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Originally Posted by shajufx Yes that 30 days waiting is still a riddle for many. Dealer had only one answer to that, excess demand in delhi due to that mega discount which happend there.
Earlier I had heard all the vehicle documents will be compressed into one plastic card (like a smart card) effective from July 2009 (in Karnataka).
Make sure you dont take reverse parking sensor from the dealer, its a piece of crap. Mine has not worked 100% till today, still waiting for the auto-cop guy to come home and replace the unit (may be Monday.
All the best, prepare for the excitement ! I read somewhere that Narayan Karthikeyan ranked Fiesta 1.6 engine higher than Civic and Accord ! |
Oh yeah, i remember seeing a picture of the fiesta limited time offer on someone's post in parts of n.india not long ago, looked like a killer offer, 5.5 lakhs!! tell you what, i'd be devastated if they bought that offer down to the south later in the year!!
not sure what model that offer was on anyway.
Yeah, that smartcard service was launched in Bangalore last week, i read about it but seriously have my own doubts on how it's going to work though! my opinion, it's allright to have a smart card for the license but an RC Book detail encrypted into the same Smart Card? what happens when someone else is driving the car apart from the owner? there will also be a problem during change of ownership and all that.
So, i'd still prefer to have a book for the RC or maybe a seperate smartcard for it! anyway, i think according to what the website stated, its our responsibility to walk into the RTO to get the card, the timeline for the switch is 2 years!
And yeah, the wait for the RC book sounds kind of right and normal to me, remember having driven back to the showroom a month after taking delivery of my santro to collect the RC book way back in 2005!
about the upgrades, dad was keen on getting the chrome side strips (the ones on all the 4 side doors) from the dealer, just like the ones on the SXI. That apart, we had plans of getting seat covers (probably stanley-been successful in convincing my dad to go for it), sun control films for the windows and ofcourse the reverse parking sensors! sorry to hear about the unit on your car, get them to the replace the entire system and check the electricals completely. Am sure the personnel from Autocops will do a good job, they've been in the business for quite some time! maybe the folks at the showroom were'nt competent enough to fit this unit!
Anyway, we were planning to head to either EVO (cambridge layout) or Autoshop (Koramangala) for our upgrades, my friend who drives in a swift vdi with a 50k worth music system highly recommends them!!! btw, checked Redsoul, the rearview display system looks cool!! which one did you get? the rearview or the led? am assuming the rearview system is obviously more expensive?
and hell yeah!! its definitely a very proud feeling sitting behind the wheels of the fiesta with the backing of the fastest indian, ofcourse!! i'll try getting my hand on that article, thanks for that guys!!