Congratulations on buying a Verna. The car will give you the best combination of performance and fuel efficiency. My car has done 25K kms in less than 2 yrs, including at least 6 highway trips. Am thoroughly impressed with the performance and reliability. Wishing you many miles of happy motoring. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer.ized I giving a false happy face and sat on the driver seat got my myself comfortable and engaged 1st gear and started rolling felt the engine is sluggish then suddenly at 1800rpm I got a big push and I was like what the F slowed down and looked at my friend and he said “aaram se chala bhai” I started again and accelerated slowly and was waiting for 1800rpm and again the turbo kicked in I had a grin on my face as I shifted at 2.5K in all gears since the car was new. The power delivery was so beautiful that I was jealous of him and the Verna started growing on me,
All the way home I was thinking how can I get my hands on one ASAP but I knew finances will not permit now and two months passed and I got over it and met my friend again he had completed 3500kms already so was driving fast so I asked him whether I can see how good it feels at high speeds, took it to an empty stretch slowed down shifted down in 1st and accelerated hard I was just wow the punch it was giving me so kept shifting at 4K all gears and I was doing 155 in 4th and shifted to 5th and slowing the speedo climbed to 190 I was like WOW with 32 all out , but I did find the car was not comfortable at those speeds steering was very light felt weird maybe I was not used to it that’s why. We stopped at a dhaba for a glass of lassi and chatted with him asked him about mileage and again I was shocked he was getting 15kmpl with ac on at all times and in a city like Kolkata 15 is amazing trust me. |
Welcome to the "Convert" experience . I too was a similar ignoramus who laughed on the salesman's face when he asked me to TD the Verna as I was looking for a performance car. But after driving it around Salt Lake and Rajarhat once, I was smitten with the performance! Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer.ized Today 4pm i reached Mukesh Hyundai and booked my Crystal White Verna (SX CRDI VGT) and I have specifically told them that I need the car on 25th June because it will be a Friday which is an auspicious day for us, so I have made it clear to them that if I don’t get the car by then I am going to cancel my booking (just dhamki). |
Same pinch. I took delivery on 25th September because the number 7 is auspicious for us. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer.ized I was thinking weather I should take the car without registration not that I don’t want to but don’t want to be harassed by cops. What do u guys think? |
It won't matter. I drove around on a temporary registration for a month. Surprisingly even at night the cops did not catch me.
I guess Kolkata cops normally don't harass high end cars, only Omni/Sumo/Bolero drivers. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer.ized @allwell i read here @teambhp that using premium diesel makes the car smoke so it's better to use normal diesel. Do give me feed back on this. |
Stick to normal diesel. I dunno about the smoking, but in my car, premium diesel makes no difference to performance/FE. Better save the money and buy normal. Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer.ized My budget is very normal 9K is the max I can afford for seat covers which complement the car.
So kept looking around with my mom starting from 12pm 1st Glix, 2nd Mukesh Hyundai, 3rd Xtreme
Well just to let everyone what I have chosen for my car because it looks sober enough. I am getting everything done at Xtreme Saltlake since their prices are fair and I had got all my lancer work done from them thus I trust their work. | Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer.ized well this is costing me Rs 6800, The 2nd best best price i had got was Rs 8000 from Glix & Rs 8400 from the Hyundai Showroom. |
This is surprising. I got G-Sport customized seat covers from Glix for 7K. I agree the autoform looks sober enough, but its like choosing from a menu instead of getting your dish made at your choice . Quote:
Originally Posted by Lancer.ized as for the sunfilm V-Kool is kinda expensive 9K at hyundai so i'v opted for garware "ice cool elite" 92%UV & 64% resistance for 5K. as a matter of fact will get complete black rubber matting done and beige mats.
thanx for the suggestion |
9K is insane!!! Dont bother with fitting Sunfilm at the dealer. Get it fitted at an external accessory store. You'll get Llumar or 3M (which are international brands of superior quality) for around 3.5-4K. |