The "I Booked my Car" Thread

setuniket · 27th September 2010, 18:27

After almost 13yrs booked our next car, shifting from a MUV(read Omni-E) to Monster Sedan..

Make : Ford
Model : Fiesta 1.6
Variant : Zxi
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : 27/09/2010
Color : Diamond White
Expected Delivery Date : First week October
Dealer & City : Harpreet Ford, Dilshad Garden, Delhi
OTR: 6.8 lakhs Noida registration.
Discounts: 15K corporate + 10k Exchange Bonus
Freebies : Insurance, Essential Kit, Parking sensors,extended warranty

Time to run behind SBI to process the loan.

ghodlur · 28th September 2010, 07:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by setuniket

After almost 13yrs booked our next car, shifting from a MUV(read Omni-E) to Monster Sedan..

Make : Ford
Model : Fiesta 1.6
Variant : Zxi
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : 27/09/2010
Color : Diamond White
Expected Delivery Date : First week October
Dealer & City : Harpreet Ford, Dilshad Garden, Delhi
OTR: 6.8 lakhs Noida registration.
Discounts: 15K corporate + 10k Exchange Bonus
Freebies : Insurance, Essential Kit, Parking sensors,extended warranty

Time to run behind SBI to process the loan.

Congratulations

and welcome to the Fiesta family. You have stuck a fantastic deal, the freebies are making me go green with envy. What does the Essential Kit contain? Is it the mud flaps, boot and inside rubbers. Also which parking sensors did the dealer give as freebie?

Waiting for your posts containing the pics with the freebies.

setuniket · 28th September 2010, 21:26

Quote:

Originally Posted by ghodlur

Congratulations

and welcome to the Fiesta family. You have stuck a fantastic deal, the freebies are making me go green with envy. What does the Essential Kit contain? Is it the mud flaps, boot and inside rubbers. Also which parking sensors did the dealer give as freebie?

Waiting for your posts containing the pics with the freebies.

Thanks ghodlur, Essential kit is usual foot mats, mud flaps and boot mat. I am not sure about the reverse sensors, will check for the company name next time I visit the dealer.

I wanted to extract some more freebies from the dealer but then I forgot the names of accessories.

Yes for sure, will post the pics with in my ownership thread as soon I get the car.

vsk2009 · 30th September 2010, 02:06

Booked Fabia 1.2 Petrol Elegance.

Make : Skoda
Model : Fabia
Variant : Elegance
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : 29/09/2010
Color : Candy White
Expected Delivery Date : Second week October
Dealer & City : Priority Auto, Goa
OTR: 6.29 (approx) to be confirmed in 1st week October
Discounts: 30% insurance (Skoda shield), 50% NCB
Freebies :

Loan : from sbi (after final price confirmation)

aniketvu · 30th September 2010, 08:03

Booked Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 EP

Make : Fiat
Model : Grande Punto 1.4
Variant : Emotion Pack
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : 29/09/2010
Color : Exotica Red
Expected Delivery Date : Second week October
Dealer & City : Wasan Motors, Chembur, Mumbai
OTR: 6.4 L
Discounts: Rs 9000 Cash Discount
Freebies : Insurance, 2+2 Extended Warranty, 50 months RSA, Matting Set, Mud Flaps, Sunfilm

Loan : Mostly HDFC, also trying others.

ghodlur · 30th September 2010, 08:27

Mods

Why is the booking thread in the What car - hatchback section. It should be defintely moved to either the new car dealership section or back to its original place.

A bit difficult to see the new bookings.

gkoneti · 30th September 2010, 21:41

Booked by Polo

Make : VW
Model : Polo
Variant : 1.2 Trendline
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : 30/09/2010
Color : White/ Red
Expected Delivery Date : God knows. (Replace God with VW) \
Dealer & City : Orion Motors, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad
OTR: 5.3 L
Discounts: Rs 8000 Corporate Discount
Freebies : None
Loan : Not applicable. It is a company car

jatinpatel · 30th September 2010, 21:51

Is this thread solely dedicated to New cars booking ? or does this thread also apply for preworshipped cars?

ghodlur · 1st October 2010, 07:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by jatinpatel

Is this thread solely dedicated to New cars booking ? or does this thread also apply for preworshipped cars?

IMO should be for both. Only the particulars for pres-worshipped cars may change if taken from another owner. If its from a dealer then all the details would be similar.

SilkDrive · 5th October 2010, 10:08

Sorry for this OT question, but did not want to create a thread for such a small thing.

Yesterday, i went to cancel my Palio SDX booking at Concorde Motors, Hyderabad. After filling up the cancellation form i was asked to return my original money receipt (of 50K), although the cheque will be handed over to me only after 4 working days.

I did not have confidence in this and I wanted to hand over the receipt only at the time of collecting the cheque. After some argument i only managed to get a photocopy of the receipt with a hand-written letter with the dealership seal and signature (on their letterhead) that they are collecting the original money receipt, as per their policy. But I eventually had to cough up the receipt.

Do I have anything to be worried about and is this a correct procedure?

Note to Mods: Please delete this post if this is inappropriate here.

manikjeet · 5th October 2010, 10:21

@ SilkDrive

you have run after the dealer to get your money back, when i canceled my booking they said that i will get the money back in 2 days but even after a week i didn't get my money back.

But when i said that i wanted a punto the cancellation happened in 2 mins

SilkDrive · 5th October 2010, 10:30

Thanks Manikjeet for the info.

Somehow i am ok if it takes some extra time but i am really uncomfortable about giving back the original receipt. Was this the process followed at your dealership as well? Was that the right thing to do on my part?

KA18 · 5th October 2010, 13:03

@SilkDrive,

Technically, you should not hand over the receipt unless the refund is ready.

But, I don't think there should be any problem since as you said, you "managed to get a photocopy of the receipt with a hand-written letter with the dealership seal and signature (on their letterhead) that they are collecting the original money receipt, as per their policy."

A photocopy is as good as the original as far as the concerned dealership which has issued it has attested it. This will be valid from a legal point of view.

SilkDrive · 5th October 2010, 17:25

^^ Thanks a lot for the info, KA18. I am a bit eased up now.

luky_13 · 5th October 2010, 19:14

Booked by hot hatch, Polo 1.6

Make : VW
Model : Polo
Variant : 1.6 Highline
Fuel : Petrol
Booking Date : 12/08/2010
Color : White
Expected Delivery Date : The dealer will let me know when VW is in a mood to start production.

Dealer & City : VW Downtown, Bangalore
OTR: 7.44 L
Discounts: None
Freebies : Na
Loan : Self finance

The latest update i got from the dealer today was that VW 'might' take up production by mid-Nov, which means delivery might happen by end-Nov. According to him 3 Polo 1.6 sold in Bangalore are still running on Temp reg no's due to some 'problem with authorities' which i find hard to believe. I think dealers have been formally trained to cook up stories and con customers.

27th September 2010, 18:27	#1111
setuniket BHPian Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Noida\|New Delhi Posts: 241 Thanked: 311 Times	After almost 13yrs booked our next car, shifting from a MUV(read Omni-E) to Monster Sedan.. Make : Ford Model : Fiesta 1.6 Variant : Zxi Fuel : Petrol Booking Date : 27/09/2010 Color : Diamond White Expected Delivery Date : First week October Dealer & City : Harpreet Ford, Dilshad Garden, Delhi OTR: 6.8 lakhs Noida registration. Discounts: 15K corporate + 10k Exchange Bonus Freebies : Insurance, Essential Kit, Parking sensors,extended warranty Time to run behind SBI to process the loan.
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30th September 2010, 02:06	#1114
vsk2009 BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Goa Posts: 156 Thanked: 23 Times	Booked Fabia 1.2 Petrol Elegance. Make : Skoda Model : Fabia Variant : Elegance Fuel : Petrol Booking Date : 29/09/2010 Color : Candy White Expected Delivery Date : Second week October Dealer & City : Priority Auto, Goa OTR: 6.29 (approx) to be confirmed in 1st week October Discounts: 30% insurance (Skoda shield), 50% NCB Freebies : Loan : from sbi (after final price confirmation)
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30th September 2010, 08:03	#1115
aniketvu BHPian Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Navi Mumbai Posts: 38 Thanked: 22 Times	Booked Fiat Grande Punto 1.4 EP Make : Fiat Model : Grande Punto 1.4 Variant : Emotion Pack Fuel : Petrol Booking Date : 29/09/2010 Color : Exotica Red Expected Delivery Date : Second week October Dealer & City : Wasan Motors, Chembur, Mumbai OTR: 6.4 L Discounts: Rs 9000 Cash Discount Freebies : Insurance, 2+2 Extended Warranty, 50 months RSA, Matting Set, Mud Flaps, Sunfilm Loan : Mostly HDFC, also trying others.
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30th September 2010, 08:27	#1116
ghodlur Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Thane Posts: 6,010 Thanked: 4,199 Times View My Garage	Mods Why is the booking thread in the What car - hatchback section. It should be defintely moved to either the new car dealership section or back to its original place. A bit difficult to see the new bookings.
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30th September 2010, 21:41	#1117
gkoneti BHPian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 126 Thanked: 67 Times	Poloooo Booked by Polo Make : VW Model : Polo Variant : 1.2 Trendline Fuel : Petrol Booking Date : 30/09/2010 Color : White/ Red Expected Delivery Date : God knows. (Replace God with VW) \ Dealer & City : Orion Motors, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad OTR: 5.3 L Discounts: Rs 8000 Corporate Discount Freebies : None Loan : Not applicable. It is a company car
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30th September 2010, 21:51	#1118
jatinpatel BHPian Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Mumbai Posts: 610 Thanked: 196 Times View My Garage	Is this thread solely dedicated to New cars booking ? or does this thread also apply for preworshipped cars?
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5th October 2010, 10:08	#1120
SilkDrive BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 172 Thanked: 24 Times	Sorry for this OT question, but did not want to create a thread for such a small thing. Yesterday, i went to cancel my Palio SDX booking at Concorde Motors, Hyderabad. After filling up the cancellation form i was asked to return my original money receipt (of 50K), although the cheque will be handed over to me only after 4 working days. I did not have confidence in this and I wanted to hand over the receipt only at the time of collecting the cheque. After some argument i only managed to get a photocopy of the receipt with a hand-written letter with the dealership seal and signature (on their letterhead) that they are collecting the original money receipt, as per their policy. But I eventually had to cough up the receipt. Do I have anything to be worried about and is this a correct procedure? Note to Mods: Please delete this post if this is inappropriate here. Last edited by SilkDrive : 5th October 2010 at 10:10.
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5th October 2010, 10:21	#1121
manikjeet Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: chandigarh Posts: 1,618 Thanked: 295 Times View My Garage	@ SilkDrive you have run after the dealer to get your money back, when i canceled my booking they said that i will get the money back in 2 days but even after a week i didn't get my money back. But when i said that i wanted a punto the cancellation happened in 2 mins
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5th October 2010, 10:30	#1122
SilkDrive BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 172 Thanked: 24 Times	Thanks Manikjeet for the info. Somehow i am ok if it takes some extra time but i am really uncomfortable about giving back the original receipt. Was this the process followed at your dealership as well? Was that the right thing to do on my part?
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5th October 2010, 13:03	#1123
KA18 BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Chikmagalur Posts: 287 Thanked: 309 Times View My Garage	@SilkDrive, Technically, you should not hand over the receipt unless the refund is ready. But, I don't think there should be any problem since as you said, you "managed to get a photocopy of the receipt with a hand-written letter with the dealership seal and signature (on their letterhead) that they are collecting the original money receipt, as per their policy." A photocopy is as good as the original as far as the concerned dealership which has issued it has attested it. This will be valid from a legal point of view.
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5th October 2010, 17:25	#1124
SilkDrive BHPian Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 172 Thanked: 24 Times	^^ Thanks a lot for the info, KA18. I am a bit eased up now.
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5th October 2010, 19:14	#1125
luky_13 BHPian Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Bangalore Posts: 580 Thanked: 156 Times View My Garage	Booked by hot hatch, Polo 1.6 Make : VW Model : Polo Variant : 1.6 Highline Fuel : Petrol Booking Date : 12/08/2010 Color : White Expected Delivery Date : The dealer will let me know when VW is in a mood to start production. Dealer & City : VW Downtown, Bangalore OTR: 7.44 L Discounts: None Freebies : Na Loan : Self finance The latest update i got from the dealer today was that VW 'might' take up production by mid-Nov, which means delivery might happen by end-Nov. According to him 3 Polo 1.6 sold in Bangalore are still running on Temp reg no's due to some 'problem with authorities' which i find hard to believe. I think dealers have been formally trained to cook up stories and con customers.
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