My Bull - TATA SAFARI Dicor 2.2 VTT Lx - Booked, Bought and Now Reclaiming my life!

aburagohain · 3rd January 2008, 13:16

congratulations srini, your vehicle looks just wonderful, the body color bumpers are adding to the overall black look, motivating me too to go for the same.

go a little easy on the speed for some time though, till all the nuts and bolts are rechecked at the first service, mine had a loose nut in the fuel line, spotted in time and tightened.

cheers to your new vehicle!

bglsrini · 3rd January 2008, 19:36

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Originally Posted by m3_07

Congrats Srini on your BULL. It looks amazing. It was also a good decision to go in for body coloured bumpers with Quartz black.

As some have quoted, you have spent quite a sum of money on "beautification". Since, your's is a LX model, did you change the wheels to alloys???

As far as the crash guard goes, see if you can get something fabricated in "all steel". This I have seen in one of the Merc SUVs & they look fabulous.

Enjoy the bull, low speeds to start with please!!

hi,i havnt put alloy wheels yet.if possible can u send me the pic of the merc suv with all steel bullguard

bglsrini · 3rd January 2008, 19:38

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Originally Posted by sreenidhibr

Safari looks terrific - congratulations on your ownership. Does it come with leather seats? Or are you planning to get them as add-ons?

planning to get seats(imitation leather) as addon

m3_07 · 4th January 2008, 14:18

@Ashwin_seattle

SIRs, we are here on an "add on's" project & not trying to compare the performance/ interiors of MERC TO SAFARI.

You will never know, as days pass by, Safari might outbeat Merc. Must have heard that TM is buying off jaguar!!

m3_07 · 4th January 2008, 15:03

hey srini....there were days when I used to see that car pass by GPO. Do not have pics :(. But I found one interesting site @ Everything SUV: The Best Sport Utility Vehicle Accessories, SUV Accessories and Truck Accessories from WAAG, Husky Liner, Nerf Bars, PIAA, Surco, Catch-All, WeatherTech, Hella, Lloyds, Rear Gear And Many Others where you could get crazy innovative idea on the retrofits.

Alloys: Quite hard to find a dealer who sells Aura in B'lore. The showroom sells it at 28K - quite unreasonable. Market is flooded by taiwan makes. Incidentally, plati, is the make which atleast has its name embossed on the wheels. The rest of the pack just change their names over the "plastic caps'

hmishra83 · 4th January 2008, 16:03

hey srini. congrats on buying that DREAM BULL

All looks good...do somehting about the wheel and urgently about ur bull bar! A Bull with a blocked nose would not grunt the way it is meant to!

kdeepakk · 4th January 2008, 16:50

Ok... Here is the address of the person who sells Aura alloys only. http://www.auraalloywheels.com

M V Enterprises<Br>34, 1st Main Road,
Kalasipalyam , New extn
Bangalore-560002
Mr. Manoj Agarwal 080-2223090
manoj_magarwal@yahoo.co.in

This person is the distributor for Bangalore. He supplies the wheels to all the dealers. You can go there & buy, this is just parallel road of JC Road.

When you are coming from the Minerva Circle, Reach SKC & take a left near the signal & one more left, now you will reach parallel road of JC Road & you will find this godown on right side on first floor. He is 5k cheaper than the dealers.

Regards
Deepak

Mpower · 4th January 2008, 20:38

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Originally Posted by hmishra83

A Bull with a blocked nose would not grunt the way it is meant to!

Check out Godfather's bull bar here. Looks very similar to yours but the bar doesn't block the grille. However his fog-light placement is suspect.

Godfather · 5th January 2008, 02:16

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Originally Posted by Mpower

Check out Godfather's bull bar here. Looks very similar to yours but the bar doesn't block the grille. However his fog-light placement is suspect.

Yeah..I kind of dont like the position of the fog Lights myself.. I plan to change it once i come back.. but then the question is.. where does the Number plate go??

Would i be allowed to put the number plate on the extreme left or right corner of the bumper and put the fogs on the Silver step of the bull bar??

Goddy

Mpower · 5th January 2008, 20:37

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Originally Posted by Godfather

Would i be allowed to put the number plate on the extreme left or right corner of the bumper and put the fogs on the Silver step of the bull bar??
Goddy

I suppose you could... like seen here. Not sure about the legality aspect.

PAVAN KADAM · 5th January 2008, 20:47

Hey Srini,

Congrats on your new buy,

I feel the word BEAST suits the safari more than a BULL.

Its sure a great SUV man.

I somehow feel that my 3L DICOR behaves like a big daddy compared to the 2.2 VTT Dicor.

Any inputs on this comment from any of the DICOR Heads on this forum.

Sure the Safari is still the best you can get, enjoy your drive man.

harjeev · 7th January 2008, 13:26

Hey bglsrini
Congrats on taking possession of the BEAR.
You will have a great time taming it and enjoy every moment of it.
It is a fantastic vehicle and me after driving a petrol cars for the past 15 years had some apprehensions about going for a diesel. Finally took the plunge in November 07, and frankly speaking never regretted my decision.
Drive safe

tsk1979 · 7th January 2008, 14:00

In Delhi I do not see any shops carrying these sleek Bull bars. those ugly all around taxi bull bars are more common.
Any tips on where to get these plastic type bull bars in New Delhi.

Hemanth · 7th January 2008, 14:21

Hey Srini congrats. Drive safely man.

iraghava · 7th January 2008, 14:35

Tried Karol Bagh already??

3rd January 2008, 13:16	#31
aburagohain BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 153 Thanked: 2 Times	congratulations srini, your vehicle looks just wonderful, the body color bumpers are adding to the overall black look, motivating me too to go for the same. go a little easy on the speed for some time though, till all the nuts and bolts are rechecked at the first service, mine had a loose nut in the fuel line, spotted in time and tightened. cheers to your new vehicle!
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4th January 2008, 14:18	#34
m3_07 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 275 Thanked: 203 Times	@Ashwin_seattle SIRs, we are here on an "add on's" project & not trying to compare the performance/ interiors of MERC TO SAFARI. You will never know, as days pass by, Safari might outbeat Merc. Must have heard that TM is buying off jaguar!!
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4th January 2008, 15:03	#35
m3_07 BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 275 Thanked: 203 Times	hey srini....there were days when I used to see that car pass by GPO. Do not have pics :(. But I found one interesting site @ Everything SUV: The Best Sport Utility Vehicle Accessories, SUV Accessories and Truck Accessories from WAAG, Husky Liner, Nerf Bars, PIAA, Surco, Catch-All, WeatherTech, Hella, Lloyds, Rear Gear And Many Others where you could get crazy innovative idea on the retrofits. Alloys: Quite hard to find a dealer who sells Aura in B'lore. The showroom sells it at 28K - quite unreasonable. Market is flooded by taiwan makes. Incidentally, plati, is the make which atleast has its name embossed on the wheels. The rest of the pack just change their names over the "plastic caps'
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4th January 2008, 16:03	#36
hmishra83 BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: New York City & New Delhi Posts: 222 Thanked: 2 Times View My Garage	hey srini. congrats on buying that DREAM BULL All looks good...do somehting about the wheel and urgently about ur bull bar! A Bull with a blocked nose would not grunt the way it is meant to!
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4th January 2008, 16:50	#37
kdeepakk BHPian Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 272 Thanked: 103 Times View My Garage	Ok... Here is the address of the person who sells Aura alloys only. http://www.auraalloywheels.com M V Enterprises<Br>34, 1st Main Road, Kalasipalyam , New extn Bangalore-560002 Mr. Manoj Agarwal 080-2223090 manoj_magarwal@yahoo.co.in This person is the distributor for Bangalore. He supplies the wheels to all the dealers. You can go there & buy, this is just parallel road of JC Road. When you are coming from the Minerva Circle, Reach SKC & take a left near the signal & one more left, now you will reach parallel road of JC Road & you will find this godown on right side on first floor. He is 5k cheaper than the dealers. Regards Deepak Last edited by kdeepakk : 4th January 2008 at 16:58.
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5th January 2008, 20:47	#41
PAVAN KADAM BANNED Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: NAMMA BENGALURU Posts: 5,602 Thanked: 2,552 Times	Hey Srini, Congrats on your new buy, I feel the word BEAST suits the safari more than a BULL. Its sure a great SUV man. I somehow feel that my 3L DICOR behaves like a big daddy compared to the 2.2 VTT Dicor. Any inputs on this comment from any of the DICOR Heads on this forum. Sure the Safari is still the best you can get, enjoy your drive man.
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7th January 2008, 13:26	#42
harjeev Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2006 Location: New Delhi Posts: 1,899 Thanked: 293 Times View My Garage	Hey bglsrini Congrats on taking possession of the BEAR. You will have a great time taming it and enjoy every moment of it. It is a fantastic vehicle and me after driving a petrol cars for the past 15 years had some apprehensions about going for a diesel. Finally took the plunge in November 07, and frankly speaking never regretted my decision. Drive safe
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7th January 2008, 14:00	#43
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,726 Thanked: 23,058 Times View My Garage	In Delhi I do not see any shops carrying these sleek Bull bars. those ugly all around taxi bull bars are more common. Any tips on where to get these plastic type bull bars in New Delhi.
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7th January 2008, 14:21	#44
Hemanth BHPian Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Mysore Posts: 193 Thanked: 5 Times	Hey Srini congrats. Drive safely man.
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7th January 2008, 14:35	#45
iraghava Senior - BHPian Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bhaiyyaland Posts: 8,033 Thanked: 272 Times View My Garage	Tried Karol Bagh already??
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