[Prash1407]

Anyone activated Alexa on Elevate? Please share the steps

[amandal1810]

Short road trip to Virajpet

Parents are in town, so took them for a 2-day road trip. We booked lodging at a coffee estate in Virajpet (Coorg district). The monsoons of Karnataka are perfect for sitting in and enjoying the rains with a cup of filter coffee. But it's not ideal for sightseeing, so we decided to skip it.

I forgot to reset the trip computer while beginning the journey, so I got no drive metrics from this trip. As usual, we started at 6am to skip the city traffic and stopped at Paakashala for breakfast. Thankfully, Mysore expressway was quite empty, and I was able to use LKAS and ACC right upto Mysore ring road. The weather was pleasant throughout with a cloud cover and cool winds. It started raining heavily as we approached Virajpet. The intensity of rain was changing quite often, and this is where a rain sensing auto wipers would have been handy.

The coffee estate where we booked our stay was located in Kedamallur, about 30 mins after Virajpet. Its away from the main road and the winding road to the property was very scenic. The entire area was lush green, thanks to the monsoons. When we reached the property, the rains had paused. We spent the rest of the day lazing around. The food here was fabulous and the caretaker was friendly. The adjacent forest was always alive with its myriads of sounds: early morning it's the songs of various bird species, later in the day it's the deafening shrieks of cicadas, and at night it's the cacophony of frogs. It would rain on and off all throughout the day and we'd go out for short walks as soon as it'd pause.

Next day, after breakfast, we decided to attempt a visit to Chelavara waterfalls. The drive to the falls was beautiful. The village roads passed through lush green coffee estates and forests. There were few bad patches of road which was elegantly handled by Elevate's suspension setup. Driving steadily through the curvy roads was a joy! I was able to drive with the windows rolled down and sunroof open for a brief while before the rains resumed and I had to close both.

The following morning, we returned back to Bangalore. The intermittent rains accompanied us to Mysore but there were no rains for rest of the way.

Here are some photos of the Elevate from the trip:

At our stay; the flat area behind is where coffee beans are sun dried during harvest season:


Water droplets on the matte PPF looks good!


Me posing with the car:


Somewhere in Coorg:


Somewhere in Coorg:

[motomaniac123]

Hi,

I'm the market for an Elevate ZX-R in Bengaluru. As per the dealer they have recently (on 31 Jul) ordered a few vehicles from the factory and the ZX-R cars sent on that order are all April 24 manufactured. I am wondering if it is normal for a factory to dispatch a 3-4 month old car or could there be more to it? And in which case should I play it safe by rejecting the current lot and wait for the next one?

On a overall basis what's an acceptable age of the car at registration? And does third party PDI address any risks?

Thanks.

[saket77]

Originally Posted by motomaniac123

Hi,

I'm the market for an Elevate ZX-R in Bengaluru. As per the dealer they have recently (on 31 Jul) ordered a few vehicles from the factory and the ZX-R cars sent on that order are all April 24 manufactured. I am wondering if it is normal for a factory to dispatch a 3-4 month old car or could there be more to it? And in which case should I play it safe by rejecting the current lot and wait for the next one?

On a overall basis what's an acceptable age of the car at registration? And does third party PDI address any risks?

Thanks.

Don't think that Elevate would be sitting at the factory for 4 months. So may be the dealership is arranging your car from fellow dealerships- which is common. Do a proper PDI and if the car is otherwise okay, you may go for it. But PDI should be intensive.

Overalll acceptable range depends on cars- their sales. A non moving model sitting 6-7 months at yards/ factory should be ok. A hot selling car/ cars having waitlisted period should be much newer like 1 month or so.

[abhi3284]

Originally Posted by amandal1810

Short road trip to Virajpet

Parents are in town, so took them for a 2-day road trip. We booked lodging at a coffee estate in Virajpet (Coorg district).

Off topic...is this property Vaishnavi Estate, by any chance? Stayed there couple of yrs. ago and it looks familiar in the 2nd and 3rd Pic.

[karan888]

Originally Posted by motomaniac123

Hi,

I'm the market for an Elevate ZX-R in Bengaluru. As per the dealer they have recently (on 31 Jul) ordered a few vehicles from the factory and the ZX-R cars sent on that order are all April 24 manufactured. I am wondering if it is normal for a factory to dispatch a 3-4 month old car or could there be more to it? And in which case should I play it safe by rejecting the current lot and wait for the next one?

On a overall basis what's an acceptable age of the car at registration? And does third party PDI address any risks?

Thanks.

I had a similar conversation with multiple dealers in Bangalore. I bought my vehicle in June and whatever they had in stockyard everything was April manufactured. Later I told them please place a new order and I am ready to wait since I want at least May manufacture vehicle if I am buying in June. But vehicle which was sent by manufacturer was April. Later on discussion I understood that there's good number of vehicle which were manufactured in April looking at demand what Honda had during beginning of this year with waiting period but same was not consumed and hence the situation. Finally I ended up taking the April manufactured vehicle which came latest to dealer. Did a third party PDI and took the vehicle, so far no issues from last 2 months approx.

[KryptonMonkey]

Originally Posted by hotlineking

I saw the Dash cams u suggested but they cost a fortune haha. 30-40k for both of them, is it really that necessary?

I hardly see people use dash cams in India, thought the official Phillips one Honda is providing for 12k should suffice?

I've finalised on the below:

1. Step illumination - 8k
2. Body cover - 1.8k
3. Door Edge Garnish - 1.5k
4. Front DVR (Phillips) - 12k, why I'm contemplating is - does the wire not hang and ruin the cabin of the car? Idk this, just guessing

I just really want a front camera for added safety, like I mentioned I'm a new driver, and this is the first time I'm going to be driving a SUV like car haha

Congratulations on your purchase, hotlineking.
1) Think of the dashcam as an insurance policy that you pay for but hope to never use!
2) If you don't want to go for the more expensive dashcams at present, you could consider something like the 70mai Pro Plus+ A500S Dual Channel dashcam. I'm using it on my vehicle and it seems to be quite sufficient for use. You can always upgrade to a better dashcam when you have more funds.

A dual-channel dashcam is recommended as you can use it to record incidents that happen from the rear of the car in sync with the events happening at the front.

You have mentioned that you're a new driver driving a large SUV. Hence you should have a dashcam so that you can be more confident in confronting any untoward situation on the road when it's not your fault.

If budget is a challenge, then I'd skip the step illumination, door edge garnish, etc., and instead invest in a good dashcam.

[rajivr1612]

Originally Posted by hotlineking

Hey Shan, thanks for this. I saw the Dash cams u suggested but they cost a fortune haha. 30-40k for both of them, is it really that necessary?

I hardly see people use dash cams in India, thought the official Phillips one Honda is providing for 12k should suffice?

For my recently purchased Honda City (Feb 24), I have installed Redtiger F7N dual channel dashcam. Bought it from Amazon for about 14k. Does the job pretty well. You can check out the reviews.

[Circuit10]

I just did my third tank fill up. I noticed that after filling up the petrol the engine is revving unnecessarily at the slightest touch, and there is also a lag of a millisecond when the cvt is moving towards higher speed from 20kmph to 25kmph and above. There is also a noticeable increase in noise and vibration when I halt at signals in D mode. This was absent earlier.
I am assuming it is the bad quality of petrol probably that is making the engine work harder. I have done currently 850kms and 1st service is due at 1000km.
Any thoughts?

[amandal1810]

Originally Posted by abhi3284

Off topic...is this property Vaishnavi Estate, by any chance? Stayed there couple of yrs. ago and it looks familiar in the 2nd and 3rd Pic.

That is correct! This is Vaishnavi Estate

[hondadriver]

Originally Posted by Circuit10

I just did my third tank fill up. I noticed that after filling up the petrol the engine is revving unnecessarily at the slightest touch, and there is also a lag of a millisecond when the cvt is moving towards higher speed from 20kmph to 25kmph and above. There is also a noticeable increase in noise and vibration when I halt at signals in D mode. This was absent earlier.
I am assuming it is the bad quality of petrol probably that is making the engine work harder. I have done currently 850kms and 1st service is due at 1000km.
Any thoughts?

The engine revving up at the slightest touch of the accelerator pedal shows that the engine is getting "more responsive". This is expected in the iVtec engines. I am on my 3rd new Honda with an 1.5L iVtec engine (2009 3rd gen City, 2020 4th gen City and 2024 Elevate). My Elevate has become much more rev happy as the kms have piled up.

I don't think that its bad petrol. It is the Engine management software doing its work.

[hotlineking]

Originally Posted by KryptonMonkey

Congratulations on your purchase, hotlineking.
1) Think of the dashcam as an insurance policy that you pay for but hope to never use!
2) If you don't want to go for the more expensive dashcams at present, you could consider something like the 70mai Pro Plus+ A500S Dual Channel dashcam. I'm using it on my vehicle and it seems to be quite sufficient for use. You can always upgrade to a better dashcam when you have more funds.

A dual-channel dashcam is recommended as you can use it to record incidents that happen from the rear of the car in sync with the events happening at the front.

You have mentioned that you're a new driver driving a large SUV. Hence you should have a dashcam so that you can be more confident in confronting any untoward situation on the road when it's not your fault.

If budget is a challenge, then I'd skip the step illumination, door edge garnish, etc., and instead invest in a good dashcam.

Thanks for the great advice guys.

The only reason I'm not keen on the dash cam is the wire is going to be seen from the dash box to the cigarette outlet.

The front camera Honda is offering is by Global Byte, not sure about how good this is. Also, will this be hardwired or should I get a front camera installed from outside since Honda does not have an official one?

The things I'm taking for sure are:

The step illumination
The door garnish
Car cover

Official Honda dash cam is the Phillips one, only front so avoiding this.
Avoiding dash cams in general cause I don't want any wires around anywhere.

Front Camera is where I'm confused.

[Circuit10]

Originally Posted by hondadriver

I don't think that its bad petrol. It is the Engine management software doing its work.

Thanks for the info. It’s my first Honda cvt car so still getting used to the engine. What about the slight lag in acceleration response time (I feel the engine just stops the acceleration for a nano second giving me a pushback feeling) when the engine is picking up speed? That wasn’t noticeable earlier. Any thoughts on that?

[jerk_free]

Originally Posted by Circuit10

I feel the engine just stops the acceleration for a nano second giving me a pushback feeling

Is the engine RPM drastically falling down and are you experience some kind of jerk? Also, if you can buy a cheap OBD tool and get the precise engine value when you are say at a stop in traffic in N or D and share it here, you can get some feedback. For me, when I stop in traffic in N, engine RPM hovers around 730 rpm with AC on.

Also, what I've observed is, you press the accelerator to speed up and after reaching a certain speed, if you step off the accelerator, the rpm comes down (something like stepping up in a gear in a manual). But this action is smooth. There is no jerk or anything.

[karan888]

Originally Posted by hotlineking

Avoiding dash cams in general cause I don't want any wires around anywhere.

Front Camera is where I'm confused.

You can hardwire dashcam quite easily most of the dash cam have option to buy a compatible hardwire kit.
I have front and rear dash cam in my elevate and don't have any wire in the cabin its all routed inside the panel.
I have got 70mai A810 installed in my elevate and quite happy with it.