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25,000 km in just 1.5 years with my Ignis: Experience so far

20th October 2024, 13:26 by Ananth Iyer

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Fuel efficiency has hovered around 12-15 km/L in medium to heavy city traffic and 20-22 km/L on highways.

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Update after 17,019 km and 1 year

Iggy at 25,000 km in 1.5 years

Today I took Iggy for 25000 service.

I asked simply for a regular service along with 3 requests:

Check the battery level and show me the generated report.
AC filter change

Now for the ownership updates:

Installed 70mai A200 dual channel dashcam 2-3 months ago. I regularly catch specimens on the road and update it on my Instagram channel.
Rebuilt/redid Iggy’s seats using Italian leather at a local shop. He did an amazing job! Ride comfort has exponentially increased.
Purchased a wireless adapter 5 months ago for seamless CarPlay usage. It’s holding up well so far.
Did a couple of long distance trips to Mangaluru, Udupi, and Madurai. No complaints as usual and we thoroughly enjoyed the trip. The GC came in handy during torrential rain when.
On one of these trips back, my front HSRP number plate broke off and got washed away! It seems the number plate bracket broke off due to the force of the water while wading through a water logged road. I raised a request for a new one from bookmyhsrp.com and am awaiting a new one. Meanwhile, I fitted a temporary replacement to avoid potential police action.
The OEM mats are not holding up at all. They look terribly worn out for a 1.5 year old car. I’m going to buy a new set for Iggy sometime next month and research for that’s ongoing.
Swirl marks are beginning to show on the vehicle. This is probably because of the car wash guy at my place as he uses substandard clothes to wash my car. I even bought him a set of microfiber cloth and it disappeared after a week. He was back to using his the regular cloth. Considering there is no other cheaper option to get my vehicle regularly washed near me, I’m stuck with him :( I am hoping to get Iggy detailed next month.
Fuel efficiency has hovered around 12-15 in medium to heavy city traffic and 20-22 on highways. I use regular Indian Oil fuel only.

Planned updates/upgrades

Contemplating changing my wipers to Bosch ones fitted on my Ertiga. They seem to be more efficient in cleaning the windshield. im guessing the current wiper blades should be EoL-ing by next year.
Updating floor mats to PVC ones.

I have attached a few relevant pics too.
1. At Panambur beach, enjoying the sea breeze.
2. The non existent HSRP number plate area after the Madurai trip.
3. Iggy after Mangaluru trip. The roads were dusty and full of potholes for around 20-30 km due to landslides near Shirdi ghat (if I’m not wrong). On the way back, Iggy scraped badly over a pothole and there was constant noise coming from the underbody. Took Iggy straight to service centre without going home and it turned out to be a small stone stuck in the chassis which was rattling around. Phew!

Thanks for reading!