1) About Esteem and Innova.
Go for Innova if you can. Esteem is now discontinued for quite sometime. Next, as the car gets old, it will ask for more maintenance. The powertrain will not eat money, but body, suspension will eventually ask for higher maintenance.
Esteem was one of the best bang for the buck car and is still better to drive than some so called " premium " and " Exciting " and " sporty " cars.
But its no longer in production.
Go for Innova, its more practical if you have parking space, both at home and at work.
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Originally Posted by nowwhat? 2 ) But when we checked the prices we were shocked to discover that cars smaller than the Esteem cost much more than what we paid for it 5 years ago.
1) My wife doesn’t wear seatbelts no matter how much I tell her. I know that airbags without seatbelts are meaningless and probably dangerous.
3) About ABS, I haven’t got much of a clue. All I know is that in the aftermath of a snowstorm in the US, I braked my C-Class at a traffic light where ice had formed and the brake pedal started kicking back at me and there was some pumping action. That terrified me more than the car drifting on the ice and I somehow got it to a stop. Was that ABS? How essential is it in India?
4) So the bottomline is: Would you send your loved one in an Innova GX if that’s all you can really afford? |
2) Even we are shocked for the prices. We had bought Baleno in Oct 05, right now for similar money, no car is offering good things. The cars that come in price range of Baleno are mostly hatches, and they cant even move effortlessly. If you go by the earlier standards, most of the cars are highly overpriced, except Dzire, Ikon, Manza and SX4.
But times have changed and one cant do much about it.
3) If its just for city driving, IMHO ( purely IMHO ), there is no need of ABS. ABS actually increases braking distance in wet and slippery conditions. And what is max speeds one can do in city ? With increasing traffic, speeds are going lower, so no need for ABS for city.
But the moment highway driving comes in, ABS is strongly recommended. This is why I believe that all manufacturers must give ABS as an option on all models. If I am driving a car both on highways and in city, I will prefer ABS over PW, ICE and leather seats, alloys. This is what manufacturers must provide. Right now if you needs, you have to spend on other features also.
4) YES. What can one do if that is all one can afford ?