only extended warranty as his running will be very low. Dealer in question is Shivaay Kia Vidyavihar Mumbai. Any advice or suggestions regarding insurance policy and extended warranty is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

This has become a common practice across dealerships in Mumbai. I too was forced to choose insurance and accessories if I want priority delivery.
You are not obliged to take insurance from them, you can take insurance from anywhere. I suggest take up the issue with manager of the dealership or look for another dealership. I guess they will be able to match your quote or would ask around 8-10k more than your quote.
Regarding MSP I would suggest you can take it, covers everything you need for the next 5 years.

[shivkumar19]

Originally Posted by shivkumar19

Update - did a 1700 km drive Blr-Thekkady-Munnar back, the driving experience is absolutely amazing no backache or left leg pain (the previous car was Ecosport), Under-thigh support is very comfortable.
Mileage on highway normal mode 16.1-18.5 and in Hills 8.8-10.3 Kml.

Switched to ADAS mode for some time but never enjoyed it.
At highway speeds, the car handles really well.

Some pics.

Update -Did another 1k km drive Mangalore side, and noticed a lot of dashboard glare on the windshield especially while driving through the ghat section can be challenging. And the same old irritating "consider taking a break" now and then. But no complaints about handling and no tiredness. The car starting with AC on through mobile is a boon especially when you are parked out in the sun my guests were very really impressed when they got into the car. Loving it.

[ajayashish]

Hi Folks,
i recently got delivery of Kia Seltos Xline. I love the car and the power it generates along with the luxury interior.

My daughter is a little disappointed though. The Ambient light is only at the front and my daughter thought this would extend to her rear seats too... Is there a way to extend these to rear seats as well.

[bharathdonti]

Originally Posted by shivkumar19

And the same old irritating "consider taking a break" now and then

I just wish Kia would come up with an option to disable it

[rajat_dehli]

Originally Posted by ajayashish

Hi Folks,
i recently got delivery of Kia Seltos Xline. I love the car and the power it generates along with the luxury interior.

My daughter is a little disappointed though. The Ambient light is only at the front and my daughter thought this would extend to her rear seats too... Is there a way to extend these to rear seats as well.

Go for after market ambient lighting.
Cardi K3 or K4.

[ajayashish]

Originally Posted by bharathdonti

I just wish Kia would come up with an option to disable it

I think you can reduce the brightness to 0 and it will not show up... but my daughter loves it when it dances with the music... that was the main selling point for her

[Sufficient_shop]

Originally Posted by northofeast

P.S.: The Seltos I might get is Oct 23 Manufactured which has one-touch windows in all 4 doors.

That explains the 2k difference. You better get the Oct 23 make and not worry too much over 2k difference.

Originally Posted by Jordygt500

Hello bhpians, my friend has booked Kia seltos htx 1.5 cvt 5 months back. The dealer is not allowing to take the insurance from outside. Checked the insurance quotes from policy bazaar starting from 29k and the dealer quote for same insurance policy is 70k a huge difference of approx 40k. Also the extended warranty is now packaged with annual maintenance pack known as MSP costing 49k. Now my friend wants only extended warranty as his running will be very low. Dealer in question is Shivaay Kia Vidyavihar Mumbai. Any advice or suggestions regarding insurance policy and extended warranty is much appreciated.
Thanks in advance

Don't fall for these pressure tactics. Tell him to cancel the booking. Other dealers will be happy to provide whatever model/color he's asking for. The demand is lower because of year end. In Bangalore, they are also giving 25k additional discount (or free accessories).

[tauk2mi]

Please excuse what might seem like a silly question. With a ground clearance of 190mm, can a Seltos navigate through water, and if possible, what is the maximum wading height for the Seltos GTX+?

[SeniorC]

Originally Posted by tauk2mi

Please excuse what might seem like a silly question. With a ground clearance of 190mm, can a Seltos navigate through water, and if possible, what is the maximum wading height for the Seltos GTX+?

The wading depth of a car is decided more by hight of air intake and positioning of electricals and electronics rather than by ground clearance alone. An old T- BHP post of 2019 mentions 480-483 mm of wading depth, so just more than one and half feet of water. Seltos, like other urban SUVs, are meant of city or highway drives with some mild rough road conditions, and not for wading through rivulets or flood waters.

[VigneshMC]

I want to report two potential flaw/issue in my Seltos HTK .

IVRM

I am not sure how many of you here have base variant of Seltos which comes with manually adjusted IRVM.

Whenever I am in night mode , it is way to sensitive to light even when there is little more light , I begin to see lot of reflections and I am forced to switch to day mode . Has someone observed this ? . I have not encountered this in any other cars .

Seat Belt Reminder

I was informed by SA that seat belt Reminder will work for front seats . But what I noticed is , when car is on the move, if rear sear passenger tries to unfasten seat belt , we get alerts . But if, rear passenger never fastens seatbelts from the start , then there is no alerts .
Not sure , if the system is designed to work this way.