Great day my dear frenz!!
It has been a touching moment in my life... A day my dreamz shaked hands with reality for a moment!!!
Yeah, I booked my car today... I chose to christen my car as '
Blackagna' on this auspicious day...
I know am bit emotional...
Lemme drive you back a little, how, when & where it all started...
I started my search way back in August-September with ALTO Xcite? Yup! I was excited with the features that Maruti offered for such a price tag & felt happy that I get loads of features in this car...
Enquired in ABT Maruti, Guindy with couple of my frenz!!!
I had a look at the car & was impressed with the features, but later came to know that it comes only in 2 colors but not in black, was a little disappointed. It was already 7pm by then...
When I came out I came across a Dusky Brown Estilo, It was love at first I would say... haha... lolz!!
Went back in, enquired about the cost, features & what not? Sat inside a demo car & thought this is really a nice one...
Meanwhile I was able to convince my cousin & his dad for New ALTO, since they were looking for a second hand car!!
Came home, browsed through the internet to find out pro's & con's of Estilo, but I got too many bad reviews of old estilo & too little gud reviews of the new one...
There I was, shattered again!!! Never did I give up...
My cousin was trying his level best to find some reviews over Internet, but never did he nor me...
We were discussing about this hrs over phone, once he told me, If I ever see a new Estilo anywhere in B'lore, I will just stop the owner to get reviews from him in person, such was his temperment.
But never did he tell me even once that he likes i10 more than Estilo.... Not on anyday!!
We almost dropped the plan, but then one of my colleagues used to say why don't you consider i10, it has got everything that you look for? I think I owe him something now for my decision too...
He said, he feels sad for missing out on i10 & compromised on Wagon R.
This guy does not like i10 too... So I started listening to him, because he feels otherwise NOW...
I was always under the impression that Hyundai gives less mileage & I can't afford the same as it is costly. I tend to discard Hyundai website telling myself that I can't afford it!!
Moreover I was apprehensive about the looks of i10, I liked the looks of Santro, but not i10...
Oneday, my cousin called up & said, I heard Hyundai is giving discounts & the onroad price would be around 4.35, he convinced me saying we thought of investing in Estilo which was around 4.14, jus 20k more was wat he said...
He revealed me that day that his first choice was i10 on anyday... I was taken aback!! this fellow seldom keeps anything away from me be it anything...
I started looking at i10 from then on. In one of the tamil film the hero says "Enna Paatha pidikaathu; enna paaka paaka dhaan pidikkum" which means "You will not like me at the first glance, but if you keep seeing me, you will eventually like me oneday..."
It applies in this case, because I fell for this '
blackagna' eventually
Started collecting so many reviews over internet about i10 1.2 Kappa features, comfort, FE, price & what not? Decided that I need to buy only this one now or wait for a new car by 2010...
I need to mention about "
svaid's" thread here... It was just one of that reviews that anyone would look for, if you are gonna buy a new car!!
Hats off man...
Not only me... two of my colleagues fell for this i10 seeing me collecting so many information about this car...
Thought, I shall form a small group with 4 guys & get a group discount as well for this car & started negotiating with so many dealers. Nothing worked much, since many dealers promoted 1.1 rather than 1.2!
One dealer did promise me a gud deal & challenged me that I would never get such a discount...
I built an email ID for this purpose, posted over forums & invited some more members to join our group, The response was overwhelming & I bet this was really a Plan for anytime if anyone buys...
Got another 4 more guys, but my colleagues pulled out because of personal reasons & the group count was 6 now...
Eventually, I lost contact with 2 more guys & the count was down to 4 Now.. but I owe my discount to those guys since they really kept mum while I negotiated with the dealers & lending me a helping hand anytime I needed their help....
On Wednesday [2nd Dec 09] I had to bargain my heart out to come down to 4,19,796/- on road which comes with free accessories Remote lock, 3M Sunfilm, Teflon Polish & Full Mat Kit...
But again I was told by the dealer that I had to book immediately to close this deal off else I may not get the color that i was looking out for... It was almost 11pm that night...
I almost pulled off & thought I would wait for VW Polo to be launched!!
Later I called up the dealer & told him, I will book on Sunday as it is an auspicious day & I cannot compromise the day of booking for anything else... My frenz agreed & so did my cousin....
On Friday & Saturday, I went to Syndicate Bank to process the loan & got it all done & kept everything ready for the d-day!!
Today, the 6th of Dec 09, I booked my "Blackagna" 1.2 Kappa as planned along with my cousin & frenz [Whom I met on forums].
I shall post reviews, Initial ownership reviews & what not??? Keep watching this thread for more details guys!!!
Thanks a lot for your time to go through this BIG Passage of mine...
Yup, the color of the car is Black & the Variant is Magna, So is the name "
BLACKAGNA"