Ford fiesta 1.6 ZXi-Paprika Red

shajufx · 17th August 2009, 17:37

Congratulations on the record delivery ! Hope you are enjoying every bit of the ownership. Keep posting the experiences, its useful for everyone who are searching for a sedan now. As someone rightly said, its raining Fiestas in team-bhp. We had over 7 Fiestas delivered within team-bhp (may be more) in the last 25 days !

rageshgr · 17th August 2009, 18:41

Great! It looks awesome, much better than I imagined the Red! Nice interiors too! Now all you need is some alloys!

I see that u r not keen on them. Great car still , enjoy!

gksunil · 17th August 2009, 20:57

Thank you all. I will definitely post more as and when I take my beauty out for a date! I am inspired by vahan, geeash and all the linea owners here who made their ownership a celebration. I sometime think this looks like red linea. Even Zaxis thinks so. I hope all of you have seen our fiestas being unloaded from the truck. The only problem I face now is to find a place to take her out. I am hoping to get the registeration done by this week and to take her out before I go home for onam .

para_7k · 17th August 2009, 22:04

Sunil,

Congrats on your purchase. Good choice of colour. There can be no better boost to a car's looks than alloys. Add them soon

rageshgr · 17th August 2009, 22:25

Hope you get to unleash her before you go. Onam??? I knew you were a Malayali! by your name! But I read "Karwar" and got confused. You too a marunadan malayali like me! Kalakkan car aliya! Hey you have already regd. it right? The pic shows a reg. no. or is it some temporary number?

gksunil · 18th August 2009, 06:36

rajesh that is TP. Npt permanent one. I will do it this week along with Zaxis. Yes I am a marunadan malayali. Waiting for onam.

funkydude · 18th August 2009, 07:42

Congrats!! for your new Fiesta. You did make a wise decision. Pickup and stability on Ford is anytime better.

BTW nice pics and thanks for the write up.

shajufx · 18th August 2009, 16:35

You got the delivery on a record time (7 days) and dont make others kneel and plead for photos. Do it fast, we are not going to wait till Onam !!

We also want to see the scenic karwar that your Fiesta is enjoying.

rageshgr · 18th August 2009, 21:33

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Originally Posted by gksunil

rajesh that is TP. Npt permanent one. I will do it this week along with Zaxis. Yes I am a marunadan malayali. Waiting for onam.

Oh cool! ya I surmised it is a temp regn. Ya! I too waiting for Onam to go home!

gksunil · 18th August 2009, 21:53

I am reading the owner's manual and have noticed that it asks specifically to keep the original profile of the tyres. It also says that if you change the tyres you have to take the vehicle to the dealer and get the ECU reprogrammed. Any body done that? How it is going to affect the performance of the car?

shajufx · 18th August 2009, 22:50

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Originally Posted by gksunil

if you change the tyres you have to take the vehicle to the dealer and get the ECU reprogrammed.

Thats something I havent noticed. I am yet to read the manual start to end. If the ECU reprogramming is required, better to check with the dealer sooner. May be we may not get the ODO error of 2.2% (185/65/R14 profile) if that is done. I am not sure though. Will check from my end.

gksunil · 24th August 2009, 22:25

Well the ECU remapping has been done by frankmehta. I have done the registeration of my car. I should be going for acrylic number plates. Very cheap 400 bucks only. Any different opinion?

shajufx · 24th August 2009, 22:36

ECU remapping is a simple job that is done within 5 mts as I understand. I might wait for first service, unless driving towards the city for any other needs. The number plates were fixed free of cost in my case. So, I really dont feel like spenting for the HSRP right now. When it becomes a rule (sooner or later), we will have to do it by no choice. By the way, where are your pics ? Please post them as fast as possible.

NIP · 25th August 2009, 09:42

Congrats on your red rocket

Its raining Fiestas on tbhp too ! Whatever happened to the recession !?

gksunil · 16th September 2009, 08:34

Hi friends
I had to go to home town on emergency and was away for a couple of weeks. As it was unplanned I really had to rush and just before leaving my apartment I realised that I didn't have my car key(key with remote). I came back yesterday from my home town and searched everywhere in my apartment but no use!. I contacted Metro ford and they are quoting 5000/- for changing the key block. Hence my next trip may be to Hubli show room that too just after completing one month of ownership. But I may have to postpone it as I am not well. I am very reluctant to handover my Fiesta to a driver for getting the key block changed.

17th August 2009, 17:37	#16
shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BLR & Singapore Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 831 Times View My Garage	Congratulations on the record delivery ! Hope you are enjoying every bit of the ownership. Keep posting the experiences, its useful for everyone who are searching for a sedan now. As someone rightly said, its raining Fiestas in team-bhp. We had over 7 Fiestas delivered within team-bhp (may be more) in the last 25 days !
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17th August 2009, 18:41	#17
rageshgr BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chennai/Vaikom Posts: 549 Thanked: 551 Times View My Garage	Great! It looks awesome, much better than I imagined the Red! Nice interiors too! Now all you need is some alloys! I see that u r not keen on them. Great car still , enjoy!
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17th August 2009, 20:57	#18
gksunil BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: karwar Posts: 79 Thanked: 7 Times	Thank you all. I will definitely post more as and when I take my beauty out for a date! I am inspired by vahan, geeash and all the linea owners here who made their ownership a celebration. I sometime think this looks like red linea. Even Zaxis thinks so. I hope all of you have seen our fiestas being unloaded from the truck. The only problem I face now is to find a place to take her out. I am hoping to get the registeration done by this week and to take her out before I go home for onam .
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17th August 2009, 22:04	#19
para_7k BHPian Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: chennai Posts: 469 Thanked: 112 Times	Sunil, Congrats on your purchase. Good choice of colour. There can be no better boost to a car's looks than alloys. Add them soon
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17th August 2009, 22:25	#20
rageshgr BHPian Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chennai/Vaikom Posts: 549 Thanked: 551 Times View My Garage	Hope you get to unleash her before you go. Onam??? I knew you were a Malayali! by your name! But I read "Karwar" and got confused. You too a marunadan malayali like me! Kalakkan car aliya! Hey you have already regd. it right? The pic shows a reg. no. or is it some temporary number? Last edited by rageshgr : 17th August 2009 at 22:28.
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18th August 2009, 06:36	#21
gksunil BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: karwar Posts: 79 Thanked: 7 Times	rajesh that is TP. Npt permanent one. I will do it this week along with Zaxis. Yes I am a marunadan malayali. Waiting for onam.
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18th August 2009, 07:42	#22
funkydude BHPian Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Noida Posts: 110 Thanked: 54 Times	Congrats!! for your new Fiesta. You did make a wise decision. Pickup and stability on Ford is anytime better. BTW nice pics and thanks for the write up.
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18th August 2009, 16:35	#23
shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BLR & Singapore Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 831 Times View My Garage	You got the delivery on a record time (7 days) and dont make others kneel and plead for photos. Do it fast, we are not going to wait till Onam !! We also want to see the scenic karwar that your Fiesta is enjoying.
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18th August 2009, 21:53	#25
gksunil BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: karwar Posts: 79 Thanked: 7 Times	I am reading the owner's manual and have noticed that it asks specifically to keep the original profile of the tyres. It also says that if you change the tyres you have to take the vehicle to the dealer and get the ECU reprogrammed. Any body done that? How it is going to affect the performance of the car?
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24th August 2009, 22:25	#27
gksunil BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: karwar Posts: 79 Thanked: 7 Times	Well the ECU remapping has been done by frankmehta. I have done the registeration of my car. I should be going for acrylic number plates. Very cheap 400 bucks only. Any different opinion?
	() Thanks

24th August 2009, 22:36	#28
shajufx Senior - BHPian Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: BLR & Singapore Posts: 1,806 Thanked: 831 Times View My Garage	ECU remapping is a simple job that is done within 5 mts as I understand. I might wait for first service, unless driving towards the city for any other needs. The number plates were fixed free of cost in my case. So, I really dont feel like spenting for the HSRP right now. When it becomes a rule (sooner or later), we will have to do it by no choice. By the way, where are your pics ? Please post them as fast as possible.
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25th August 2009, 09:42	#29
NIP Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,180 Thanked: 152 Times View My Garage	Congrats on your red rocket Its raining Fiestas on tbhp too ! Whatever happened to the recession !?
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16th September 2009, 08:34	#30
gksunil BHPian Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: karwar Posts: 79 Thanked: 7 Times	Remote key missing! Hi friends I had to go to home town on emergency and was away for a couple of weeks. As it was unplanned I really had to rush and just before leaving my apartment I realised that I didn't have my car key(key with remote). I came back yesterday from my home town and searched everywhere in my apartment but no use!. I contacted Metro ford and they are quoting 5000/- for changing the key block. Hence my next trip may be to Hubli show room that too just after completing one month of ownership. But I may have to postpone it as I am not well. I am very reluctant to handover my Fiesta to a driver for getting the key block changed.
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