Sold my Hyundai Grand i10 after 8 years, recovered 70% of its new price

It returned an average mileage of 12 km/L throughout the 8 years.

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Eight uneventful years and 45,238 kilometers with my Hyundai Grand i10 have finally ended.

Key highlights:

• Make: Hyundai

• Model: Grand i10

• Spec: 1.2 P MT

• Trim: Sportz

• Year of manufacture: 2014

• Purchase: February 2014

• Sale: August 2022

• Kilometers at time of sale: 45,238

• Reason for sale: Upgrading to an automatic with essential safety features

Now the story (not a long one). Let's rewind to 2014. Our 2004 Ford Ikon was just shy of 100,000 kilometers and was showing electrical gremlins by the day. We had a 2008 Mahindra Scorpio as our primary car and needed something a little smaller and more manageable as a second car in the city.

Cars test driven: Toyota Etios Liva, Ford Figo, Maruti Ritz, Maruti Swift, and Hyundai Grand i10

The winner was clear. The Grand i10 was head and shoulders above the competition. The refinement, features, and perceived quality of interiors and exteriors, the dealership experience were way above everything else at the price point (and, to be fair, are still pretty good even by 2022 standards).

The Grand i10 served us exceptionally well for eight years, taking us across South India on road trips comfortably, aside from braving the outrageous Bangalore traffic 95% of the time.

It was perfect in terms of dimensions for tight parking spots and narrow lanes and extremely well-suited for newbie drivers to cut their teeth. The only negatives were the battle scars (and thankfully nothing more) that it accumulated from Bangalore traffic over the years.

It has been utterly reliable. Regular servicing aside, the only significant costs were:

• Batteries once every four years
• A new set of tyres in early 2020 at 38,000 kilometers
• A new clutch in March 2022 at 42,000 kilometers
• An AC condenser replacement in June 2022 at 44,000 kilometers

It returned an average mileage of 12kmpl throughout the eight years. It was always serviced and repaired at Advaith Hyundai, Outer Ring Road, Bangalore.

The car was sold to Spinny at 70% of its 2014 on-road price (not sure how many cars other than Toyotas hold their value in this way).

In all, of course, I'm extremely sentimental about letting her go — first car (for me) and all that. But I'm also looking forward to the upgrade (the waiting period has had me itching).

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