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Originally Posted by kpzen Selling an american with korean heart and then |
aha, a small correction. The old car had an Italian (Pininfarina) body, Australian (Holden) engine and British (Lotus tuned) suspension. The rest of the car was Korean (Daewoo) and was marketed/sold by the Americans (GM). So I guess I needed something Japanese!
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Originally Posted by aargee Whoa!!! Smartcat...so finally you gave into that extra boot space huh? Punto should be a long forgotten story then!!! |
I'm trying to convince my brother to sell his Alto and buy himself a Punto - but he is not biting yet. Boot space in the Civic is truly shocking.
What you see above is my tiny office laptop bag, and it is taking up lots of space in the boot already. The tyre and toolkit takes up most of the bootspace, and hence it is very shallow. Nice toolkit though!
And the hinges holding the boot in place reeks of quality.
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Originally Posted by raghu230506 Welcome to Honda Club. |
Yeah, finally!
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Originally Posted by ms001 Exactly ,why didnt you consider a used scorpio/safari or a new bolero? |
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Originally Posted by rjstyles69 Wonder why you never considered a SUV since you had 8-9 lakh budget to splurge on a car ? |
I need dual airbags & ABS. Both Scorpio and Safari are equipped with airbags, but that version is way over my budget - costs between Rs. 12 & 14 Lacs in Bangalore I think. Used Safari/Scorpio with airbags are not available in the used car market yet. Mahindra Xylo with airbags costs about Rs. 10.3 Lacs in Bangalore - would have been a slight stretch. But I didn't like the interiors much (although surprisingly, I like Xylo's butch looks in white & black colours).
So my only SUV diesel choices were Endeavour & Tucson. If you see the first pic I have uploaded in this thread, you will notice that the Civic itself is almost taking up the entire driveway width. No way can the Endeavour fit inside my driveway or the garage (4.6 metres length).
Tucson fit my requirements like a glove and hence I put in a deposit. But when the deal didn't go through, I did look at a couple of other Tucsons - but most of them were priced in double digits or were in not-so-great condition or had a high mileage on the clock.
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If this is gonna be your highway companion how do you plan to put up with the low GC ? I love the civic for its low stance , but that's again only for good roads.
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I have six years experience driving a (low GC + huge front overhang) car on our highways. Civic has very short front overhang - I think driving a Civic on bad roads would be a piece of cake for me
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Originally Posted by sukiwa Please post daytime exterior photos as well, can't understand colour of your civic. Is it black or purple? |
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Originally Posted by shuvc Same here. Looks like the dark grey colour / polished metal metallic? |
It's purple and I think its kind of girly. Womenfolk seem to love this colour!
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Originally Posted by shuvc 18000kms on a petrol is ok I'd say. At least for a new car diesel petrol comparo, it would take a few years to reap the benefits, considering that maintenance costs are similar. |
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Originally Posted by indivic In Chennai I used to 9-9.5 kmpl on a regular basis in city B2B traffic with AC on about 80% of the time, on the highway expect 14-15 regularly with AC on (23-25 degrees C) if you keep between 2-3k on the rpm. Max I got was 16.5 on one trip (AC on). |
I used a similar "maintenance costs" logic to remove Octavia diesel from my shortlist. With a light foot (2000 RPM), my 1.8 Optra used to give 14 kmpl - I'm expecting atleast 16 kmpl on a light foot from the Honda engine.
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Originally Posted by raihan Smartcat congrats on the lovely purchase! Even though the civic in not a turbo but it still suffers from a initial lag. I remember that I stalled it during my test drive after going to the showroom in my getz gls (maybe am talking relatively) as the civic needed more throttle more to get going. |
Perhaps I'm used to driving my brother's Alto - so I guess I give fairly generous throttle initially in all the cars I drive. So I don't feel this intial lag!