Thanx to all for the wishes and sorry for the delay in getting back. Was travelling. To all those who feel that the review was done well, the thanx should go to GTO who forced me into making it good, saying the review will never see daylight unless it is good
and to Gannu_1 for tweeking the posts and photos here n there.
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Originally Posted by naveen.raju
One question - How is the bumper paint quality? The car we show at the showroom clearly missed the clear coat and it looked a bit weird. Do check on yours. |
NaveenRaju, thanx on that tip. Could not find fault with the bumper. It seemed to gel in with the rest of the paint and the gloss is there.
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Originally Posted by StepUP! Somehow I am wondering why you bought TUV? From Vento TDI to 3 pot TUV seems like a downgrade. I read your report and I don't get a single reason except a new car bug bite. Excuse me if I am offending you. |
Ha ha StepUP, thanx. It may be a StepDown but no offence taken. I always liked the Bolero and the Thar but could not bring myself to get it due to the interiors and its finish. The interiors of the TUV cleared that up for me. With regards to the 3 cylinder engine, I had my doubts till I drove it. The vibrations which would be the trade mark of a 3 pot has been really taken care of with the 'dual mass' flywheel. At idling RPM just a slight vibration is felt on the gear lever, with nothing else in the cabin being induced to vibrate. At higher RPMs (3000 and above) the vibrations do seep in, when accelerating, but dies down when you settle down on that gear.
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Originally Posted by DragonHawk Congrats on your new ride Cap!!.
I must say interior quality of TUV300 is in a different league altogether when compared to Scorprio. Only thing I am not happy with its interiors is the power window switches. Why in the world would anyone place the switches in central console. Coming from Vento I would say, you might find it uncomfortable to operate this for quite sometime. |
Thanx DragonHawk. The position of the window switches are indeed 'Mahindra patented' and shared with the TATAs too. I normally drive with the left hand resting on the gear knob, and now I have found that the position of the window switches are conviniently located. I dont have to let go of the steering wheel (right hand) to fiddle with the switches. The left hand effortlessly move from the gear knob to the switch to bring down the glass and give the autowallah or the block headed guy who thinks the road is his playground a piece of my mind.
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Originally Posted by fusionbang I think you missed mentioning about "Kitna Deti he" part as there has been a huge difference as per the ARAI specification and the reviews. |
Thanx Fusionbang, I did not miss the fuel efficiency part. I know a lot of us would be interested on that. I wanted to put in an actual figure, from 'tank top' to 'tank top', and will update this the moment the fuel gauge comes down to below half, and then I fill up. For starters, I think it should be somewhere in the range of 13 to 14 kmph in Chennai city traffic. The DIS shows that I have done 193 km after top up and a DTE of 631 km. With a 60 ltr tank capacity this works out to give 13.7 kmph.
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Originally Posted by mukul32 But more than stuff like legroom, fuel efficiency, low end torque, plastic quality, etc. looking beyond all of that; there is this certain raw appeal to it that no other CUV can match.
On a different note, I am usually a big hater of too much chrome on cars, and was a bit skeptical when I read that you put on chrome on the door handles. But on yours, I feel the chrome door handles actually look quite neat on the black body and help breaking the slab-sided look of the profile. But the same on a white TUV would look disastrous.
ROFLMAO!!! |
CUV ? Cute Utility Vehicle.
Thanx Mukul, I, too, do not like too much of chrome. I did this to get off the monotone of black. Wanted to do the chrome on the mirrors too, but the showroom did not have that piece.
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Originally Posted by AutoInt You may get used to operating the audio / phone controls without having to look down over a period of time and same applies for the power windows controls. |
Thanx AutoInt, already got used to the window switches as I had mentioned above to DragonHawks comment.
Getting used to the audio control will take some time though.
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Originally Posted by TaurusAl We might have another owner on t-Bhp soon
Did you consider the automatic as well ? If yes, please throw some light on why you chose manual over automatic. |
Congrats in advance TaurusAl, and welcome to TEAM TANK. The AMT was never on my mind. I enjoy the rush of power when you down shift and press on the gas, specially when driving uphill on curvy roads, something you will never be able to enjoy on an AMT.
On the test drive of the manual, I found the clutch to be very light, so never gave the AMT a second thought, though I wanted to TEST drive it. Unfortunately till I took delivery of the TUV, the showroom did not get the TEST drive AMT.
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Originally Posted by thatsdileep What is the top speed you hit with this. |
Thanx Dileep, Have managed to go up slightly above 100 kmph without feeling any strain on the engine. Did not want to go above that during the 'running in period', a 'period' I do take seriously.
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Originally Posted by vashisth Just needed to ask, as the drivetrain in your vento was FW and in TUV it is RW, did you find any difference yourself ? |
Thanx Vashisth, In the city traffic and on smooth tarmac I dont feel much of a difference between the FWD and the RWD. I guess the RWD will matter once the TUV is taken off the road, and onto NO ROADS, where the push from the rear wheel will do better that the pull from the front wheels to move the TUV effortlessly.
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Originally Posted by greenhorn A bit offtopic - where did this happen? I didn't know chennai cops were upto this. |
Grenhorn, at Madhya Kailash junction, where you turn from Sardar Patel road to the IT expresway. Both times at night, after midnight.
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Originally Posted by jacksons Now only confusion remain is color, we have silver linea, blue A star and orange is not for us then remains red, white and black. wife is for black and I am for white or red but who will win is any body's guess. |
Jacksons, Orange looks good in flesh and was my first choice. Anyways, black will look stunning too, in your garage. Did I guess the winner ? No nah?