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Originally Posted by bnzjon Salbin, excellent report, excellent photos, good colour and a good choice.
Drive safe and enjoy her to the tilt. |
Thanks bnzjon.
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Originally Posted by gemithomas Great Review. And some real good pics. I just loved that steering wheel and the seating position and cool dash. I too had booked this car and waited. But the wait got too long and i went and bought the Figo.
Congrats. Drive Safe. |
Thanks Gemi.
Yes, I know that
. I was keeping an eye on your thread. The waiting is really frustrating. For me, I sold my Santro and then only booked Beat. It was almost 2 months without a car. In fact at the end of March, I even thought of canceling the booking and go for a used sedan. But luckly I got the car in March itself.
Me too considered Figo. Both Beat and Figo are real VFM.
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Originally Posted by karmania Congratulations on your purchase... the colour is outstanding! and sure will attract a lot of oogles!
How effective is the a/c in the city traffic? Does it drag too much when a/c is on? |
Thanks karmania for your wishes.
Definitely it is an eye-grabber, especially with the alloys.
The ACC of Beat is the main feature which attracted me. It really chils. I could test it during my trip to kerala, because it was too hot there. I never felt any drag when AC is on. Till date I was driving with 100% AC only.
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Originally Posted by Mafia Congrats!! fab pictures!! some creative angles! great choice of colours! wish you happy motoring!! I heard a lot of bad things about the stereo performance.. what is you take on it? |
Thanks Mafia.
The stereo is okay for normal volumes. At higher volumes the sound quality goes down. Generally I dont use high volume. Did not check any CD, as I am using pen drives and memory cards.
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Originally Posted by rjvora_2000 Congratulation on the car. I loved the green one but I have booked Black for me. Expecting it to be delivered by this month end. |
Thanks rjvora_2000.
Advance wishes for your new Beat.
The dealer offered me a black BeatLT in the 3rd week after booking. Since I had already made-up my mind for green, so opted to wait for green itself.
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Originally Posted by Vik0728 Congrats on ur latest acquisition Salbin.
Waiting to see your ride with new set of footwear. Please post the pics asap.
Keep Rollin' |
Thanks Vik0728.
I have few pics with this post. Will upload more pics later.
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Originally Posted by tanwaramit nice review, good pictures.
Quite dark tints you have there, but I guess its still allowed in Bangalore. |
Actually I wanted to go for VLT30% only. But in the last moment decided for VLT20% after seeing that. The visibility is good. Only from certain angles it looks dark, not from all sides. Check the pic with front door open!
Again what I understood is that the visibility changes from make to make - ie. 20%VLT Llumar has got better visibility when compared to 20%VLT film from 3M. I found the colour shade also was better than 3M and Garware and also better matching for the vehicle.
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Originally Posted by quadmaniac Salbin, a question regarding the alloys. What happens if later you plan a tyre upgrade? I understand people recommend wider tyres for the Beat. In that case, can you still use your alloys? Or would you have to trade them in for a new pair? |
I can use this alloys with wider tyres also. We get maximum resale value for the tyres when it is new. The resale value reduces exponentially with kms driven. In my case, alloys were not in my plan at all. After seeing some of the similar alloys on cars, I decided for a trade-off with remote lock and seat covers which was planned earlier
Here comes some pics of my Beat with alloy wheels:
More photos coming up...