Usage has come down to 500 km / month on an average as the Altroz diesel does the daily runs.

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It's been a while since I posted in this thread. Well, the storme has crossed a milestone

The All 5 on the odo:

Usage has come down to 500km / month on an average as the Altroz diesel does the daily runs. The Storme chugs along without any issues or niggles to report.

With the blockbuster from Mahindra:

With brother's 2022 Safari:

Though the usage is limited, I almost always have a big reason every time to take the Storme out of the garage.

Be it transporting hundreds of books for my school children:

All these books accommodated in the boot & middle seat:

Or be it transporting hundreds of coconuts from my farm:

Or be it getting 600 cakes for the children on the occasion of dad's birthday:

The Storme does it all!

A few more pics:

With our beater Kwid 1.0, which has run the same 56,000 km but in 6 years, and also had the clutch replaced. I couldn't find the time to update my Kwid thread. Storme will be 5 years old in March.

And when you have been driving Safaris for 12 years, you get accustomed to the dimensions so well to maneuver it within an inch precision.

Next update will be after the 60,000 km service.

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The Storme did perform beautifully with all those passengers and luggage, dismissing bad roads like it's a walk in a park.

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Concluding the month a little early:

April has been a very good month for the Storme. The car has been active after 6 months, crossing the 2000 km monthly usage barrier first time after the Altroz purchase.

Odo: 52,700 km.

Of that 21xx km, 1300 km were covered in less than a week, 4 days to be exact. All those 4 days, the car was driven with 5/6 on board and at triple digit cruising, all the time. And hence the effect on the fuel efficiency below:

My work had me very busy the whole month. Decided to take some time off in Kodaikanal. I won't be taking the Storme for 2 reasons:

• The Altroz diesel is awesome to drive around hills.
• The Storme hits my wallet much harder with with current atrocious diesel prices, making the fuel cost per km almost 10 rupees I have burnt quite some diesel and INR already this month lol.

The Storme has been parked to rest for a tleast 2 more weeks. My 2021 Celerio has been driven less than 500 km this month. It will have to be driven in first few weeks of May. So it's going to be a long hiatus for the Storme.

The Storme did perform beautifully with all those passengers and luggage, dismissing bad roads like it's a walk in a park.

A few pics from various parking spaces with some cool cars from the last few days:

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The stock tyres have about 30% life left. Planning to replace them at the 60000 km mark.

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Just a routine update:

Odo: 51,700 km.

The car was not used much in March. It was used less than 500 km in March, as the Altroz diesel is doing my daily driver duties.

April has been a bit more active with regards to the Storme. I had to travel with 5 on board frequently and hence the Storme became the obvious choice. I have driven the Storme over 1100 km so far.

My schedule is packed next week, and again, having to travel with 5 / 6 on board. Next week is one of those 1000km weeks. April 2022 will clock 2000+ km on the storme, reducing the load on Altroz, which is currently at 2100 km so far this month. Got the tank refilled and got alignment and wheel balancing done at the usual FNG. Though alignment was done during the 50k km service, balancing wasn't done. Hence did both today:

The stock tyres have about 30% life left. Planning to replace them at the 60000 km mark. Suggestions are welcome. My priorities are ride quality and NVH. Bridgestone dueller H/T has been my choice in the past, from the Sumo Grande, Safari Dicor to now the Storme.

Using a small turbo diesel as a daily driver makes one forget about fuel prices. The Altroz diesel delivers 18 kmpl even when driven aggressively all the time. The habit definitely gets carried over when driving the Storme too.

Result, below average Fuel efficiency than usual:

A few pics:

With the most popular and the best looking Mahindra today:

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Engine oil, oil filter and air filter were replaced along with routine checks.

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50,000 km service update:

The Storme has clocked 50,200 km. My previous Safari Dicor had clocked 1,00,000 km in the same 4 years. The Storme sees half that mileage. Good considering the fact that I won't be replacing the Storme atleast for the next 5 years.

Tata service has become hectic nowadays. While the service experience is good, the wash quality has gone down. It is the same with Maruti too. In recent experience, Renault does the best job in washing the car when compared to Tata and Maruti.

Last oil replacement was done at 40k km service in August 2021 IIRC. Next scheduled oil service was at 55,000 km. I preponed the service to 50000 km because the Storme is getting used only for long distance drives and trips to places where roads are pathetic. It may take 4 more months to hit the 55k mark.

Engine oil, oil filter and air filter were replaced along with routine checks. LHS rear tail lamp did not work lately. It was replaced. Wheel alignment too was done.

Total bill was Rs. 8.7k:

Tata added this service package along with the bill. It was charged 250 rupees.

It will get me the following benefits:

5% off on all spares:

10% off on labour charges:

New Celerio was my replacement when the Storme was at service. While I loved how effortless it was to drive in the city, I missed the torque of my diesel cars on the highway. It is okay till 80 kmph. The 2021 Celerio is a great city car though- very light steering and clutch, very good driveability from the K10C and excellent all round visibility.

Issues in the Storme as of now:

• Fuel release button has a mind of its own, sometimes it works, the other times the fuel cap has to be opened manually. I raised this complaint during the service. Looks like the entire switch has to be replaced and they don't have it in stock. Since I always refill the tank to full, I decided to ignore this as I visit the fuel bunks only twice a month maximum.
• The rear tailgate door lever used to be smooth in operation. After the service, it has become harder to engage. Will have to check it up when I find time.

Meanwhile, my family friend is getting an Altroz 1.2 N/A XM+ in Gold shade. Both the engine and colour are not something I would recommend.

He asked me to accompany him for the PDI. We did a PDI and the gold colour actually looked good in person:

The same colour on the bigger cars did not look very appealing though. Here are the Kaziranga editions of the Nexon and Harrier:

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