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Originally Posted by harsh.m06 Congrats horizon81! Rapid looks surprisingly great in this shade! A well written review as well. Looking forward for a long term ownership report. Happy mile munching
I miss projector headlamps in my Vento. Could you elaborate some info upon the illumination comparison between old Rapid and the one with Projectors? |
Thank You. On projector headlamps, all my test drives were during day time, so couldn't compare with the normal headlamps. My BIL owns a Vento Highline, and he was with us on the long journey. His opinion was that there's no comparison at all, the projectors win hands down. Best part is that the light beam is very sharp, with almost zero spread beyond its edges; you get very good illumination on the road with the edge of the beam not reaching to even the ORVMs of the cars ahead. I'll post a picture with the three modes(high/low/fog) at night.
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Originally Posted by Vik0728 Congrats Horizon81 on your latest acquisition. Looks lovely in that shade.
Having owned a car in the exact same shade, have small advise. Please be very careful while driving at high speeds behind a truck. The tiny stones seem to chip the color quite easily and this Red shows up these marks quite readily.
Drive safe and pile up more miles. |
Thank you for the wishes and the advise. In less than a month, I've realized that this shade requires higher maintenance. Nothing other than MF towels/mitts would do. Will plan to get a protective coat on the paint from 3M.
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Originally Posted by venkyhere congrats on the new car. wish you many happy miles with it.
I too am planning to upgrade to rapid, and apart from the well desired ride quality and power, my main concerns are regarding noise in the cabin.
- At 100kph on the highway, which noise dominates ? wind/tyres/engine ?
- how is the noise insulation compared to i10 (same/better/significantly better) ?
- does the car come with 'rough road package' - steel plates for underbody protection (i have seen this on my friend's laura & he said its standard) |
Thank You. Answers to your questions:
-noise at 100kmph on the highway and comparison with i10: No wind noise, a low engine hum is audible inside the cabin, and tyre noise, I did not notice (probably I was too thrilled by the new car to notice). Compared to i10(2008), the i10's sound levels are higher, with wind and tyre noise dominating. I have upsized 175 Michelin XM2 on the i10.
-rough road package: The car comes with the rough road package - These are hard plastic/fiberglass panels running under the body.
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Originally Posted by supertinu Congrats Horizon on your shining red ride. It looks lovely in that color and some of the picture with the railway bridge in the background are amazing. Wish you many safe miles in the car.
How did you get over the concerns with Skoda A.S.S? any extended warranty coverage? |
Thank You. The railway bridge is on the kollam-tenkasi route which is undergoing gauge upgrade. The beautiful British architecture is under threat of demolition for the same.
Skoda A.S.S and extended warranty: The car comes with free 5 years warranty. That's 2 years normal + 3 years extended, free. Scheduled services are at every 15K kms or one year. So I'll need to be at the service center only once a year (albeit the first year where I have a check up at 6 months). The staff at TAFE Hosur Road has been courteous so far. Financing was also super fast, once the papers were filed at Bangalore, a person from VW/Skoda Finance came over to my permanent residence at Kerala on the same day and got the verifications done by EOD. Only hiccup was regarding the confusion on whether the vehicle would arrive in Bangalore in time, but it did. In the end, I was happy to get a car with a June manufacturing date in August. So, all in all, very good experience so far.
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Originally Posted by Passiautonate Congrats! Really love this color. Looks Beautiful.
I can relate to you as you were looking for safety features in the new car, life do changes after a baby Isn't it? When I was in the market for a car for my wifey I was hell bend on ABS and Airbag too, bought Asta 1.2 Option . As the car will be taking my 10 months old to creche.
Just a small suggestion- Its a great car and surely it comes with all safety features but I won't recommend taking it to 140s with your wife and son onboard. Imagine you are carrying your most precious items at the back seat. I feel the same whenever I am driving with my kid and Indeed I am a changed driver now.
Cheers! |
Thank you for the wishes and the concern. Nothing to imagine, they are most precious to me
. Just clarifying - I did 140s for just a couple of minutes on an open stretch to loose the tailgaters. Letting them pass me at the lower speeds didn't work a couple of times, since they seemed to have lost interest and slowed down after every time they passed me.
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Originally Posted by D4D Congrats on your new ride!
All these German cars are well engineered and their attention to detail is incredible.
Good decision to take the 5 year extended warranty to get peace of mind, important when owning a Skoda.
Wishing you many happy miles with it! |
Thank you. The 5 year extended warranty was part of the free package.
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Originally Posted by CoolBlueBiker Congrats Horizon81 !! You might have felt a sea of difference between the softly sprung i10 to the Solid handling Rapid Also, that shade of red looks awesome Hope you are planning to get the 3M color protection done soon. |
Thank You. Absolutely! Will visit 3M HSR layout soon. I may have put a few swirls already
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Originally Posted by Hemant_Joshi Congrats Horizon, for your new car..Wish you and your family happy and safe rides,,
I am eagerly waiting for mine,,, |
Thank you and wish you the same too.