Optra Magnum Diesel version...how good is it?

Hi I am planning to spend around 10 lacs to buy a car and I am biased towards Optra Magnum top model, diesel version.. Please help me in deciding...would you suggest some other better car in this range?

Yeh th eOptra MAgnum Top end is the best Deal , i think you will get good offers for that too , say 3 yr maintence plan Worth 26k rs free plus other goodies , the Magnum Diesel is everybit worth it go for it Dude!

Cheers.
Sri

Thanks Sri,

There are a couple of things that confuses me after going through lots of reviews

1) some say its AC is as good as a cooler.

2) some say Its brakes are not that good.

Can you throw some light on this please.

 

No dude all the features are good and no probs with it , Ac is simply fine and Braking too is good and as you are going for the Top end variant LT its having ABS and DUal airbags so uutter Safety features and braking will be damm good with ABS so need not Fear

Cheers,
Sri

One thing I noticed on its AC. I am driving a new optra magnum diesel LS for only a couple of days now - and its AC (no automatic climatic control here) trips frequently - sometimes every 15-20 mins! I read in the manual, AC may trip to optmise power distribution between cooling and drive/performance, but then it shd come back to cooling soon enuf which is not happening. Am I missing something here?

compressor switching off and coming back on line is normal-the duration depends on the temperature that is set(even without climate control-the temp dial can be used for the same).

Try operating the unit in full fresh air mode and check for the duration of temp cut off-in Indian climate the duration should be longer in fresh air mode.