My Swift gets its 20,000 km service: Maintenance costs & Ownership

In the city, most of the time fuel efficiency has been around 14-16 km/l.

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My swift completed 20K km and got it serviced last week. This was a routine service with an oil change. There were no other issues with the car. While the cost estimator indicated around 4K plus tax, the actual bill came to 8.5K. I had opted for a pickup-drop as I didn't have time to visit the service centre in person. On receiving the bill noticed some extras that the service center managed to squeeze in.

Things included in service:

1. Oil change, 0W20 Shell oil was used.
2. Element air filter.
3. Brake caliper cleaning(Extra).
4. Diagnostic charger(Extra).
5. AC evaporator cleaning(Extra).
6. Coolant change.
7. Fluids top up.

The extras cost about 2K, probably if in person I would have asked to avoid doing these. That said car was cleaned and polished free of cost and the dealer did a good job overall. Pickup and drop were also free of cost, saving me some time in traffic. Overall happy with the service though the cost could have been less. The same service in a smaller town probably would have been around 6K or less. This has made me believe buying a car is cheaper in bigger cities, whereas maintaining one is cheaper in smaller cities.

90% of usage is in Bangalore. The car does around 300 km a week and is quite happy with the performance and AMT serves the purpose. Not very smooth but once you get used to it, works alright. The engine is silky smooth and refined. I recently drove a budget EV and to be honest, the K Series produces as much or less noise than the EV whine at low speeds. It's a pity that Suzuki has decided to axe the K series for next-gen and bring in a 3 pot. The K series also is a decent performer on open roads. The worst fuel efficiency I got was around 12 km/l and the best of 25 km/l which included ghat drive. In the city most of the time FE has been around 14-16 km/l. In 1 month of ownership, the car has visited the service centre 3 times for periodic service and once for a light change which was damaged by a minor accident. Overall fuss-free ownership so far.

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