My New Accent : Hazel!

hbaruas · 17th January 2008, 17:02

Hi All,

After going thru numerous threads on Team-BHP that Ford IKON is not the car that causes much trouble now, the FORD service has improved and then deciding that IKON is the one I can go ahead with at the tempting price it was being offered for ..
When I went to the Ford showroom to book one ..
I instead took a few steps more and instead entered the Hyundai showroom .. with that spanking WHITE ANGEL standing in front of me…
Then taking into account the difference in the service offered (b/w FORD and HYUNDAI), the bhp difference and thus the Power to weight ratio ..
I finally decided to go ahead and book a BRIGHT SILVER ACCENT GLE.

This was around a month back ..

But yesterday , I got the delivery of the Hyundai Accent GLE (Bright Silver) model from Hans Hyundai, Delhi.
Though I was promised that the car would be delivered by the 10th of Jan…but still it got extended by about a week ...
The departments dealing with sale, finance were pretty prompt in their service but the dealer was not ready to budge from his stand to give me any freebies apart from the floor mats, mud flaps.

Took the delivery but there were no customary bouquets, chocos etc being offered or may be a pic being taken (my cousin had a pics clicked and handed over to him by the Mahindra when he purchased his Logan ).

I know that its too trivial an issue… but I was told that there are too many cars being delivered today so we wont be able to hand over a bouquet etc.

Anyways …Luckily had taken my digicam along with me…
After a few pics with the baby ..
Started off with the usual lemon crushing ceremony and took it straight to one of the temples for the pooja ..

Took the PDI printout specified in one of the threads (THANKS TEAM-BHP),
But the dealer said we don’t offer warranty cards for battery or tires ..

Next task at hand is getting the baby ICE’d (for which I have thread opened under the ICE section on Team-BHP), and also to go ahead with the central locking (confused between AUTO COP and Xenos , immobiliser or not, gear lock or not ) and the seat covers (leather type.. but for that Delhi heat, towel or velvet )

Hoping to keep my baby squeaky clean for years to come ..

And am hoping that my baby

Hyundai Accent G L E
H A Z E L

will not make an entry into one of the threads on Team–BHP which is related to : “ UR first dent at … kms?”

anytime soon !!!

Absar · 17th January 2008, 22:13

Congratulations on your purchase of your new Accent GLE,read HAZEL

. Choosing the Accent over the Ikon was a nice choice. Accent is 1.6 while the Ikon is only 1.3! After sales service,Hyundai is better,they listen to the customer's problems better than Ford.

Great choice! Do give her a set of great alloys with better tyres if your budget permits you. for ICE,the ICE thread is there.

cya
A

abhinav.gupta88 · 17th January 2008, 22:40

Hazel nice name. Definitely a better choice than 1.3. You get better performance and the hyundai services are getting better day by day. The Spares wont cost you as much as they would cost you for Ford.
Congrats. Post some pics too!

Eddy · 17th January 2008, 22:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by Absar

Congratulations on your purchase of your new Accent GLE,read HAZEL

. Choosing the Accent over the Ikon was a nice choice. Accent is 1.6 while the Ikon is only 1.3! After sales service,Hyundai is better,they listen to the customer's problems better than Ford.

Great choice! Do give her a set of great alloys with better tyres if your budget permits you. for ICE,the ICE thread is there.

cya
A

Me thinks that Accent is 1495 cc

rrnsss · 17th January 2008, 23:36

congrats on your new car. post some pictures

CorsaLove · 18th January 2008, 00:50

Congrats on your new car. Accent is good.

I also thought it was 1495 cc.

esteem_lover · 18th January 2008, 06:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by CorsaLove

I also thought it was 1495 cc.

Yep, it is a 1.5. the 1.6 is out of production.

Congrats hbaruas, good choice.

CrAzY dRiVeR · 18th January 2008, 09:04

Congrats on the car!

What was the on-road price and offers you got?

dadu · 18th January 2008, 09:52

Congrats, accent is a tried and tested car, hyundai service is also good, spares are reasonable.

Post the pictures for us to enjoy too.

prabuddhadg · 18th January 2008, 10:08

Congrats, hbaruas. That's a pretty comfy car you have there. A friend of mine too went through a similar planning process and bought the GLE. Hasn't thought of as fancy a name yet though.

By the way, I too think the current model is 1.5 L and not 1.6. Still its bigger than the Ford 1.3.

GTO · 18th January 2008, 10:11

Congrats! The Accent is a pretty decent entry-level sedan.

benbsb29 · 18th January 2008, 10:16

Congrats on your new car, hbaruas. The Accent is a good entry-level sedan. Maybe you should put up the pics you clicked of your new car here.

Between, the Accent GLE is a 1.5, and not a 1.6.

Prithvi · 18th January 2008, 10:25

Congrats on your new Accent, I too had a silver one, a 2000 GLS model, but sold it last june to upgrade to a Skoda Octy 1.9TDI, still miss the Accent a lot. Sometimes wished I still retained the car.

Happy & Safe driving.

snaronikar · 18th January 2008, 11:22

Congrats on for your new baby. Do treat her well andh she will return the same to you. BTW, do post some pics. Lets feel how it looks, dude.

hbaruas · 18th January 2008, 12:21

Yes guys ,
It is a 1.5 engine only ,the GLE, the only model available now..
@5.5 OTR ..
No accessories offered except for the floor mats , mud flaps ..
This one is with Wooden Grain finish

Will be posting a few pics soon ...
Right now i am going thru the ..
How to post photographs on Team-BHP thread ..

17th January 2008, 17:02	#1
hbaruas BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 82 Thanked: 3 Times	My New Accent : Hazel! Hi All, After going thru numerous threads on Team-BHP that Ford IKON is not the car that causes much trouble now, the FORD service has improved and then deciding that IKON is the one I can go ahead with at the tempting price it was being offered for .. When I went to the Ford showroom to book one .. I instead took a few steps more and instead entered the Hyundai showroom .. with that spanking WHITE ANGEL standing in front of me… Then taking into account the difference in the service offered (b/w FORD and HYUNDAI), the bhp difference and thus the Power to weight ratio .. I finally decided to go ahead and book a BRIGHT SILVER ACCENT GLE. This was around a month back .. But yesterday , I got the delivery of the Hyundai Accent GLE (Bright Silver) model from Hans Hyundai, Delhi. Though I was promised that the car would be delivered by the 10th of Jan…but still it got extended by about a week ... The departments dealing with sale, finance were pretty prompt in their service but the dealer was not ready to budge from his stand to give me any freebies apart from the floor mats, mud flaps. Took the delivery but there were no customary bouquets, chocos etc being offered or may be a pic being taken (my cousin had a pics clicked and handed over to him by the Mahindra when he purchased his Logan ). I know that its too trivial an issue… but I was told that there are too many cars being delivered today so we wont be able to hand over a bouquet etc. Anyways …Luckily had taken my digicam along with me… After a few pics with the baby .. Started off with the usual lemon crushing ceremony and took it straight to one of the temples for the pooja .. Took the PDI printout specified in one of the threads (THANKS TEAM-BHP), But the dealer said we don’t offer warranty cards for battery or tires .. Next task at hand is getting the baby ICE’d (for which I have thread opened under the ICE section on Team-BHP), and also to go ahead with the central locking (confused between AUTO COP and Xenos , immobiliser or not, gear lock or not ) and the seat covers (leather type.. but for that Delhi heat, towel or velvet ) Hoping to keep my baby squeaky clean for years to come .. And am hoping that my baby Hyundai Accent G L E H A Z E L will not make an entry into one of the threads on Team–BHP which is related to : “ UR first dent at … kms?” anytime soon !!!
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17th January 2008, 22:13	#2
Absar BHPian Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Madras Posts: 560 Thanked: 10 Times View My Garage	Congratulations on your purchase of your new Accent GLE,read HAZEL . Choosing the Accent over the Ikon was a nice choice. Accent is 1.6 while the Ikon is only 1.3! After sales service,Hyundai is better,they listen to the customer's problems better than Ford. Great choice! Do give her a set of great alloys with better tyres if your budget permits you. for ICE,the ICE thread is there. cya A
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17th January 2008, 22:40	#3
abhinav.gupta88 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Delhi , India Posts: 4,092 Thanked: 325 Times View My Garage	Hazel nice name. Definitely a better choice than 1.3. You get better performance and the hyundai services are getting better day by day. The Spares wont cost you as much as they would cost you for Ford. Congrats. Post some pics too!
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17th January 2008, 23:36	#5
rrnsss BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Chennai Posts: 397 Thanked: 346 Times	congrats on your new car. post some pictures
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18th January 2008, 00:50	#6
CorsaLove BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 392 Thanked: 18 Times View My Garage	New Ford!! Enjoy Congrats on your new car. Accent is good. I also thought it was 1495 cc.
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18th January 2008, 09:04	#8
CrAzY dRiVeR Team-BHP Support Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore / TVM Posts: 17,181 Thanked: 73,502 Times View My Garage	Congrats on the car! What was the on-road price and offers you got?
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18th January 2008, 09:52	#9
dadu Senior - BHPian Join Date: May 2007 Location: Bangalore Posts: 3,803 Thanked: 462 Times View My Garage	Congrats, accent is a tried and tested car, hyundai service is also good, spares are reasonable. Post the pictures for us to enjoy too.
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18th January 2008, 10:08	#10
prabuddhadg BHPian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Mumbai Posts: 812 Thanked: 81 Times View My Garage	Congrats, hbaruas. That's a pretty comfy car you have there. A friend of mine too went through a similar planning process and bought the GLE. Hasn't thought of as fancy a name yet though. By the way, I too think the current model is 1.5 L and not 1.6. Still its bigger than the Ford 1.3.
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18th January 2008, 10:11	#11
GTO Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Bombay Posts: 70,534 Thanked: 300,734 Times View My Garage	Congrats! The Accent is a pretty decent entry-level sedan.
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18th January 2008, 10:16	#12
benbsb29 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Brisbane Posts: 9,968 Thanked: 13,223 Times View My Garage	Congrats on your new car, hbaruas. The Accent is a good entry-level sedan. Maybe you should put up the pics you clicked of your new car here. Between, the Accent GLE is a 1.5, and not a 1.6.
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18th January 2008, 10:25	#13
Prithvi BHPian Join Date: May 2005 Location: BANGALORE Posts: 302 Thanked: 25 Times	Congrats on your new Accent, I too had a silver one, a 2000 GLS model, but sold it last june to upgrade to a Skoda Octy 1.9TDI, still miss the Accent a lot. Sometimes wished I still retained the car. Happy & Safe driving.
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18th January 2008, 11:22	#14
snaronikar Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Bengaluru Posts: 2,845 Thanked: 29 Times View My Garage	Congrats on for your new baby. Do treat her well andh she will return the same to you. BTW, do post some pics. Lets feel how it looks, dude.
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18th January 2008, 12:21	#15
hbaruas BHPian Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Delhi Posts: 82 Thanked: 3 Times	Yes guys , It is a 1.5 engine only ,the GLE, the only model available now.. @5.5 OTR .. No accessories offered except for the floor mats , mud flaps .. This one is with Wooden Grain finish Will be posting a few pics soon ... Right now i am going thru the .. How to post photographs on Team-BHP thread ..
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