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Originally Posted by mayankjha1806 ...
Bangalore-Chennai is not the best route to try and understand the capabilities of this monster, do take it out on some hilly routes near bangalore, or some not so great roads, that's where XUV excels and proves to be a money's worth. |
Yes, I agree, need to take this on a winding stretch either to Wayanad or to Goa through the Simoga route to really judge. I will have to wait for sometime to do this
, work and a personal bit is having me tied up in Bangalore.
But my experience so far in taking slightly sharp turns , near about the open sarjapur area, I did not feel the roll and felt quite confident. Well need to also do this when more people are in the car
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Originally Posted by ghodlur @acinoynx
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Can you ask mods to format your posts please, its difficult to read it. Also if you can post the interior pics too (the broad daylight ones).
Happy mile crunching and drive safely. |
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Originally Posted by _raVan_ Fantastic review Acinonyx Its very unbiased and to the point. To top it, you have excellent set of pics too. Do post the pics with interior mood lighting (with more exposure times).
A noob question though, is windows powering the entertainment system? |
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Originally Posted by Ketan Wonderful review Acinonyx,
.... Great pictures to go with, you may want to adjust the way you post pictures so that readers dont have to scroll horizontally, I guess mods will now be doing it shortly.
Please check on the dashboard matts in the market, you may get those with a rubber underside and a very soft material on the top in the market, those are a bit heavy and rubber helps to stick to that plastic material on the dashboard, that will help you avoid the reflactions on the windshield in direct sunlight conditions.
from your review, it seems they notchy gearshift is something they may have worked on, didnt hear anything about the scratching noise while breaking and many other niggles that we keep hearing about, yours should be the one with quite a few issues resolved.
How do you feel the clutch, is it hard (I'm sure you may have some feedback since you have been using sedans all this while).
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Originally Posted by arup.misra @ Acinonyx, very neatly written review.
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The pics are very nice but why no interior pics |
@Ghodlur/ Ravan/Ketan/Arup thanks for this feedback. I am learner when it comes to postings, I will try my best to make smaller images next time . I will be posting certain pics tonight.
Regarding the noob Q, not sure mate, but I do get the humming noise when the audio is in mute.
@Ketan, thanks for the suggestion, Do you know of any good brands for the matts you mentioned?,
The gear shifting is better than I expected as I had read reviews earlier mentioning that it was notchy. But as mentioned in my review, the 2nd gear engaging is bit tricky as when I had others driving the car, always they managed to put it into 4th instead and the vehicle stalls. But otherwise it is good.
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Originally Posted by Blow Horn Ok Tons of best wishes!
... Have you opted for extended warranty? I would suggest to chip in.
How is the sound quality of the OEM speakers? |
@Blow horn, no I have not opted for extended warranty , but by default Mahindra has given a year extension and it comes to a total of 3 years. the OEM speakers and entertainment system is ok, if you are big music enthusiast, I would say, one will need to upgrade. For me it is just fine. One thing though the vibration in the fornt door is amplified when the audio volume is increased.
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Originally Posted by raj_5004 This is one of the best reports I have ever come across. Beautifully written, all details covered & of course, GREAT pics.
One query - what is your take on the A.S.S. standards? Are you happy with their service? |
Not yet assessed the A.S.S. standard. Will update my feedback, in the thread periodically. But as mentioned earlier the RM was quick to respond on the suspension bolt issue, but though they made a mess of not addressing it first time.
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Originally Posted by sharninder Very nicely written review.
From what I can tell, except for the loose screw, ...
You've owned a toyota and a skoda, both cars usually don't have these kind of teething problems and you're still saying that this is the best car you've owned? Why? Is it the price or is it genuinly more fun to drive ?
Another thing I noticed is that you've mentioned the ride quality is not very smooth on pothole'd roads. Is this true in general for all SUVs ? I'd assume the ride would be better in SUVs. |
@Sharninder, It is a bit expectations setting I feel, I was ready for a car full of problems after I booked the XUV and so these teething problems were that I expected. There were good bits and bad bits. For me this is not new, as I had major ratting problems in skoda, the rear parcel shelf would rattle all the time, initially when I first got the car, the doors were not fixed properly and there was constant noise, as if someone was rubbing 2 thermocol pieces together. The issue was sorted out once door were tightened, but it returned after a few days , this continued for almost a year. The second issue that I had in skoda was braking noise... that never went away till I sold the car!
The reason I say this the best car ... in terms of the overall package. The space, comfort, features , drive and styling. I would say the XUV is not top in all of these , but scores better than Toyota C., and Skoda Oct. on many of these key factors. My family i.e. my wife and daughter loves this car more than any of the ones we owned before. My daughter is not an auto enthusiast and nowadays she explains each and every feature of the XUV to visitors in our car!
Another proof, I have my parents visiting us , and my mom was just against buying any "Jeep" kind of vehicle, but they were pleasantly surprised with this super silent monster and space inside.
I feel in general one can expect a superior low speed ride comfort on potholed roads in sedan better than in a SUV. I have had this same experience with the safari. I could be mistaken, as I have not tried the more expensive Fortuners/ Outlander/ Pajero etc.