Team-BHP - VTEC or a Baleno?

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Originally Posted by v1p3r

Brother, if you get a normal cam, why on earth would you want to buy a Vtec. That engine is worthless without the Vtec system. The whole magic of the engine is in the cam. The Vtec basically has a variable cam system, which changes the cam profile. Any other non-Vtec cam would just render it impotent.

not for me a friend wanted for his city and hence i wanted anapprox costing

it has been 4 long months that i have been hunting up a VTEC......the car is so hard to come by...:Frustrati

i must have seen something like 8 cars in the 4 months and all of them suck...all have been badly used and all expect high prices for them....

i came across one dark blue vtec reg number 9001, 2003 make and it was in good shape....

all the dealers i visited promptly called me and showed me the same car..:Shockked:

around 8 dealers in bangalore showed the same car to me, i felt something must be fishy...

wolf, through his contact at honda service center found that a tree fell on the car and the whole shell had been changed and the driver had been killed ....

well as the saying goes it pays to be patient..

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Originally Posted by adit1329

Reminds the days before I bought my Swift.

I was desperate for a HONDA City. Dealers will call me and say the regn number before they talk further to get an answer from me, whether I had seen the car or not. 80% of the times, I say 'yes, I know the car'

I was in the hunt unsucessfully for almost 1-1.5 yrs. BAD DAYS that needs to be forget, but I have learnt a lot with that experience. Not only on used cars, but also about persons

Why not try the honda dealer himself. the guys maybe able to direct you to a well maintained example.

. its tough to get a well maintained performance car in good condition.

BTW You can get a new palio at the same price that performs equally well.

Try for a newer car with high mileage. that may help.

just my two cents.

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Originally Posted by adit1329

nope, no palio for me.....

fiat ASS sucks and also the spares are expensive...

it is performance i am looking for and a VTEC is my goal :)

i have fallen in love with the car......

you are a vtec fan which I respect but

Fiat ASS doesnt suck as much as people say. I am personally a victim but still its not that bad. And no the spares are not expensive.

as I said try to ask the Honda dealer itself. they maybe able to help.:)

Adit i suggest u pay a visit to my house once .. There is a spanking dark blue VTEC registration ending with 555 parked two lanes across mine .. Very well maintained and driven mostly by a lady .. Trust me u will fall in love with this car on 1st sight .. Its probably the best maintained VTEC in bangy ..

Well its upto u to go upto her and ask her if she is willing to sell the car , it might work for all u know .. This was the way iceman ended up selling his beauty u know ?? So who knows , u could get really lucky ..

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Originally Posted by mclaren1885

;) keep watching this space for a surprise.....

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Originally Posted by adit1329

;) keep watching this space for a surprise.....

well we are waiting for the surprise and i hope it comes soon.. anyways was just visiting the dealers for a used car around 15 days back and saw some good vtecs..
national Motors near garuda mall has 2 Vtecs for sale priced around 4.5L to 5L
and Classic Motors near the RT nagar Underbridge has a vtec for 5L..
check it out.. they were good.I suggest you test drive them too..

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Originally Posted by Shan2nu

U just wait n watch pal. Nothing is impossible if you give it some time.

Shan2nu

Agreed!! There is a certain school of thought that believes that if u give a monkey a typewriter, eventually almost surely it will type out all the works of Shakespeare!!

On a somewhat related topic, how much does a 1.3 OHC resell for?

Cheers
Amitoj