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When I said that the DI is more befitting to the character of Bolero, I meant that.VLX is only a station wagon with a refined CRDI engine and in that category, it is excellent. It doesn't have the elementary Jeep characterstics ie, short gearing, out and out low end torque, which is mandatory for offroading of any sort. The CRDI oomph is available only after 2000 RPM( jut like in swift DDIS) and that makes the VLX more of a car or softroader and not a JEEP.And if the CRDI behaves like a car and you like that behaviour,then why and how could you call it a JEEP and why are you people irritated when it is called un-JEEP? One cannot keep the powertrain constantly in high revs when climbing an incline or while off-roading. And that is why M&M do not offer a 4x4 version for it, even as a custom vehicle( DI turbo 4x4 is available upon placing special order provided you are willing to wait for 2 months and to drain your pocket).And those"someone"who say the DI Turbo is tut-tut will have to be counted from this Forum alone-to see the number of people who swears for the DI, just keep a watch on the road. Then as to the referring of "Marshal" as "tractor". Well it is a tractor and I own one. But that tractor has carried me for 85,000/- Kms without a single complaint or breakdown and it's roar is music to my ears and I personally know another so called "tractor" which has run 3,50,000 kms and still going strong.The guys at Mahindra service,Kottayam tell that these "tractors" can easily do 5,00,000 kms before rebuilding and all their service vehicles have these "tractor" engines.The cost of rebuilding these "tractor" engines is only Rs30,000/-but CRDi engines( I am qouting the cost of a scorpio engine) cost Rs 75,000/- for an overhaul, yours truly! ![]() | |
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Dude there is 1 thing however, you say DI 4x4 is available, i dont think so, or maybe i'm not properly informed. Last time i checked with M&M in Aug '08, i was told that 4x4 came only with the IDI Peugeot engine, and if i wanted it i had to place an order for it, and would take a bit longer to be delivered, but there was no 4x4 with the DI engine...dont know if they have it now though, would have 100% gone with the 4x4 version if they had it!! | |
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Got the information that DI 4X4 is available upon special order from the Mahindra dealer at Alappuzha, my hometown. Told me to book the vehicle by paying 200000K initially and warned that I will have to spend 100000K more than the regular 4X2 SLE. Also asked me to follow the path of one Goutham Gambhir but when I showed them a somewhat unproportionate hole in my shirt pocket, most sympathetically advised to go for an old 4X4 MM540. Jokes apart, I confess that my source of information is as stated supra, which may not be correct afterall. ![]() Last edited by Ashley Nair : 12th September 2009 at 22:23. | ||||
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Hi, this ownership thread was started by someone who bought a CRDE bolero and wanted to share his experiences about it. Hence basically -- THIS IS A CRDE BOLERO THREAD, so if DI folks and Scorp dudes log in to this thread hoping to hear praises about their respective rides, it's like a Pakistani walking into the Indian Parliment (hypothetical situation) and expecting to hear the MPs singing the Pakistani national anthem -- NOT GONNA HAPPEN. ![]() This thread is already begining to look like a paragraph-writting contest so I don't want to add to the clutter ![]() Is that a Car? Is that a station wagon? Hmmm... definitely not a jeep. Is it a flying saucer?! ![]() |
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| ![]() Hey MM, Chill. Some guys cant accept the Bolero "Storm through". Hence the questions. There is nothing wrong even if M&M brings out a new rounded vehicle and calls it by any name. The fact that it can go where other vehicles dare not is by itself good enough to distinguish itself. |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() Hey guys, I'm cool. Basically what each camp is trying to imply is that the particular variant of Bolero which they own is most suited to their specific user profile. The friction arose when one camp tried to project their variant as the best -- when actually the truth is that their variant is the best for THEM. Ashley & Maheep, the above is my position. I admire the lengths to which you've gone to explain the technical logic of your view, but you have only convinced me that the CRDE was/is the best for me. Wow! the designers of the Bolero will be proud that their product has such die hard fans! P.S: The best thing about using pseudonames is that nothing is personal! |
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Yup, you are cool. Now, I would like Maheep007 to define offroading and what it means to him. I dont see any issue in handling a different kind of vehicle over a same terrain and get it out and My aim is not to let an engine idle while i steer it out ![]() | |
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