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Terrific Post couldn't stop laughing - one of the best car reviews. In the end, was it a good buy or only an emotional one?

Loved every word of your review, mate! Here's to millions of awesome memories on and off the road with your new steed!

Something does seem amiss with your AC blower - have it checked during your service please!

I got these seat mounted armrests for my Thar, however I am yet to find a reliable installer to install these here in Bangalore. It may be of interest to you too as this is the best armrest that you can install on Thar without losing the OEM look in my opinion.

You sir have an amazing style of narrating and keeping readers engaged. I enjoyed reading it.

I felt like There was frustration of missing out on the finnese of Jetta but at the same time satisfaction of owning a go anywhere machine which is drooled by a lot (including me). Keep writing and keep driving. clap:

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Originally Posted by sj_car_boy (Post 5224863)
Hey Tilt, enjoyed reading this TOR. I'm looking to buy a car for the Mrs in BLR. If you're looking to get rid of your Jetta, let's go out for lunch sometime. I do not yet have DM rights on the forum. Cheers!

Thank you. There are a few people who have already expressed interest. May I keep you in mind if they pass?

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Originally Posted by pd1108 (Post 5224865)
Terrific Post couldn't stop laughing - one of the best car reviews. In the end, was it a good buy or only an emotional one?

Both :) It started out as an emotional buy (I have wanted one since I watched Aradhana in 1970 though I did not speak a word of Hindi) but it has turned out to be a good one as well. I just became lucky, that's all.

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Originally Posted by ph03n!x (Post 5224878)
Loved every word of your review, mate! Here's to millions of awesome memories on and off the road with your new steed!

Something does seem amiss with your AC blower - have it checked during your service please!

Thank you. Shall do. Yours were among the posts I eagerly kept up with along with jkrishnaj and Dr_TJ.

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Originally Posted by highwaypatrol (Post 5224899)
I got these seat mounted armrests for my Thar, however I am yet to find a reliable installer to install these here in Bangalore. It may be of interest to you too as this is the best armrest that you can install on Thar without losing the OEM look in my opinion.

These look really perfect. Please do keep us posted on where and how you manage to get it installed and how happy you are with this. By the way, thse do not look like they will fold up and down - are they foldable?

Cheers

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Originally Posted by mytbhp_turbo (Post 5224637)
Very well written I really enjoyed reading it. Congratulations and wish you a lot of happy miles !

Regarding your armrest issue, check this out, you can ignore Other stuff but I liked their custom armrest, location (placement) as well as usability -

Thank you :)

I watched the video (thank you for the link); but I am afraid this does not suit my purpose either because it still does make it awkward to actually use the cup-holders confortably while driving; and it also makes it awkward to use the hand-brake.

Cheers

Congratulations for the new car! Absolute pleasure to read the posts - and related to the earlier discussions too. So you are a Mahindra customer now - welcome to the masochist's club (i honestly wish you a niggle free ownership but you know deep inside, that's never the case with a Mahindra!) :D

A nice photoshoot is in order - and a celebration too!

Wish you a many more happy (s)miles on this useless cupholder car!

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Originally Posted by abirnale (Post 5224961)
Congratulations for the new car! Absolute pleasure to read the posts - and related to the earlier discussions too. So you are a Mahindra customer now - welcome to the masochist's club (i honestly wish you a niggle free ownership but you know deep inside, that's never the case with a Mahindra!) :D

A nice photoshoot is in order - and a celebration too!

Wish you a many more happy (s)miles on this useless cupholder car!

Thanks Avi :) The way Mahindra treated you and your XUV gave me the confidence that they would do the same to their new flagship product.

Photoshoot can wait until the rest of the guys have received their Thars and you have received your new XUV :)

Cheers

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Originally Posted by tilt (Post 5224953)
Thank you :)

I watched the video (thank you for the link); but I am afraid this does not suit my purpose either because it still does make it awkward to actually use the cup-holders confortably while driving; and it also makes it awkward to use the hand-brake.

Cheers

I never faced problem with any cup holder :-)

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Jokes apart, I hope you land on some good solution.

Congratulations on the Thar and I like the way you have used humor to voice out your entire experience! Agree to the auto parking anamoly.

Amazing review. Loved it. Perhaps we should have your thoughts in all reviews:thumbs up

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Originally Posted by tilt (Post 5224012)
I like it that I can adjust both the outside mirrors from the driver’s seat, but when I am traversing a very narrow road and there’s a car coming in the opposite direction, I have to unbuckle my seat-belt, open the driver’s door (if there is room), walk around the front of the car to the passenger door, fold the mirror, walk back around the front of the car to the drivers seat, buckle up, squeeze past, stop the car, undo the seat-belt again, walk around the front of the car again, unfold the passenger mirror, walk back around the front to the driver’s seat, buckle up, and then move on.

Just to change things around a bit, I could sometimes walk around the back of the car instead of around the front. Need to make life interesting.

To keep things interesting, how about an umbrella with a J-handle /walking cane in the car, attached to the seat back and drawing it out like a sword or arrow from your quiver if you prefer. Unless, they've provided RR style (copied by Skoda!) umbrella in the door - please check.
Hockey Stick under the seat can serve this + another purpose, if you know what I mean.

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Originally Posted by tilt (Post 5224012)
And when I was there it was discovered that all four wheels were totally unbalanced; and in fact three out of the four wheels had so much road force in them that it took around two hours just to try and get them balanced. The fourth wheel could not be balanced at all.

Since its a Thar, maybe they test all vehicles off-road before delivery?

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Where the sun don’t shine—- made my day.


What an absolute slapstick this is and your review filled with many. I rolled and rolled over laughing. I love such sarcastic self deprecating anecdotes. They are so intelligent and intruiguing.
Loved your threads too bits.

Keep it up.
I too purchased an Scross zeta recently and loving it for sure. Enjoy the thar while it lasts. And it’s known to last.

I dont know why I started reading this review but surely couldn't stop chuckling and ended up reading the i20 review too lol:

Congratulations on the car, loved your writing style. Thanks for the lolz.

Loved your write up. I think this is by far the most hilarious piece of content I have read in TBHP or elsewhere. I chuckled to most of the lines, LOL. Wishing you many happy kilometers!

Congratulations on your Thar, loved the hilarious and witty review. I wouldn't have taken time to read it if it was just another Thar review, so cheers for making my day.
It's unbelievable to note that your car was delivered with unbalanced wheels, that too with such astonishing errors.
Wish you many more happy kilometers, I'll be keeping an eye for your long term review of the same!

I was watching a youtube video of a base model Ford Bronco the other day. Thar looks like a wrangler but feels more like the Bronco overall.

However, what youtube did not and cannot show is the great writing style.

Cheers,


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